{
  "id": 1044054,
  "title": "BFI CEO Ben Roberts Gives Keynote Address At Inaugural UK Film Conference: “The Missing Piece, For Me, Is Having Film Firmly In The Classroom” – Edinburgh Film Festival",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/15/bfi-ceo-ben-roberts-gives-keynote-address-at-inaugural-uk-film",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-08-15T13:21:26.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Deadline",
    "slug": "deadline",
    "url": "https://deadline.com/2026/08/bfi-ceo-ben-roberts-keynote-address-uk-film-conference-eiff-1237041496/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "In conversation with Clare Binns, managing director of Picturehouse Cinemas, at the Edinburgh Film Festival’s inaugural UK Film Conference BFI CEO Ben Roberts was candid from the outset about the problems of working for a major public-funding body. Having previously worked for numerous UK distribution and sales outfits, Roberts admitted that he had been warned […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}