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BBC Film & Film4 Bosses Voice Concern For Future Of UK Indie Film Sector: “We’re At Risk Of Losing A Huge Number Of Talented People From The Industry”
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The heads of UK financiers Film4 and BBC Film voiced concern this morning for the future of the indigenous UK film sector, which has seen its market share dwindle in the shadow of big U.S. inward investment and budgets stall at the big UK funding bodies.
Ollie Madden, Director, Film4, and Eva Yates, Director, BBC Film, were interviewed by UK politicians as part of the ongoing British Film & High-End TV Inquiry, which is gathering intelligence from key stakeholders in a bid to boost the sectors.
Yates, whose publicly funded BBC Film has recently backed movies including Aftersun and Rye Lane, told the committee: “I hope we can get to a better place of resilience. We have an incredibly successful inward investment sector, which is vital and valuable. It’s generating a lot of content. At the other end of the industry, there isn’t a lot of funding and a lot of very talented people are leaving the industry. How do we keep British talent here, telling British stories here? There is a break in the pipeline. Looking after that indigenous part of the industry is the biggest thing we hope for in these conversations.”
Madden, whose Film4 is riding high off the back of awards hits Poor Things, The Zone Of Interest and All Of Us Strangers, added: “The huge growth in inward investment, which has been great for the UK in many ways, has had some side effects. One of those is an increase in production costs and a difficulty in getting cinema screens for independent film. When independent films can be made, they can reach big global audiences so we’re really focused on moving barriers to those films being made.”
The UK independent film sector has for years seen falls in production spend and box office market share. The UK has become a
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