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All Diversity articles
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NewsDiversity data in UK film production to be collated for the first time
The Creative Diversity Network will create a reporting system with Bafta.
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News‘The Choral’ director Nicholas Hytner says there is a “limit” to what UK industry can do to support working-class talent
Additionally producer Kevin Loader advocated for cashflowing the IFTC and Ralph Fiennes discussed prep.
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NewsFemale film critics in the UK face 19% gender pay gap
Over half of respondents are earning under £25,000 a year from criticism.
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News“We are stirring it up for you,” says Julia Roberts of #MeToo themes in ’After The Hunt’
“We are challenging people to have conversations and be excited or infuriated by that,” said Roberts in Venice.
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FeaturesHow inclusive is the UK film and TV industry five years on from George Floyd’s murder?
Black creatives and executives in the UK film and TV sector are questioning the level of progress made.
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NewsSarajevo, Slano support five female filmmakers from Southeast Europe
Filmmakers include Ena Sendijarevic, Aida Begic.
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NewsChristophe Honoré to chair Queer Palm jury at Cannes
This award celebrates its 15th anniversary this year.
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NewsBFI, Warner Bros, Embankment execs join New Black Film Collective 2025 XPO line-up
The New Black Film Collective 2025 XPO takes place in London from March 24-28.
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NewsBFI Network, Bafta select six LGBTQIA+ filmmakers for 2025 mentoring programme
The programme is in partnership with BFI Flare Festival.
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NewsHanna Schygulla takes aim at nationalism, AfD: “It has always brought misery”
“We have the worst people in charge of the world,” says Schygulla.
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NewsFiona Lamptey, Eve Gabereau among speakers at Reclaim The Frame distribution event
They are joined by Mubi’s Cate Kane and BFI’s director of inclusion, Melanie Hoyes.
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NewsBafta Elevate 2025/26 cohort includes ‘Mr Gay Syria’, ‘Kanaval’ directors
The cohort comprises documentary and factual filmmakers from underrepresented backgrounds.
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NewsNo progress being made in the number of female-made films released in the UK, says Reclaim The Frame
Only 12% of films were directed and written by women and those of a marginalised gender.
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NewsBFI Flare to open with ‘The Wedding Banquet’ starring Bowen Yang, Lily Gladstone
The film is a comedy-drama about a deal between a gay man and his lesbian friend.
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NewsBafta makes progress in diversifying, membership figures reveal
Bafta saw a record-breaking number of applications in 2024.
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NewsUK trans+ writers lab The DarkRoom unveils inaugural participants (exclusive)
The five-month programme helps develop genre feature projects.
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NewsRuth Wilson, Vicky McClure among speakers of The Writers Lab inaugural Summit
The Writers Lab offers programs to women and non-binary writers over 40.
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NewsWorking-class parents in UK do not want children pursuing creative careers, study finds
The research was conducted by Netflix and the National Youth Theatre.
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News‘Quiet On Set’ feature film to inspect class division in UK film industry (exclusive)
Self-funded film is directed and produced by Mark Forbes.
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NewsCareer optimism among under-represented UK film and TV workers at low ebb, survey finds
Only 32% of workers from underrepresented communities feel optimistic about their future.