BFI and ScreenSkills Team to Address Industry Inclusion Gaps Across the U.K. – Global Bulletin

Wimbledon game in the UK saw many stars over the weekend like Tom Cruise, Kate Middleton and Prince William, Jonas and many more.

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coronavirus pandemic revenues by the year 2025, according to a new forecast.Live music is set to return without restrictions in England on Monday (July 19) following the UK government’s decision to go ahead with lifting the majority of coronavirus-enforced rules in the country.

Jack Thorne, the prolific British writer behind His Dark Materials and Harry Potter and The Cursed Child, is to deliver the prestigious James MacTaggart Memorial Lecture at the Edinburgh TV Festival next month.

Finally after a near 15 month wait, Marvel’s long-awaited Black Widow will debut around the world after being locked up from the pandemic, and the industry’s global weekend expectation is as high as $140M.

Bob Vylan have announced their ‘We Live Here’ tour, which will kick off in the UK later this month.The London grime punks will embark on the tour in association with the National Lottery as part of their newly announced ‘Revive Live’ partnership with the Music Venue Trust, which is aiming to support independent grassroots music venues across the UK.Anyone who buys a ticket to the ‘We Live Here’ tour can bring a friend along for free, with the friend simply needing to present proof of a National

EXCLUSIVE: Industry and Skins star Freya Mavor has joined the cast of UK thriller Freegard, which is filming in London.

K.J. Yossman The British Film Institute (BFI) has revealed a one-year fund worth £500,000 ($690,000) to support the U.K.

Naman Ramachandran The British Film Institute (BFI) has kicked off its U.K.

Jamie Lang “A staggering 20.6 million of you watched England’s victory on BBC One last night,” tweeted “Match of the Day” host and English soccer legend Gary Lineker on Wednesday as the viewing numbers from Tuesday night’s UEFA European Football Championship round of 16 match between England and Germany came in.

UK culture minister Caroline Dinenage yesterday confirmed that she had hosted a roundtable discussion focused on bullying, harassment and discrimination within the British creative industries, and how those industries can tackle and end such conduct.The discussion was prompted by a previous meeting between ministers at the UK’s Department For Digital, Culture, Media & Sport and singer, songwriter and former ‘X Factor’ runner-up Rebecca Ferguson, who has made numerous posts to social media in

Brexit negotiator Lord Frost used a government committee hearing today (Tuesday June 29) to hit back at Elton John over his claims around the European touring fiasco, before coming under fire himself for his “inaction” over the situation.Sir Elton has been very vocal over the government jeopardising the future of touring for the UK artists, after the Brexit deal secured with the EU failed to negotiate visa-free travel and Europe-wide work permits for musicians and crew.

Naman Ramachandran “The Crown” stars Olivia Colman and Lesley Manville are among a host of British creative industries personalities calling for a levy on gadgets, the proceeds of which would to towards supporting the U.K. creative sector.“As a coalition of creators and performers we support the Smart Fund, a new scheme that could help to bring cultural and economic renewal to the whole of the U.K.

Naman Ramachandran The British Film Institute has issued a briefing note for industry professionals travelling to France for the Cannes Film Festival (July 6-17).The note is drawn from guidance on the U.K. and French government sites.

The BFI has named former All3Media and Endemol Shine exec Denitsa Yordanova as the head of its new UK Global Screen Fund, which is being introduced to plug funding gaps left post-Brexit.

Naman Ramachandran The British Film Institute (BFI) has appointed Denitsa Yordanova as head of the recently launched U.K. Global Screen Fund, reporting into Neil Peplow, BFI director of industry and international affairs.The fund is set up as an export booster, designed to help the U.K.

The Pretenders‘ Chrissie Hynde has announced a UK tour where she will sing songs from Bob Dylan’s extensive back catalogue, as well as some other favourites.The tour announcement comes weeks after Hynde released ‘Standing In The Doorway: Chrissie Hynde Sings Bob Dylan’, made up of nine covers of Dylan’s songs including ‘Murder Most Foul’ and ‘Every Grain of Sand’.“A few weeks into lockdown last year, [Pretenders bandmate James Walbourne] sent me the new Dylan track ‘Murder Most Foul’.