Reports

23rd Nov 2024

British Screen Forum Submission to DBT Consultation on UK’s Modern Industrial Strategy

British Screen Forum submitted a response to the Department for Business and Trade’s inquiry “Invest 2035: the UK’s modern industrial strategy” on 23 November 2024

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22nd Nov 2024

British Screen Forum Submission to DfE Inquiry on Curriculum and Assessment Review

British Screen Forum submitted a response to the Department for Education’s inquiry “Curriculum and Assessment Review” on 22 November 2024

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8th Nov 2024

October 2024 Insight Report

Sessions: Mark Bunting (Director, Online Safety Strategy Delivery) provided an update on the program of implementation for the Online Safety Act; Kate Beal (Chief Executive Officer, Woodcut Media) and Ian Rumsey (Managing Director of Content, ITN Productions) presented on the Association of True Crime Producers; Lucy Jones (Executive Director, Comscore) gave a box office update on the UK and abroad; and Laura Mansfield (Chief Executive, ScreenSkills) presented on the new strategy and remit for ScreenSkills.

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21st Oct 2024

September 2024 Insight Report

Sessions: Cristina Nicolotti Squires (Group Director for Broadcasting & Media, Ofcom) on Ofcom’s work to ensure that we have media that is trusted and valued; Tome Levi (Injury Prevention Consultant) presented research and findings from work that seeks to reduce cost risk and boost cast health in screen and stage productions. Following coffee, Members were joined by invited guests, press, and policymakers for a special session to mark the publication of a new British Screen Forum report on UK Film Finance Trends, Show Me the Money!, which was produced by Ben Keen (Consultant, British Screen Forum).

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18th Sep 2024

Show Me the Money! An Investigation into the Dynamics and Future of UK Film Financing

We are delighted to publish today Show Me the Money! An Investigation into the Dynamics and Future of UK Film Financing. This report was prepared by Ben Keen for British Screen Forum. This report was commissioned with a view to informing the debate about the future of the film industry in the UK, and breaks new ground in its analysis of BFI certification data and provides a detailed and comprehensive analysis of trends in film finance over a ten-year period to the end of 2023.

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31st Jul 2024

Report on British Screen Forum Summit on Development Challenges in the UK Independent Feature Film Sector

In October 2023, British Screen Forum held a Summit on Project Development in the UK Independent Feature Film Industry. The Summit was conceived as a follow-up to the Hell and High Water: Project Development in the UK Sectors Film, Scripted TV and Video Games. This report has attempted to extract key themes that emerged from discussions throughout the day, with a variety of perspectives on each of those. As a result, the report is not a comprehensive record of those discussions but, rather, a distillation of salient ideas and themes. By common consensus, the report was also anonymised, with no quotes directly attributable. Like the Hell And High Water report, this summit report was authored by Bertrand Moullier (NARVAL Media) on behalf of British Screen Forum.

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