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Stateside entertainment mergers are stifling UK indie film sector, warns production company founder and producer. Sarudzayi Marufu, executive producer and founder of Euras Films, recently warned that a rise in M&A in media and entertainment will directly impact grassroots film production in the UK. This follows Paramount's likely merger with Sony Pictures, Warner's merger with Discovery, ....
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The Videography of Arab Strap in 10 Short Films Arab Strap produce a concise video accompaniment to their music and art, all on equally compact indie budgets. While the result forms an enjoyable “Greatest Hits of Arab Strap” selection, it’s more than that. Across their years together, Aidan Moffat and Malcolm Middleton produced a relatively concise video accompaniment to their music and art, all on equally compact indie budgets. While the result forms an enjoyable “Greatest Hits of Arab Strap” selection, it’s more than that. The group developed a talent for allowing the visuals to exist alongside and in sympathy with the songs, rather than being slaved to the concerns of the lyrics or the movement of the music. The result is that it’s possible to watch these videos as short vignettes capturing an incident or concern, not just as illustrations of the songs. ....
Skip to main content U.K. Film, High-End TV Production Spend Exceeds $3.9 Billion in Pandemic Year, Down 21% on 2019 Levels Manori Ravindran, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail In what is the first official glimpse of the pandemic’s impact on U.K. film and television production, British Film Institute (BFI) data reveals that film and high-end television production spend exceeded £2.84 billion ($3.9 billion) in 2020, only 21% down on 2019 levels. BFI boss Ben Roberts tells Variety that the speed with which the industry was able to band together and hammer out guidelines for production allowed the sector to weather the toll of the pandemic, particularly as it allowed the buoyant studio sector to quickly rev up operations. Film and television production has continued through the U.K.’s three national lockdowns, working to pan-industry guidelines that were drawn up in late spring. The BFI led the Screen Sector Taskforce, creating the guidance for COVID-sa ....