What is "gbfte"

The Guild of British Film and Television Editors is a not-for profit association of professional British Film and Television Editors.

The Guild was formed by some 40 British Film Editors in 1966. Originally named the Guild of British Film Editors (GBFE), as more television programmes – particularly dramas and drama series – were pre-recorded rather than broadcast live its membership very soon included editors working in television as well. In 2005, when the advance of digital recording and editing meant that very few editors were actually working with film at all, the name was changed to the Guild of British Film and Television Editors. At the same time the motto “Crafting the Moving Image” was added to the logo to reflect these changes.

The Guild has always had two main aims: to raise the profile of the craft of editing and to maintain the technical and creative skills of editors working in film and television.

As a member of the Cine Guilds of Great Britain, the Guild does not act as a trade union.