Catch BAFTA’s panel, ‘The Future of Narrative in Film, Games and TV’ tomorrow at London Games Festival Screen Play. Hosted by the brilliant Elle Osili-Wood, the panel will feature: ✨Kate Saxon ✨Steve Goss ✨Charu Desodt

Two-minute TV shows have taken over China. Can they take over the world?

NEWS: Streamer levy 📍The Culture Committee has told steamers like Netflix 'to put their money where their mouth is' by paying a 5% levy into a cultural fund to back UK TV production 📍Streaming companies warn levies risk harming investment See more🔻 deadline.com/2025/04/stream…

NEWS: Musk and Dorsey attack intellectual property laws that protect copyrighted works including music, film and television 💬Tech execs have declared: 'all out war on creators who don't want their life's work pillaged for profit' Full story ⬇️ musicbusinessworldwide.com/all-out-war-ja…

Artists agree 💯 All creatives - visual artists and designers, musicians, writers, and audiovisual performers represented by Equity - deserve control over their work. Say no to AI tech companies stealing your work without consent or remuneration. #StopAIStealingTheShow ⏬

APRIL ROYALTIES PAYOUT ⬇️ 💷Just under £0.7 million paid this week to artists in titles made on Equity agreements 📈First time payments for Mission Impossible Fallout & the Prince of Egypt cast album 🔥This is the value of working on an Equity contract #ProudToBeEquity

🚨🌱 The Chancellor is currently reviewing all public spending from scratch. Please join me in signing the Campaign for the Arts petition to remind the UK Government: the arts make our lives happier and our communities stronger. Now is the moment to invest in them. campaignforthearts.org/petitions/spen…

IINDUSTRY NEWS: Trump's Film Tariffs The Guardian's film critic asks the question currently perplexing the US & UK film industry 🔽 ▶️'... what on earth is this "tariff" to be imposed on. How is it going to work?' Full article 🔽 theguardian.com/film/2025/may/…

INDUSTRY NEWS: Trump's Tariffs Culture Minister says the government is working to strike a "proper trade deal" with the US administration that will "mitigate" potential tariffs on British film productions. Full article ⏬ deadline.com/2025/05/donald…

INDUSTRY NEWS: Culture Department proposal ⚠️The Lib Dem's Culture Spokesman says the government's 'damaging plans to abolish culture department' will leave the UK's creative industries with 'no voice at the table of power'. Full article ⬇️ theartnewspaper.com/2025/05/07/wha…

INDUSTRY NEWS: Government rejects proposal for AI firms to declare use of copyright work: ▶️"Across the creative and business community ... people are gobsmacked that the government is playing parliamentary chess with their livelihoods" Full article 🔽 theguardian.com/technology/202…

"They have broken the law. They have stolen our members' work" Don't miss the most candid interview you'll read all week - Paul W Fleming for The House magazine Tinyurl.com/PolHome

INDUSTRY NEWS: US Games Strike Progress UK actor's union Equity applauds "tenacity and persistence" of SAG-AFTRA members as tentative agreement over AI reached Full article from Eurogamer.net 🔽

JUNE ROYALTIES CHECKLIST 🔽 ✔️£2.2M of royalties en route to 3,500 Equity-contracted artists ✔️First time payments for 'Pistol' miniseries, 'Monkey Man' and 8 Harry Potter titles ✔️Does it pay to work on a union contract? Affirmative to ALL of the above 🔼 #ProudToBeEquity

*JUNE ROYALTIES UPDATE* It's a multi-million pound payout for artists engaged on Equity contracts ⬇️ 💸£2.2M due to hit UK bank accounts from 23 June & overseas accounts slightly later 📥All email statements have now been issued ✍️Never accept less than an Equity contract

BREAKING: ⚠️Are you a performer worried about AI technology having free rein to exploit your image, your voice and your likeness? 📍If so, you'll want to sign @Equity's open letter demanding AI protections for those working in film & TV Help get it over 2000 signatures✍️🏽⬇️

Vote, vote, vote. Equity members, these are your committees and you decide who will represent you in whichever sector of the industry you are involved in. Vote and tell other members to vote! It’s all online..voting closes at noon on 4th July..no excuses. 🫵🏻

*INDUSTRY NEWS HEADLINES* From blockbuster shoots to tax policy shifts and tough times for local filmmakers⏩ Here’s what’s shaping the UK screen industry today 🎞️🎥📺 ➡️🔽

Both sides of the AI debate in 1⃣ article 💬'We should be skeptical of AI ... it's a tool that can be used for good or bad' 💬'At this point, fighting AI is like fighting electricity' 💬'I'm deeply against changing what the actor did' Full article ⬇️ latimes.com/entertainment-…