All Diversity articles – Page 7
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NewsEurope needs to confront racism in film, say industry players
Sarajevo CineLink panel included Matthijs Wouter Knol, outgoing director of Berlin’s European Film Market.
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News‘Mangrove’: first trailer for Steve McQueen’s Cannes ‘Small Axe’ title
Sunday August 9 marks 50th anniversary of Mangrove protest.
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NewsGuy Ritchie, Creative Access launch paid intern initiative for UK talent
Set Access consists of a rolling internship programme, and a development programme.
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NewsTaika Waititi’s Piki Films signs indigenous writers for three projects about colonisation (exclusive)
Company will develop two features and a detective series.
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NewsUtopia boards ‘And She Could Be Next’, exec produced by Ava DuVernay
Documentary miniseries follows women of colour transforming US politics.
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NewsUK’s Black, Brown and Asian creatives call out industry’s “systemic racism” in open letter
Open letter has already received more than 4,200 signatures of support.
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NewsBFI outlines initial steps to counter film and TV industry’s “diversity deficit”
“We need to embody the change we want to see,” says BFI chief executive Ben Roberts.
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NewsAmma Asante, Paul Feig, Julie Taymor to speak at post-Covid-19 conference Carla 2020
The online event will focus on representation and systemic change.
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NewsBohemia acquires ‘Clemency’, sets UK release with racial justice organisations (exclusive)
Phil Hunt and Lucy Fenton launched the new UK company in January.
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NewsNew chair says “Bafta must be unequivocally and actively anti-racist”
Krishnendu Majumdar sent a letter to members today.
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NewsScreen Talks: UK actors discuss Black Lives Matter, post-lockdown projects
David Oyelowo, Noel Clarke, Andrea Riseborough speak up.
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NewsSydney, EFP unveil 2020 Europe! Voices of Women in Film selection
Ten films have been chosen, produced by 14 different European nations.
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Features“The landscape for horror is changing”: Natalie Erika James on debut feature ‘Relic’
Executive producers on the film include Jake Gyllenhaal and the Russo brothers.
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NewsApple’s Jay Hunt joins WFTV mentoring scheme
Twenty women working at the mid-career level have been selected as mentees.
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NewsFemale distribution specialists discuss creating diverse teams, making smart deals at Glasgow panel
Nine of Birds Eye View’s Future Leaders in Distribution cohort took part in the conversation.
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NewsFrench stars launch #BlackCesars campaign ahead of troubled awards
Industry professionals call for greater diversity and inclusion on the big screen.
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NewsGender parity is a long way off among European film critics, major new study finds
Female critics wrote less than 30% of the reviews for new films in key European territories.
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NewsWeinstein verdict “not the end” of equality movement, Berlin panel hears
Time’s Up UK Dame Heather Rabbatts told a packed-out room: “this movement is not going back in the box.”
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NewsBFI commits to measures to make “more inclusive” industry for disabled filmmakers
Panellists at ‘Busting The Bias’ included writer Jack Thorne and actor Adam Pearson.
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NewsPrince William, Joaquin Phoenix condemn Bafta diversity issues
Brad Pitt (in absentia), Taika Waititi and Rebel Wilson joke about Royal Family, British Empire.