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Creative Industries Policy & Evidence Centre release new report on Class imbalances in UK Creative Jobs

27 August 2020

Just 16% of people in creative jobs are from working class backgrounds and those from privileged backgrounds more likely to land a job, experience autonomy and progression, and shape what goes on stage, page and screen. New research (1) from the Creative Industries Policy and Evidence Centre (PEC) shows widespread class imbalances in the UK’s […]

Westminster Media Forum – Next steps for the UK film and wider screen industries

11 August 2020

***Full-scale policy conference taking place online*** This conference will consider the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the UK film and wider screen industries – as well as their longer-term outlook. Discussion will be on the ways that screen productions are innovating in order to adhere to social distancing, and changes in audience demand and […]

Manchester Animation Festival – MAF 2020

6 August 2020

Manchester Animation Festival is the UK’s largest Animation Festival dedicated celebration of the animated art form. The festival, now in its 6th year, has revealed that it will alter its submission rules to give greater flexibility to filmmakers as films and animation festivals are converting to online events as a result of the Covid-19 lockdown. As […]

MEDIA, BROADCAST AND PRODUCTION T-LEVEL REVIEW WEBINAR

28 July 2020

The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education are hosting a webinar to review the outline content for the T Level in Media, Broadcast and Production.  We all want a skills revolution to ensure all young people can go as far as their talents and hard work can take them, as developing our home-grown talent will ensure […]

Media, Broadcast and Production T-Level Review Webinar

The Institute for Apprenticeships and Technical Education are hosting a webinar to review the outline content for the T Level in Media, Broadcast and Production.  We all want a skills revolution to ensure all young people can go as far as their talents and hard work can take them, as developing our home-grown talent will ensure […]

EDINBURGH INTERNATIONAL TV FESTIVAL

24 July 2020

The Edinburgh International TV Festival brings together all parts of the television and digital world to celebrate the creativity, diversity and inspirational talent in the field, in addition to debate the major issues facing us as an industry. This year, the Edinburgh TV Festival has been re-imagined online for 2020 & announces a series of initiatives […]

Sky Studios Elstree green-lit to start construction

9 July 2020

Hertsmere Borough Council have given planning permission for the Legal and General development of major new studio complex, Sky Studios Elstree. Sky Studios Elstree, a new state-of-the-art film and TV studio in the UK, has received the green light to proceed with construction works following a unanimous decision by Hertsmere Borough Council. The development represents […]

Moonraker VFX secures Creative England Funding for global Immersive content

8 July 2020

Moonraker VFX secures major funding from Creative England to produce original 3D content for global screens. Moonraker VFX, an award-winning VFX studio based in Bristol, has secured half a million pounds in funding from Creative England to produce their own original immersive, 3D content for big screens across the globe.  This funding follows the government’s […]

Spotlight On…Salon Rentals: Supplying and Supporting the Film & TV industry for over 50 years

For the July Spotlight feature, UK Screen Alliance hears from, Nick Long, Managing Director of the UK’s longest established editing equipment rental company, Salon Rentals, and how they’ve gone from strength to strength heroically supporting the post-production industry for over 5 decades. Salon Rentals is the UK’s longest established editing equipment hire company, founded in […]

BFI ANNOUNCE WINNERS OF SEE YOURSELF ON SCREEN CHALLENGE

1 July 2020

Finalists received 1-to-1 virtual masterclasses from the likes of Konnie Huq, Reggie Yates, Jessica Hynes, Rob Delaney, BBC Children’s Cheryl Taylor, Harry Hill, Matthew Lewis, Amelia Dimoldenberg and Robert Popper. The BFI, through its Young Audiences Content Fund (YACF), has today announced the winners of its See Yourself on Screen Challenge – a UK-wide competition […]