All Diversity articles – Page 2
-
NewsBafta makes progress in diversifying, membership figures reveal
Bafta saw a record-breaking number of applications in 2024.
-
NewsUK trans+ writers lab The DarkRoom unveils inaugural participants (exclusive)
The five-month programme helps develop genre feature projects.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
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.
-
NewsCircle Women Doc Accelerator unveils 10 projects for 2024 edition (exclusive)
Ten documentary projects selected for seventh edition.
-
News“Animation is the future of entertainment,” says Women In Animation summit at Annecy
WIA president Marge Dean notes increase in popularity of anime.
-
News“Very little progress has been made,” says Diversity in Cannes founder
Yolonda Brinkley pointed to both the lack of Black filmmakers selected and the treatment of minority groups.
-
NewsWe Are Parable, Jamaica Film team up for UK Black and Caribbean filmmaker showcase
The event is supported by ‘James Bond’ producer Barbara Broccoli through EON Productions.
-
NewsWorking class creatives in film and TV lowest in over a decade, according to report
Report reveals just one in 12 creatives in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are from working class backgrounds
-
NewsTrustNordisk boards Danish queer sex drama ‘Sauna’ as filming begins (exclusive)
Magnus Juhl Andersen, Nina Rask lead the cast of Mathias Broe’s debut feature.
-
NewsBFI Flare, Bafta reveal 2024 talent development cohort
Six LGBTQIA+ filmmakers will be supported with their television or film debut.
-
NewsWomen’s representation in hit films dropped dramatically in 2023, says report
According to the USC Annenberg study, representation fell back to the level recorded in 2010.
-
NewsGender equity in UK film another 60 years away - but it could be sooner in Germany
The Gender Equity Policy (GEP) Analysis project looked at who holds key creative positions in the UK, German and Canadian industries.
-
NewsLukas Dhont to head Queer Palm jury at Cannes
Dhont’s debut feature ‘Girl’ won the LGBTQ+ award in 2015.
-
NewsSebastian Stan calls out “beast” comment at ‘A Different Man’ Berlin press conference
Stan disputed the use of the word by a Bulgarian journalist.
-
NewsBlack and Global Majority producers from the UK head to the EFM to progress projects
The BFI is supporting the EFM participatio of Carol Harding, Luke Oliveira-Davies, Lorine Plagnol and Tolu Stedford.
-
NewsMillion Youth Media wins Production Guild of Great Britain’s annual inclusion award
The award was handed out at a London ceremony last night (February 8).
-
NewsWarner Bros, BFI, Film London execs to speak at the UK’s The New Black Film Collective convention
The four-day event will focus on the “opportunity gap” for Black creatives