All Diversity articles – Page 14
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NewsFirst candidates for TV directing diversity scheme announced
Directors UK and Creative Skillset programme aims to diversify directing talent in TV drama.
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NewsChicken & Egg Pictures unveils Diversity Fellows
Participants receive mentorship, $5,000 grant, and DOC NYC festival retreat.
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NewsThandie Newton: costume dramas limit roles for black actors in UK
“I don’t want to play someone who’s being racially abused.”
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NewsNumber of films with female leads reaches record high in 2016
Study shows that 29% of films in 2016 had a woman as the lead character.
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NewsBafta improves diversity initiatives in response to new report
Research highlights problems with class and “unconscious bias”.
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NewsNumber of women directors fell in 2016, study finds
There was a drop in the number of women working on high profile Hollywood films, despite ongoing diversity debate.
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NewsBFI: 60% of UK films in last 10 years featured no black actors
New BFI research reaffirms alarming diversity trends.
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NewsScreen Australia fast-tracks female-led films
Screen Australia has committed AU$3m ($2.3m) towards fast-tracking 58 projects by female filmmakers, as part of a broader gender equality initiative.
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NewsNFTS launches trio of initiatives to support women directors
A mentorship programme and paid internships are being introduced in a bid to help boost the number of female directors in the industry.
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NewsRaising Films survey spotlights challenges of parenting in film business
A new UK survey proves what many people already know anecdotally, that it’s a challenge being a parent and working in the film and TV industries.
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News"Challenge" to get ordinary Muslims on camera, says Doc/Fest panel
Media misrepresentation of Muslims, and fear of reproach from within their communities, are hindering depictions of the less “extreme” and pluralist aspects of Islam, according to leading filmmakers.
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NewsDiversity quota for film tax credit, suggests Ken Loach producer
MEDIA SUMMIT: Rebecca O’Brien, producer of Cannes winner I, Daniel Blake, also criticized nepotism in the film industry.
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NewsFirst female-centric film finance initiative launches in Cannes
Boudica is headed by co-financiers of seven films including The Falling and Iona.
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NewsWomen in film "Wikipedia" planned
Database curated by Swedish Film Institute, which currently includes 700 film-makers, will expand globally.
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NewsBFI mulls covering childcare costs in bid to boost diversity
The BFI has said it expects to allocate 50% of its funding to women directors by 2020 - and is considering covering childcare costs for some writers and directors.
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NewsWhy are women directors so sparse at major festivals?
Screen spoke to festival heads and industry about why women directors remain painfully sparse in the main strands at major festivals.
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NewsWomen only 20% of UK production personnel, says report
AHRC-funded report also finds that only 1.5% of key personnel on UK film productions in 2015 were BAME women.
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FeaturesTraining: Diversity - an attainable dream
The UK’s diversity challenge is being tackled by both film schools and high schools. Geoffrey Macnab reports on the efforts being made to ensure every child and teenager in the country considers the creative industries a viable career choice