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22 August 2018

The status of EU VFX workers in a No Deal Brexit

UK Screen Alliance has confirmed in an extensive new survey of the VFX workforce, that one in three people working in VFX comes from Europe.

14 August 2018

Creative Skillset preps for rebrand

Creative Skillset set for October re-naming and merging with Indie Training Fund

12 August 2018

Blackmagic Design Announces DaVinci Resolve 15 is Now Shipping

New upgrade fully integrates visual effects and motion graphics, adds even more audio tools plus hundreds of new features and improvements that editors and colorists have asked for.

11 July 2018

Cautious welcome for Brexit mobility framework

UK Screen CEO Neil Hatton, comments on the Brexit White Paper released today

3 June 2018

UK Screen makes the case for access to global talent after Brexit

Last Thursday the BBC News Channel featured a day of stories about the Creative Industries and Brexit.

23 April 2018

UK Screen Alliance & Animation UK elect new council representatives

The members of the UK Screen Alliance in partnership with Animation UK have elected new representative councils.

25 March 2018

UK Screen Alliance Councils: Elections update

The nominations have closed for both the Animation UK Council and the UK Screen Facilities Council elections.

22 March 2018

UK Screen’s ‘Giving Career Advice for VFX’ shows educators the path into industry

Last Wednesday UK Screen held an event at The Mill to further the Access:VFX remit of encouraging young people into the creative workplace, particularly in visual effects!

21 March 2018

Decoding the gender pay gap in VFX

The subject of women in the workplace has been very prominent in the news agenda in the last 12 months.

27 February 2018

APPRENTICESHIP STANDARD – POST PRODUCTION TECHNICAL OPERATOR

The draft proposal for an apprenticeship standard covering the role 'Post Production Technical Operator' Our trailblazer group has now been green-lit to develop this standard as an official approved apprenticeship. Below is the current draft working document which is subject to change. If you would like to contribute ideas to the development of the standard please get in touch.

23 February 2018

UK Screen Alliance Board appoints two new Directors

Fiona Walkinshaw, Global Joint Managing Director of Film at Framestore, and Sean Costelloe, Managing Director at The Mill have joined the UK Screen Alliance board.

21 February 2018

Creative Skillset announces Gareth Ellis-Unwin as new Head of Film

Gareth Ellis-Unwin is to become Creative Skillset's new Head of Film, as Louise Jury also joins the screen skills body as Director of Marketing and Communications.

14 February 2018

Screen Industries Unite Around New BFI Anti-Bullying and Harassment Principles

New Set of Principles and zero-tolerance Guidance developed with organisations across the film, television and games industries including BFI, BAFTA, BECTU, Directors UK, Equity, Pact, The Production Guild, Women in Film & TV, Writers’ Guild of Great Britain, UK Screen Alliance, UK Interactive Entertainment

BFI London Film Festival Announces 2018 Dates

The BFI London Film Festival in Partnership with American Express® today confirmed the dates for the Festival’s 62nd edition which will take place at venues across the UK capital from 10 – 21 October 2018.

8 February 2018

Royal Television Society Launches Annual Undergraduate Bursary Programme for 2018

The Royal Television Society (RTS) - Britain’s leading forum for television and related media, and an educational charity whose purpose is to promote the art and science of television – has launched its Undergraduate Bursary schemes for 2018, once again investing over £75,000 to support UK students from lower income backgrounds.

1 February 2018

RTS Futures’ TV Careers Fair Returns Bigger and Better Than Ever

The Royal Television Society’s hugely popular event, the RTS Futures TV Careers Fair, will return in 2018 and will this year be in partnership with Edinburgh International Television Festival Talent Schemes, National Film And Television School, and Sky One.

BFI Future Film Festival announces 2018 programme and new Headline partner LaCie

The UK’s most important film festival for young, emerging filmmakers is back with another jam-packed line up of events that span the breadth and depth of the film industry.

31 January 2018

Record-Breaking Year for International Film and TV Production in the UK

• £1.69 billion UK spend from inward investment feature films, including Jurassic World: The Fallen Kingdom, Aladdin and Outlaw King • £684 million inward investment spend from high-end TV, including Game Of Thrones, Outlander and The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance

14 June 2017

Why VFX shouldn’t be taxed for employing global talent

The proposal in the Conservative manifesto to double the Immigration Skills Charge to £2000 per year for non-EU workers raised deep concerns amongst the VFX community which employs a significant proportion of overseas talent.