All Diversity articles – Page 18
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NewsDirectors UK, BBC pilot women directors scheme
Organisations launch return-to-work training initiative for female TV directors.
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News'Slave' wins three Screen Nation awards
Chiwetel Ejiofor and Lupita Nyong’o take prizes at awards celebrating diversity.
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CommentDiversity: UK must invest
BAFTA award-winning British film producer Andrea Calderwood (Last King of Scotland) calls on the UK film industry to invest in skills and talent that truly represents diverse Britain.
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NewsLilting to open 28th LLGFF
Hong Khaou’s drama, starring Ben Whishaw, to open the BFI London Lesbian & Gay Film Festival 2014.
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NewsSt Albans to give Bechdel award
UK festival to give special award to the best short film that passes the gender bias test.
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NewsBirds Eye View launches Filmonomics
Birds Eye View its launching its new training programme Filmonomics at this year’s LOCO London Comedy Film Festival on Jan 26.
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NewsScreen Nation to honour Felix Dexter
Posthumous award announced as nominations revealed for the 9th Screen Nation Film & Television Awards.
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NewsEd Vaizey to probe diversity stats
Ed Vaizey, minister for UK Culture, Communications and Creative Industries is calling on senior figures in TV, film and arts to explain the lack of diversity in their industries at a ministerial roundtable next week.
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NewsUK film industry: All white at the top
The UK commercial film industry is painfully bereft of black, asian and ethnic minority executives. Why?
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NewsSteve McQueen: UK industry 'hugely behind' on diversity
12 Years a Slave director says British executives need to be held accountable for lack of diversity.
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CommentSubtitles for Christmas campaign
Action on Hearing Loss has gotten 10,000 signatures on its petition for LoveFilm to provide subtitles for people with hearing loss.
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FeaturesDiversity matters
Key industry figures at Screen International and Broadcast’s Diversify event called for speedier change. By Andreas Wiseman
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NewsSkills can redress diversity imbalance
Creative Skillset executive director Kate O’Connor has vowed the organisation will help to improve diversity across the creative industries following Broadcast and Screen International’s Diversify event last week.
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NewsDiversify: Hughes calls for 'radical revolution'
Historian Dr Bettany Hughes battled “extraordinary prejudice” when she first tried to enter the TV industry and believes there has to be “radical revolution” for women to achieve equality.
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FeaturesDiversify conference
Slideshow from Screen International and Broadcast’s Diversify conference on Nov 13.
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NewsDiversify: Call for racial quotas
Television and film stars including Lenny Henry and Kwame Kwei-Armah have called for broadcasters to implement quotas to increase racial diversity on UK screens.
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NewsDiversify: What are the actions to move forward?
Experts at Screen International and Broadcast’s Diversify conference suggested a number of concrete ideas of how the UK film and TV industries can move forward.
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NewsDiversify: BFI could introduce diversity obligations
BFI Film Fund director Ben Roberts said at today’s Diversify conference that in the future the BFI might introduce diversity obligations for producers to receive their full amount of Lottery funding.