Ben Luxford

Ben Luxford is the Director of UK Audiences for the British Film Institute, the UK's lead organisation for Film and the moving image. He oversees funding and policy for the Distribution and Exhibition of independent UK and international film across a variety of platforms. He leads the BFI's immersive cultural partnerships such as StoryFutures from Royal Holloway University and Coventry City of Culture. During COVID, he oversaw DCMS' Culture Recovery Fund for Independent Cinemas in England on behalf of the UK Government. Historically Ben was an independent UK film distributor for a variety of companies including Studiocanal and Curzon.