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14 October 2019

shots Awards Europe 2019 shortlist announced

The shortlist for the 2019 Europe shots Awards has been announced, with a plethora of talented companies and individuals shortlisted for this year's Euro-centric award show.

25 September 2019

Creative Industries Federation and Creative England join forces

Today a public statement has been released on the merging of the Creative Industries Federation and Creative England to become a part of the same UK-wide organisation.

24 September 2019

Young Audience Content Fund Exceeding Targets

Animation UK Executive Chair Kate O'Connor gives an update on the fund in relation to submissions from the animation sector.

11 September 2019

Why Delay Graduate visas? We need them now

UK Screen Alliance welcomes Government announcement to reinstate post-study work visas, but questions why it can't be introduced sooner for international students currently studying in the UK.

5 September 2019

UK Screen Alliance Releases Ground-breaking Industry Diversity & Inclusion Report

‘Inclusion and diversity’ study results published today reveal positive industry gains and highlight areas of future focus.

15 August 2019

Creative Industries urge government to recognise the value of creative education

Over 150 key figures from across the creative industries and beyond have signed a letter urging government to recognise the value of creative education.

‘Get It Right’ campaign aims to highlight the true cost of content infringement

Caspar Lee & Snoochie Shy kick off new video series highlighting our shared love of creative content and the true cost of piracy Creative industries initiative encouraging fans to value the creative process and to access content legally

9 August 2019

50% of EU VFX, animation, and Post workers have yet to apply for Settled Status

According to our recent UK Screen Alliance survey data, more than 50% of European workers in UK Visual Effects, Animation and Post production have yet to apply to settled status.

7 August 2019

Tax reliefs provided £1.1 billion boost to creative sectors

HM Treasury has revealed new figures on how much Britain's Film, High-end TV, and Animation sectors have benefited from government tax reliefs.

6 August 2019

New BFI Fund supports animation Creative Talent

Animation UK are delighted to report that the BFI has today announced their new Short Form Animation Fund, offering support for higher-budget animated work from teams based in the UK.

17 July 2019

Broadcast Tech Innovation awards 2019 shortlist announced

The Broadcast Tech innovation awards released the shortlist of nominations for the 2019 awards ceremony, rewarding exceptional talent in creativity, innovation, and collaboration among the broadcast industry of the past year.

BFI London Film Festival announce Opening Night gala

The 63rd BFI London Film Festival announces this year’s Opening Night gala will be Armando Iannucci's 'The Personal History of David Copperfield'.

16 July 2019

BAFTA commence £25m redevelopment of their London base

The renovated 195 Piccadilly headquarters for BAFTA will open in summer 2021 with doubled capacity to support charitable work and emerging talent.

11 July 2019

UK Screen Alliance launches survey on Inclusion for VFX, Animation and Post-Production

There is very little data about ethnicity, disability, or social mobility in VFX, animation or post production. To understand the impact of any new initiatives we will need credible statistics so we have launched a new survey.

4 July 2019

DCMS to fund apprenticeship training agency pilot and CIC commits to diversity

Secretary of State for DCMS, Jeremy Wright has announced £100k of funding to launch a pilot scheme to boost the uptake of apprenticeships in the Creative Industries.

3 July 2019

Ofcom publishes updated response to PSBs Children’s Content plans

Regulatory body Ofcom has published their updated repsonse to the commerical PSBs' plans to iprove children's television content.

2 July 2019

ScreenSkills seek Animation Production Liason Executive alongside relaunch of the Animation Skills Fund

Plans for the Animation Skills Fund will be discussed at the Children's Media Conference in Sheffield on Thursday the 4th of July.

11 June 2019

UK’s Creative Industries set to grasp export opportunities as top 50 Createch ‘ones to watch’ list published

The first ever UK Creative Industries Trade and Investment Board (CITIB) strategy has been published today, pledging to boost creative industries goods and service exports by 50 per cent by 2023.

23 May 2019

DNEG hires New Head of Character Animation Andrew Gordon

DNEG has announced their appointment of Andrew Gordon, creator of iconic characters for Monsters, Inc. and Finding Nemo, as Head of Character Animation for their Feature Animation team in London.

14 May 2019

VFX Apprenticeships Made Easy

An industry event was held with UK Screen Alliance, NextGen Skills Academy, ACCESS: VFX and Westminster Kingsway College, supported by ScreenSkills, for everything companies need to about how to start recruiting and training VFX apprentices.