Anyone Got a Spare Room for Britain's Film Archive ?

NFT's Glam Makeover, but What is this About the Film archive?

I visited recently the madeover Moving Images Museum (abandoned for around ten years) and it is now a huge space at the back of the NFT, sectioned into eating/working/browsing/mingling areas. Menu was bit quite pricey considering the film-maker/students vibe but it does feel quite glam and fun.

BUT I was shocked to hear that the National Film Archive is under threat of homelessness, due to lack of goverment funds. I know money has to be squeezed for the Olympic logo from somewhere, by why from here?

'The film world is at loggerheads over plans to sell off the British Film Institute's London headquarters - as the organisation struggles to cope with a financial crisis insiders believe is a result of the arts budget being raided to help fund the 2012 Olympics. A legion of critics and academics say the plans, said to have the full support of the BFI's chairman, Anthony Minghella, Oscar-winning director of The English Patient, could herald the break up of the BFI's world-renowned collections.' Read about the full story in the Independent here.