A slowdown in U.K. film and TV commissions and productions is threatening to put indie companies in the red and leave many independent workers within the industry jobless.
As much as 75% of independent contractors in the U.K. who are working in the industry are unemployed, according to a survey conducted by union Bectu on 4,000 TV and film workers, including producers, directors and production managers. Underscoring the U.K.’s heavy reliance on the U.S. production output, around 80% of U.K. industry workers said they were directly impacted by the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike and that of WGA, which just ended after 146 days. Nine out of 10 independent workers were worried about their financial security. Aware of the struggle, U.K. broadcasters have been donating money to The Film and TV Charity, which has given £500,000 to independent industry workers struggling to pay bills.
“My inbox has been inundated with freelancers asking for work,...
As much as 75% of independent contractors in the U.K. who are working in the industry are unemployed, according to a survey conducted by union Bectu on 4,000 TV and film workers, including producers, directors and production managers. Underscoring the U.K.’s heavy reliance on the U.S. production output, around 80% of U.K. industry workers said they were directly impacted by the ongoing SAG-AFTRA strike and that of WGA, which just ended after 146 days. Nine out of 10 independent workers were worried about their financial security. Aware of the struggle, U.K. broadcasters have been donating money to The Film and TV Charity, which has given £500,000 to independent industry workers struggling to pay bills.
“My inbox has been inundated with freelancers asking for work,...
- 10/12/2023
- by Tara Conlan
- Variety Film + TV
In the early 2000s, American Apparel was taking off in Los Angeles and around the country, selling an irresistible image of sexiness to then-teenage millennials. That was years before founder and CEO Dov Charney was ousted amid sexual misconduct allegations, and before the company infamously filed for bankruptcy. But in the company's heyday, Kate Flannery was there to see it all - a Philadelphia native, she moved to Hollywood in her 20s and worked her way up the American Apparel ranks, eventually managing stores and scouting for models and employees.
She recounts the highs and the lows of being an American Apparel employee in those early days in her new memoir, "Strip Tees: A Memoir of Millennial Los Angeles."In this excerpt, Flannery recounts visiting Charney's home in Los Angeles with other American Apparel employees.
In the fall of 2005, I hit one year in LA.
I celebrated by signing the...
She recounts the highs and the lows of being an American Apparel employee in those early days in her new memoir, "Strip Tees: A Memoir of Millennial Los Angeles."In this excerpt, Flannery recounts visiting Charney's home in Los Angeles with other American Apparel employees.
In the fall of 2005, I hit one year in LA.
I celebrated by signing the...
- 7/24/2023
- by Kate Flannery
- Popsugar.com
Kanye West has involved Dov Charney — the controversial founder of American Apparel who’s been accused of sexual harassment by numerous women and printed West’s infamous “White Lives Matter” shirt — in his Yeezy business, Rolling Stone has learned.
A source familiar with the situation tells Rolling Stone that Yeezy employees have been asked to loop Dov into major decisions, including financial ones, since at least April. The source also confirmed Charney was recently in Japan with West, which is backed up by recent photos on social media of the pair shopping together.
A source familiar with the situation tells Rolling Stone that Yeezy employees have been asked to loop Dov into major decisions, including financial ones, since at least April. The source also confirmed Charney was recently in Japan with West, which is backed up by recent photos on social media of the pair shopping together.
- 7/5/2023
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
A breakdown of all 16 films screening at the 11th Panama Int’l Film Festival:
“Aftersun,”
Winner of the French Touch prize at Cannes’ Critics Week this year, “Aftersun” turns on Sophie who recalls her precious last holiday with her father when she was 11. Decades later, she reflects on their relationship and tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn’t. Produced by “Moonlight’s” Barry Jenkins along with Adele Romanski, Amy Jackson and Mark Ceryak.
Aftersun
“Argentina 1985,”
Winner of the Audience Award at the 2022 San Sebastian Film Festival and Argentina’s submission to the Oscars, drama is inspired by the true story of lawyers Julio Strassera, Luis Moreno Ocampo and their young legal team who dared to prosecute Argentina’s bloodiest military dictatorship and bring justice to the victims of the Military Junta. AA critics’ favourite and box office phenomenon in Argentina.
“Bratan” (“Brother”), Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov,...
“Aftersun,”
Winner of the French Touch prize at Cannes’ Critics Week this year, “Aftersun” turns on Sophie who recalls her precious last holiday with her father when she was 11. Decades later, she reflects on their relationship and tries to reconcile the father she knew with the man she didn’t. Produced by “Moonlight’s” Barry Jenkins along with Adele Romanski, Amy Jackson and Mark Ceryak.
Aftersun
“Argentina 1985,”
Winner of the Audience Award at the 2022 San Sebastian Film Festival and Argentina’s submission to the Oscars, drama is inspired by the true story of lawyers Julio Strassera, Luis Moreno Ocampo and their young legal team who dared to prosecute Argentina’s bloodiest military dictatorship and bring justice to the victims of the Military Junta. AA critics’ favourite and box office phenomenon in Argentina.
“Bratan” (“Brother”), Bakhtyar Khudojnazarov,...
- 11/30/2022
- by Anna Marie de la Fuente
- Variety Film + TV
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