The total sum will be $66m (54M) across three years.
The fund is moving from being a very wide brief into being very focused, Bays told Deadline.
Its very much evidence-informed.
Mia Bays.David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images.
Its informed by listening and a lot of lived experience.
Im sanguine about it because the industry always goes through peaks and troughs.
Similar support work will come, but it will be beyond the filmmaking fund.
Bays was named head of the BFIs Film Fund in April 2021.
Bays has worked in the industry for almost 30 years as a creative producer.
But she believes she is in the right place professionally and creatively.
Thats the big responsibility because the money really just doesnt go that far.
Id love us all to be as ambitious as possible.
Its just within a particular framework thats realistic.
