Oral Evidence May. 21 2024
Inquiry: British Film and High-End TelevisionFound: ScreenSkills, Myriam Raja, and Resource Productions Oral Evidence
Written Evidence May. 24 2024
Inquiry: British Film and High-End TelevisionFound: FIL0142 - British film and high-end television Dr Martin Smith Written Evidence
Apr. 19 2024
Source Page: Letter dated 17/04/2024 from Lucy Frazer MP to Chris Bryant MP regarding the Labour Party and Creative Tax Reliefs. 2p.Found: Letter dated 17/04/2024 from Lucy Frazer MP to Chris Bryant MP regarding the Labour Party and Creative
Asked by: Neil Hudson (Conservative - Penrith and The Border)
Question to the Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport:
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether her Department has taken recent steps to support independent cinemas.
Answered by Julia Lopez - Minister of State (Department for Science, Innovation and Technology)
The Government recognises that cinemas are a hugely important part of the UK’s fantastic film industry and has been supporting them throughout the uncertainties of the past several years with the pandemic and rising energy costs.
We supported more than 200 independent cinemas through the pandemic, who received £34.4 million from the Culture Recovery Fund as well as benefiting from other pan-economy measures. The Government has also delivered an £18 billion package of support through the Energy Bill Relief Scheme supporting businesses - including cinemas, arts venues, and charities - through the winter.
The Government’s £500m Film and TV Production Restart Scheme also helped keep the cameras rolling at the other end of the screen supply chain. The scheme supported over 100,000 jobs and productions worth more than £3 billion. To build on this, and support the industry to not only survive but thrive, further actions have been taken. This includes the Government’s current £1.6 million annual funding of the British Film Commission, the £28 million UK Global Screen Fund, and the continued success of our screen sector tax reliefs. This has been further bolstered at Spring Budget 2024 with the new UK Independent Film Tax Credit, with films with budgets up to £15 million being eligible for an increased benefit of 53% - which is estimated to increase spending on independent films by 70% before 2032.
The British Film Institute (BFI), a DCMS Arms Length Body, is also conscious of the pressures faced by the cinema sector. The BFI’s Film Audience Network (BFI FAN) is a collaboration of 8 film hubs, managed by leading film organisations and venues around the UK. Film hubs are centres of expertise and support that connect cinemas, festivals and creative practitioners. You can also read more about the National Lottery funding the BFI makes available to bring film to a wider UK audience, including through BFI FAN, at: https://www.bfi.org.uk/get-funding-support/bring-film-wider-uk-audience.
Jan. 01 2024
Source Page: New tax credits for British film, TV and video game makers start from todayFound: New tax credits for British film, TV and video game makers start from today
Oral Evidence Mar. 19 2024
Inquiry: British Film and High-End TelevisionFound: UK Screen Alliance, Pinewood Group Limited, and British Film Commission Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence Mar. 19 2024
Inquiry: British Film and High-End TelevisionFound: In terms of the industry and talent pipeline, I see colleges in my area doing different media production
Correspondence Apr. 16 2024
Committee: Culture, Media and Sport Committee (Department: Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport)Found: Unlike the BBC, Channel 4 is commercially funded and does not currently have in -house production to
Oral Evidence Feb. 21 2024
Inquiry: British Film and High-End TelevisionFound: Film4, and BBC Film Oral Evidence
Oral Evidence Feb. 21 2024
Inquiry: British Film and High-End TelevisionFound: Today, we are focusing on independent production, as we continue our inquiry into British film and