Following a review of the film infrastructure in England during 2000, the

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set up nine Regional Screen Agencies, one in each of the

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, to deliver support for film-making, exhibition and related media activities. The regional screen agency network was closed down in 2011, with a number of services consolidated into a new agency,

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, and the majority of screen agencies then folded. However, a few continued to operate, most notably Film London and Screen Yorkshire. The nine agencies were or are:
Screen East
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Northern Film and Media
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Screen South
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South West Screen
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Screen West Midlands
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Screen Yorkshire
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Role and activities

Regional Screen Agencies have cultural, economic and social objectives. They engage with other regional partners and to involve stakeholders including local film and

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and other cultural organisations. Each agency has interpreted the brief from the UK Film Council in its own way. Typically, this focusses on the provision of operational activities such training schemes, administration of funding for activities such as film festivals and

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, and the operation of

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and local services designed to make a region an attractive place for film-makers to bring

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