ABSTRACT
The UK Film Council (UKFC) was formed in 2000 by the British New Labour government. The creation of a single agency to oversee all the industrial and cultural aspects of British film was one of the central recommendations of the Film Policy Review Group, intended to counter the perceived fragmentation of the industry after the previous Conservative government’s disastrous laissez faire approach. More than this, it appeared to signal the government’s strong support for the development of a prosperous British film industry, symbolic of the “cool capitalism” that was central to the identity of New Labour during its first term of office.
