The UK Film Council is set to be scrapped in a shock decision by the Department of Media, Culture And Sport to cut costs. In a letter to the British film industry, John Woodward, Chief Executive of the Film Council, said he had been informed that “the target is to have the organisation totally closed down with its assets and its remaining operations transferred out by April 2012”.

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