by Erin Sastre | 18 January, 2019 | In Our Opinion, News
It’s been about a year since Frances McDormand’s 2018 Oscars acceptance speech and her mic-drop worthy moment of bringing the term ‘inclusion rider’ to the forefront of the industry. Since then, other actors have taken to promising equality in their future projects....
by Baptiste Charles | 18 November, 2018 | In Our Opinion, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution, Uncategorized
Representation has been a conversation at the centre of the global film industry for months, years now even. A year ago now, #MeToo happened, taking down a number of power players of the industry, including mogul and kingmaker Harvey Weinstein, and effectively ending...
by Eleonora Passelli | 13 March, 2018 | In Our Opinion, News
In my previous article, I talked about the Set of Principles that the BFI and other major UK film organisations have recently adopted for industry leaders to tackle bullying and harassment. I suggested how independent filmmakers can also help from below by setting a...
by Christina Craig | 24 October, 2017 | Filmmaking, Producing
This year at Raindance Film Festival, a wide variety of films from different filmmakers was shown, making for an impressive lineup Increasing diversity is a welcome trend. The move toward increasing diversity within the film industry has catapulted in recent years,...
by Raindance | 11 January, 2017 | In Our Opinion
The 2016 Academy Awards was one of the more controversial, with several high-profile actors and filmmakers boycotting the ceremony because of the lack of diversity in the nominations list. It was the second year in a row in which not a single non-white actor was...