Screen Talks: Experts to discuss restarting indie film production in the UK

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Screen Talks: Experts to discuss restarting indie film production in the UK

The latest in our Screen Talks webinar series is taking place on Tuesday June 16 at 15.30 BST and will look at how the UK’s new Covid-19 guidelines can help independent film producers and their creative departments to safely get back up and running on set and on location.

This episode of Screen Talks is sponsored by the British Film Institute and the British Film Commission.

‘Working Safely During Covid-19 in Film and High-End TV Drama Production’ guidance published last week signalled the road back to recovery for film production in the UK.

British Film Commissioner Adrian Wootton worked closely with the BFI Screen Sector Task Force to put the guidelines together. He will be joined by Sara Putt, who runs the leading agency for film and TV heads of department in the UK, Gareth Ellis-Unwin, head of film and animation at ScreenSkills, who is identifying the new training demands of the guidelines, and producer Kate Norrish of Hillbilly Films, who was shooting Reggie Yates’ Pirates right up until late March when the production was forced to close due to lockdown.

They will discuss how the guidelines can help UK independent producers and filmmakers address a myriad of new challenges to get the cameras rolling again. The session will be hosted by Screen International’s deputy editor Louise Tutt.

The 30-minute discussion will be followed by a live Q&A in which the audience will be able to ask questions to the speakers; we can also take advance questions at [email protected].

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