Film and TV Briefing: Thursday 6 April 2023
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
Has the battle for gender equality in Hollywood slowed? (Variety)
UK-based organisation that celebrates Black cinema expanding into distribution (ScreenDaily)
AI - useful tool or a threat to writers? (WGGB)
Film Festival Dates 2023 (ScreenDaily)
'The Offing' seals multi-territory deal (Deadline)
Fifth and final series for 'Ghosts' (Royal Television Society)
More movie/gaming adaptations on the way, says Jack Black (BBC)
BBC show provides insight into "the reality of what autism is" (BBC)
Oscar-winner David Puttnam urges film industry to address skills gap (The Guardian)
Features and commentary
Podcast: How Ofcom deals with broadcasting complaints (Ofcom)
BBC Three talks to disabled actors, writers and creatives about their experiences working in TV (BBC)
Industry announcements
Campaign to curb anti-social behaviour in theatres (Bectu)
IMAX with best ever first quarter box office results (Yahoo)
Ofcom to investigate GB News (BBC)
The Singapore On-Screen Fund for TV & Film to help promote tourism (Variety)
BBC to broadcast 1,000 fewer hours of new television programmes (BBC)
Winners of Windham-Campbell prizes announced (The Guardian)
Resources
Children's TV Skills Fund training programmes (ScreenSkills)
Legal updates
Letter from DCMS to Ofcom regarding Channel 3 and 5 licences (gov.uk)
John Lewis wins legal battle with author claiming copyright infringement (BBC)
