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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.