Film and TV Briefing: Friday 17 September 2021
Welcome to this week’s round-up of news, commentary and industry announcements that you may have missed from the past week.
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In the news
Venice Film Festival awards top prize to film about illegal abortions drama (BBC)
Remaining 2021 releases from Disney to debut exclusively in cinemas (Guardian)
Netflix to invest £1.2m in training industry talent (Broadcast)
Tory MP says Paul Dacre ‘should be banned from reapplying’ to be Ofcom chair (Guardian)
Demand for UK productions expected to create 30,000 film and TV jobs (Guardian)
Ofcom gives go-ahead for BBC Three to return as a linear TV channel (Guardian)
BBC chairman makes case for tighter regulation of social media networks to combat spread of fake news (Televisual)
Research from Albert shows “cake” mentioned more than “climate change” on UK TV in 2020 (Guardian)
New Sky CEO discusses potential sale of Channel 4 (Deadline)
Christopher Nolan to head to Universal for next film about invention of the atomic bomb (IndieWire)
Oliver Dowden restates his view that Channel 4 would benefit from privatisation (Guardian)
Cabinet reshuffle names Nadine Dorries as culture secretary, replacing Oliver Dowden (ScreenDaily)
Features and commentary
Hollywood’s struggle to address the “war on terror” (Guardian)
How will films be remembered by future generations? (Deadline)
Industry announcements
Latest slate from the Young Audiences Content Fund revealed (BFI)
TV production revenues suffer from the impact of the pandemic (Pact)
Resources
Updated COVID-19 production guidance (Pact)
COVID-19 update for indies (Pact)
Culture Recovery Fund: Emergency Resource Support (Arts Council)
Nations & Regions Talent and Diversity resources (Pact)
