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The Future of Film Report 2021

Stolz, Alex; Atkinson, Sarah; Kennedy, Helen

Authors

Alex Stolz

Sarah Atkinson

HELEN KENNEDY Helen.Kennedy@nottingham.ac.uk
Professor of Creative and Cultural Industries



Citation

Stolz, A., Atkinson, S., & Kennedy, H. (2021). The Future of Film Report 2021. Future of Film

Report Type Project Report
Acceptance Date Apr 16, 2021
Online Publication Date Apr 21, 2021
Publication Date Apr 21, 2021
Deposit Date May 15, 2021
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/5535597
Publisher URL https://www.futureoffilm.live/page/report#:~:text=Containing%20best%20practice%20examples%2C%20resources,%2C%20Alex%20McDowell%2C%20Felix%20Jorge%2C
Additional Information When writing the inaugural Future of Film Report in early 2020, we were unaware of the imminent global pandemic and its seismic societal impact. Fast forward 12 months and the world has altered in so many ways. Film and entertainment has been significantly impacted, with the overwhelming dominance of streaming platforms following cinema closures and the subsequent breakdown of release ‘windows’. Other fragilities within the film industry have also been exposed, including the heavy reliance on a largely freelance workforce and physical gatherings as the principal business to business marketplace. Production practices have had to rapidly adapt to health and safety requirements, national lockdowns and international travel bans. Despite all of this volatile unpredictability, many of the observations and recommendations we made in 2020 have proved prescient and, indeed, in some instances have been accelerated by the crisis. This is particularly true for virtual and remote production which has seen much quicker adoption than we anticipated. The wider socio-political events of 2020 including the BLM protests, have also underscored the urgent need for diversification and inclusion at all levels in the filmmaking process. There is emerging evidence on screen and with a growing number of industry initiatives to suggest that, at last, inclusion is starting to be taken seriously. A year on from our last report, Future of Film’s goal remains to inspire and empower storytellers and then the wider industry, to help us to create a future of film that is inclusive, sustainable and rewards innovation and creativity. We passionately believe that this is a future worth fighting for and the aim of this report and Future of Film Summit 2020 from which we drew much of the material - is to provide practical guidance for practitioners and bigger picture recommendations for the wider industry to help us collectively achieve this.



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