Overview

• The pact was signed July 9 at London’s BFI Southbank by BFI chief executive Ben Roberts and CNC president Gaëtan Bruel with Culture Minister Rachida Dati and UK Creative Industries Minister Chris Bryant attending.
• It sets up strategic collaboration across six areas: public policy coordination, education initiatives, heritage preservation, business facilitation, employee exchanges and audience development.
• The framework tackles industry priorities including independent production support, AI integration, environmental sustainability and intellectual property protection.
• A parallel memorandum between the British Film Commission and Film France CNC seeks to streamline cross-border services and boost inward investment for productions.
• Next steps under the deal include co-production meetings, staff exchange programmes and coordinated policy efforts to operationalize the partnership.