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- Related Stories News UK Cinema Admissions Tumble 30% Below Pre-Covid Levels News British Movie Spend Hit Record High Of $3.8B In 2025 Partners working with Goldsmiths to deliver ACES include the University of Edinburgh and Loughborough University, with not-for-profits Julie’s Bicycle and Sunderland Software City, and Deborah Williams OBE.
- Watch on Deadline “Technology within the sector continues to evolve at pace, creating significant shifts for the industry,” Rishi Coupland, the BFI’s Executive Director of Industry Development and Innovation, said in a statement.” “ACES seeks to give us the insights, knowledge, and tools to centre equity in the adoption of new technology and innovation.
- Focusing on environmental sustainability, equity, diversity, and inclusion, and the workforce impacts of AI, our ambition is to help the industry build a thriving, future-ready creative ecosystem.” The BFI Innovation Fund supports not-for-profit organisations in the development of new approaches to challenges facing the industry.
- Previous funding recipients include the Creative Diversity Network and Design Otherwise CIC.
- Jonathan Freeman, Professor of Psychology and Director at both CoSTAR Foresight and i2 Media Research at Goldsmiths, University of London, added: “My team’s focus in depth on mapping the future of workflows, markets, technologies, and audience impacts across the creative industries, with a deep focus on the screen, games, and performance sectors.
