Published on: 25 April 2024 in Industry

Directors Digest — Friday 26 April 2024

Reading time: 2 minutes and 26 seconds

This week, Channel 4 plans to increase its Nations quota, Creative UK launch their manifesto for change and Luca Guadagnino talks tennis as Challengers is released. Read all about it in this week’s digest below.

News 

Channel 4 Chief Executive Alex Mahon says: “it’s time to make a shift” as the broadcaster plans to increase its 9% Nations quota. (Broadcast

Landmark BBC natural history titles helped generate more than £16million for UK economy, and natural history programmes accounted for 44% of the Bristol production industry’s turnover in 2022, report finds. (Broadcast

Creative UK launches their manifesto for change, calling for radical action across the cultural and creative industries. (The Knowledge

The BFI invests £900k in a BFI Skills Cluster in Wales, which will see Sgil Cymru in partnership with Creative Wales and Screen Alliance Wales (SAW) as one of seven BFI Skills Clusters in the Nations and regions. (Televisual

The first recipients of Screen Cornwall’s Cornish-language film initiative are unveiled. (Screen Daily

Features 

From Barbie to Bridgerton via Happy Valley, The Guardian takes a deep dive into how streaming — and tax breaks — helped fuel the UK’s screen boom.  

Screen Daily asks, in a golden age of documentary, why are so many struggling at the box office in the UK and Ireland

Director Interviews 

Little White Lies explores love triangles, depicting bodies and “sports movies” with Luca Guadagnino as his latest feature film Challengers is released. 

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