British cinema at BFI Southbank
Dear British Film Institute,
Further to my previous request (https://www.whatdotheyknow.com/request/b...), I would like to ask what the proportion of the films/titles screened at the BFI Southbank over the last 10 years were of British origin (i.e. where the country has a UK credit)?
By this, I am referring to every screening shown at BFI Southbank as a venue, including the BFI London Film Festival and BFI Flare screenings.
I am looking for the data by calendar year (1 January to 31 December), rather than the period as a whole, for the ten years up to and including 2022: so for each year from 2013 to 2022, with both the raw numbers (of film titles) and percentages please. I believe that you may only be able to supply the data from August 2014 onwards, but I will await confirmation of this.
Yours faithfully,
Mr T Morgan
Dear Theo,
Thank you for your resubmission of this request which I acknowledge.
We will respond as soon as we are able.
Regards,
Sian
Dear Theo,
I'm writing to let you know we won't be in a position to respond to this inquiry today and for that, I apologise.
We've had a high volume of enquiries recently and some absences within the small team who looks after the requests which has caused this delay.
We are still reviewing your request with the other staff teams involved and hope to be able to respond as soon as possible although I can't give a date for that yet.
Regards,
Sian
Hi Sian,
Thank you for keeping me updated. I look forward to hearing from you.
Yours sincerely,
Mr T Morgan
Hi Sian,
As we are quite close to the end of the year, it may actually make more sense to fulfil this request in January, so that it can include 2023. The request would then be for each year from 2014 to 2023. Is it possible to modify the request, or would it be easier if I made a new one in January?
Yours sincerely,
Mr T Morgan
HI Theo,
Ah yes that does make sense. We did meet about it yesterday so we are working on it but if you're ok to resubmit in January I think that would probably be best as it's getting quite tight to year end.
Would that be ok?
Sian
Hi Sian,
Thanks for getting back to me. Yes, I think it makes more sense to do this in January. Therefore, you can consider this request closed, and I will resubmit in January. Are you able to confirm that the information is only available from August 2014 onwards, for the purposes of these requests?
Yours sincerely,
Mr T Morgan
Dear Theo,
Ok thanks and that makes sense. I'll confirm about the 2014 information from the team.
Sian
Hi Theo,
Just confirming that we would only have information from August 2014 onwards according to the team.
I'll close this case off now and then look forward to hearing from you in January.
If we don't correspond before then have a lovely festive period and we'll speak in the New Year!
Regards,
Sian
Hi Sian,
Many thanks for confirming this. I will resubmit in January. Have a good Christmas!
Yours sincerely,
Mr T Morgan
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