British Film Commission Issues Safety Guidelines for Restarting COVID-19 Production

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Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentEarlier this month, the British government gave the greenlight to film and TV production to resume, but how can this be done safely? During a panel discussion on Wednesday, moderated by Joseph Chianese, executive VP at consultancy Entertainment Partners, three prominent figures in the British production sector spoke about how the industry is figuring out how to implement the guidelines issued by the British Film Commission, “Working Safely

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Having come to a screeching halt in mid-March as the novel coronavirus pandemic took hold, U.K. film and high-end TV production – an industry of huge importance both to the local economy and Hollywood, with 2019 reaching a record spend of $4.7 million – has been given a major green light to start moving again.

The British government and health bodies have formerly endorsed a comprehensive set of guidelines that will allow shoots to restart in one of the world's film and high-end production capitals after they were shut down due to the novel coronavirus pandemic.

By Dino-Ray Ramos

The British Film Commission released their safety guidelines for restarting COVID-19 film production late Sunday after weeks of discussions by the British Film Institute’s coronavirus task force with labor organizations, epidemiologists, and studios based in both the U.K. and United States.