This week, the Labour Party announces their plans to widen involvement in the creative industries, the Writers’ Guild of Great Britain and Personal Managers Association agree a landmark deal with Netflix and more. Read all about it in this week’s digest below.
News
Netflix UK agrees writers renumeration deal, in a landmark agreement with Writers’ Guild of Great Britain and Personal Managers Association that covers live-action scripted titles. (Broadcast)
Labour Party research finds that nearly half of all Britons nominated for major cultural awards in the last decade were privately educated, reports The Guardian.
The Labour Party also announces plans to widen involvement in the creative industries, through ‘access to the arts’, as per The Guardian. Our Chief Executive Andy Harrower was at the Labour Creatives Conference on Thursday 14 March where the plans were announced — read his response on Twitter.
Features
As SXSW Festival gets underway in Austin, Texas, IndieWire dive into the cameras and lenses behind 10 TV shows and pilots premiering at the festival.
Opinion
BFI’s Harriet Finney explains the crucial next steps for the UK’s new indie tax relief in an interview with Screen Daily. We welcomed the tax relief but called for intervention to support the wider film and TV industry.
Awards
The winners of the 2024 Academy Awards were announced on Sunday 10 March. Take a look at a full list of winners.
Director Interviews
And finally... Anatomy of a Fall director Justine Triet shares an insight into working with Messi the dog, ahead of the canine star‘s scene stealing appearance at the Oscars ceremony on Sunday. (The Hollywood Reporter via YouTube)
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