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British Underground curates and produces international showcase and streaming projects in music and the arts. We are an Arts Council England NPO and PRSF Talent Development Partner working across culture from Stormzy to the Royal Shakespeare Company. We have 20 years experience producing significant showcases and events at South by Southwest, in Austin, TX (SXSW).

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Arts Council England is the national development agency for creativity and culture. We have set out our strategic vision in Let’s Create that by 2030 we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us is valued and given the chance to flourish and where everyone of us has access to a remarkable range of high-quality cultural experiences. We invest public money from Government and The National Lottery to help support the sector and to deliver this vision.

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The British Council is the UK’s international organisation for cultural relations and educational opportunities. We support peace and prosperity by building connections, understanding and trust between people in the UK and countries worldwide. We do this through our work in arts and culture, education and the English language. We work with people in over 200 countries and territories and are on the ground in more than 100 countries. In 2021-22 we reached 650 million people.

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The British Film Institute (BFI), the UK’s lead organisation for film, works closely with industry and government to ensure the continued growth of the UK’s screen industries both internationally and in the UK. A cultural charity and National Lottery distributor, we support, nurture and promote the art of film, television and the moving image, investing in development, production, distribution, sales, export, film heritage, and education. We also administer the UK Global Screen Fund on behalf of the UK Government (DCMS) which invests £7m a year in UK international co-productions, the international distribution of UK content, and international business development, as well as the ScreenUK platform which promotes UK screen content internationally. The BFI Certification Unit is the first point of contact for accessing the UK’s Creative Sector Tax Reliefs for film, high-end television, animation and video games.

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The Immersive Futures Lab features a series of early-stage prototypes of world-leading immersive experiences. Find demos from games to healthcare, heritage to cutting-edge audio work and join us for a programme including talks, workshops and networking events. The lab is run in partnership with Creative Informatics, XR Stories and InGAME and is produced by the Creative Economy Team.

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UK House at SXSW is where the world’s top creative and tech talent get together to experience and share new ideas about the future of the creative economy – to be inspired and to build new relationships that can have powerful results. Our presence at SXSW is to be a flagship for UK creative innovation and official talks – building the profile of UK creativity and tech excellence at this essential gathering of US and global influencers. All are welcome to join our activities at UK House.

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