#Uk
Judi Dench Will Be Honored with Screen International’s Outstanding Contribution to UK Film Award
Judi Dench is set to be celebrated by Screen International at the upcoming Screen Awards. The Oscar-winning actress been named as this year’s recipient of the Outstanding Contribution to UK...
UK Channel ITV Will No Longer Commission Comedy Shows from All-Male Writing Teams
ITV head of comedy Saskia Schuster is working to correct the wide gender gap among her department’s scribes. BBC confirms the UK channel is banning comedy series penned by all-male writing...
Judi Dench to Receive Honor at British Independent Film Awards
Judi Dench is following in the footsteps of Emma Thompson, Vanessa Redgrave, and Julie Walters, all previous recipients of the Richard Harris Award for outstanding contribution to British film....
Apply Now: Birds Eye View Future Leaders in Distribution Program
Listen up, UK-based female distribution executives: Birds Eye View wants to support you in breaking through the glass ceiling of the distribution sector. ScreenDaily reports that the gender equality...
BFI Celebrates Joan Crawford with Two-Month Program
BFI Southbank is paying tribute to a Hollywood legend. The cinema has announced a two-month program featuring 20 films starring Joan Crawford. Kicking off August 1 and running through October 9,...
Study: The Number of Women Screenwriters in the UK Has Barely Changed in 10 Years
In 2017 women represented 11 percent of the writers on the United States’ top 250 films. They accounted for 33 percent of television writers during the States’ 2016-17 season. Obviously,...
UK Labour Party Pushes for Inclusion Riders on Films and TV Claiming Tax Relief
The focus on inclusion riders — that is, contract clauses that ensure projects have diverse casts and crews — has made its way across the pond. Deadline reports that the Labour Party,...
New Hotline Offers Help to Those Working in UK Film and TV
If you or someone you know works in UK film and television and is struggling, the Film & Television Charity is here to help. A press release has announced the launch of the Film & TV Support...
Time’s Up Dominates BAFTAs, New UK Anti-Harassment Campaign Introduced
The anti-harassment movement has taken the United Kingdom by storm. Less than a week after the BFI and BAFTA introduced new anti-bullying/anti-harassment guidelines, the BAFTA Awards were dominated...
BFI and BAFTA Announce New Anti-Bullying and Anti-Harassment Guidelines
The British Film Institute (BFI) and BAFTA are joining forces to fight bullying and sexual harassment in the UK film industry. Deadline confirms that the two organizations have put together plans...
Newly Launched BFI Filmography Reveals Stark Gender Disparity in UK Film
Today the BFI introduced the BFI Filmography, a complete, living record of all the 10,000-and-counting UK films released since 1911. While the resource is, as the BFI describes, “a treasure trove...
BBC Women Demand Equal Pay
Last week the BBC published its annual report on its spending and program offerings, which revealed the disappointing, but sadly unsurprising fact that the corporation’s biggest female stars are...
Raising Films Hosts Childcare Summit, Announces Family Support Fund
Raising Films recently held an Industry Summit “to discuss practical solutions for parents and carers working in the film and television industries,” the company announced in a press release. It...
Four White Men Put on UK Channel 4’s Board While Minority Woman Rejected
There has been uproar in the UK over the course of the past week when it was announced that four white men were approved as board members for Channel 4 while a fifth candidate, a minority woman, was...
Ava DuVernay’s ARRAY Acquires Rebecca Johnson’s Debut “Honeytrap”
Ava DuVernay’s distribution company ARRAY has a new acquisition from across the pond. “Honeytrap” marks the feature debut of Brit writer-director Rebecca Johnson. The film was critically...
Creative England Announces Initiatives Aimed at Emerging Producers
Welcome news for up-and-coming producers based in England and Scotland: the UK’s creative industries agency, Creative England, has launched two new initiatives aimed at helping you kick-start...
A Record Number of Women Directors in Consideration for British Doc Awards
With 52 women on the Grierson shortlist, a record number of women are now in consideration for this year’s British Documentary Awards. As the BBC reports, Lorraine Heggessey, the trust’s chair,...
Stefanie Martini to Play Young Jane Tennison
Helen Mirren in “Prime Suspect” Stefanie Martini is taking the reins on the character that helped make Helen Mirren famous. According to Deadline, Martini will play a young Jane Tennison in...
National Theatre Commits to Gender Equality
The National Theatre in London has set a target of achieving a 50/50 gender balance among its directors and living writers by 2021. The plans were revealed by the prominent British venue’s current...