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IFT wins £6,000 grant from Awards for All
The IFT was awarded a £6,000 grant under the Big Lottery Fund’s Awards for All scheme. News of the award, announced on the 20th of February, enabled the IFT to launch a new film-making course in partnership with The Link primary school in Croydon, which works with children with communication and learning difficulties. A group of eight children, all aged 10 or 11, made three separate three-minute films, each of which was produced collectively.
The completed films were shown at the Apollo Piccadilly on Friday 23rd March to an audience of friends, family members and other guests.
Awards for All is a joint awards programme set up to help small groups. It involves three Lottery distributors: the Big Lottery Fund, Creative Scotland and sportscotland. It makes grants to help people take part in arts, sport, social, environmental, health-related, educational and other community activities.
Support for the IFT
I am honoured to be patron to the Independent Film Trust with its aim to promote the careers and projects of emerging film-makers who might otherwise have a much more difficult time bringing their work to the forefront of the industry, more so than other independent film-makers.
Tim Roth
Actor - Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead, Reservoir Dogs, Rob Roy, The Legend of 1900, Youth Without Youth
I think that anything that provides a source of support or provides opportunities for independent films is incredibly worthwhile. In an industry that sometimes seems like all the doors are closed, any help that can be provided to independent film-makers is great.
Joe Oppenheimer
Development Producer - Shooting Dogs, Eastern Promises / Executive Producer - The First Grader, Shadow Dancer
The independent film sector contains very many talented people who need help to learn and advance their craft. This is what the Independent Film Trust has been set up to do.
Ray Winstone
Actor - Scum, The Proposition, Nil by Mouth, Sexy Beast, The Departed, Beowulf
With the support of the Independent Film Trust, the BIFAs and Raindance have become part of the landscape of British cinema. It\'s hard to believe that they were set up only a few years ago. They are three of the most important champions of independent cinema in Britain.
Michael Winterbottom
Director - 24 Hour Party People, A Cock and Bull Story, The Road to Guantanamo, A Mighty Heart
We have in the UK so many talented, established and perhaps most importantly emerging young film-makers. It is towards the latter that the Independent Film Trust is perhaps of most use. It is the independent sector on which we all need to concentrate and, therefore, I wish the IFT every possible success and I offer them my full support.
David Suchet
Actor - Maxwell, Agatha Christie's Poirot, The Way We Live Now
Most new film-makers need support in order to develop their talent and share it with the world. The Independent Film Trust exists in order to ease that process.
Michael Caton-Jones
Director - Memphis Belle, Rob Roy, Shooting Dogs
Please support Raindance and help ensure the future of independent film-making in this country.
Jonathan Pryce
Actor - Ronin, Evita, Brazil, Tomorrow Never Dies, Pirates of the Caribbean
About the IFT
The Independent Film Trust is a UK charity which was set up to advance the cause of independent film-making by various means.
We support initiatives that encourage interest in film production and help emerging film-makers to develop and express themselves.
Our activities include the provision of training for the disadvantaged and scholarships for those who have shown talent but need monetary or other help.
However, we do not fund the development or production of individual films.
We work with groups such as Raindance and BIFA to find and showcase the best in independent film, to promote innovation and to celebrate the vitality and diversity of the sector.
BIFA Patrons
Mike Figgis, Tom Hollander, Adrian Lester, Ken Loach, Ewan McGregor, Helen Mirren, Samantha Morton, Bill Nighy, Michael Sheen, Trudie Styler, Tilda Swinton, Meera Syal, David Thewlis, Ray Winstone, Michael WinterbottomRaindance Film Festival Patrons
Adrian Lester, Alan Parker, Alan Rickman, Andrew Eaton, Armando Iannucci, Bill Nighy, Christos Michaels, Dave McKean, Ewan McGregor, Gillies MacKinnon, Guillermo Arriaga, Jeremy Thomas, Jonathan Caouette, Jonathan Pryce, Ken Loach, Marky Ramone, Matt Mueller, Meera Syal, Michael Madsen, Michael Winterbottom, Mick Jones, Mike Figgis, Mike Leigh, Neil Hunter, Nick Broomfield, Nik Powell, Paul Greengrass, Paul Laverty, Rebecca O’Brien, Samantha Morton, Sarah Radclyffe, Shekhar Kapur, Terry Gilliam, Tom Hollander, Trudie Styler, Vanessa RedgraveIFT Patrons
Nick Broomfield, Michael Caton-Jones, Terence Davies, Faye Dunaway, Bill Forsyth, Kurt Hoffman, John Irvin, Mike Leigh, Sean McCartney, Samantha Morton, Alan Parker, Tim Roth
