We shouldn’t underestimate the value of expertise amid the production boom, as Tim Potter GBCT explains. At a recent BAFTA function, David Puttnam, the president of the Film Distributors’ Association, called on the film and television industry to invest in the training of our future workforce or risk losing our position in the world as … Read more
Launching the annual Film Distributors’ Association (FDA) Yearbook at BAFTA this morning, Lord (David) Puttnam, FDA President, announced a call to action for the film industry post-COVID, urging significantly increased investment in skills and development. Reflecting on the industry’s ‘plans for the future’ he challenged all areas of the film sector to work more closely together to maximise the … Read more
LABOUR OF LOVE Personal integrity defines the work of Chris Menges BSC ASC, whose storied career ranges from classic observationally-shot working class drama Kes to the Oscar-winning masterpiece of the Cambodian genocide The Killing Fields. The composer and conductor Herbert Menges introduced his son to West End theatre. “Going with him as a kid to … Read more
The BFI has announced steps towards realising its ambition of building a new international centre for film, TV and the moving image, with an offer of support of up to £87m towards the £130m total project cost, subject to a tender process. The BFI hopes to open the new building to the public in 2022. … Read more