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Article: Scottish Lottery board members `gave themselves funding for films'
- Article from:
- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- June 15, 2001
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THE PANEL responsible for distributing National Lottery money to
fund Scottish films was accused yesterday of favouring colleagues'
films.
Scottish Screen has put pounds 2.4m of its 2000-01 lottery budget
into five major films, of which three are being produced by members
of Scottish Screen's committees or their relatives. The three have
taken up pounds 1.55m of the total.
Scottish Screen's largest award, totalling pounds 650,000 went to
Magdalene, a film produced by Frances Higson. Her mother, the film
maker Paddy Higson, was a member of Scottish Screen until recently.
Scottish Screen also gave a pounds 400,000 lottery grant to Late
Night Shopping, produced by Angus Lamont, a member of ...