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SKILLS GAP IN UK SCREEN INDUSTRIES

FREE, ACCESSIBLE, ONLINE COURSES AVAILABLE TO HELP PEOPLE GET THEIR FIRST BREAK AND THRIVE IN FILM, TV, VISUAL EFFECTS, ANIMATION OR GAMES.

23rd January 2023: The UK is a world leader in screen skills, with film, TV and games production enjoying an exciting period of growth. However, it's estimated that by 2025 around 20,000 new full-time jobs will be needed in the UK film and high-end TV sectors alone to help keep up with demand.[1]

ScreenSkills, the industry-led skills body for the screen industries, has created a series of free online courses as part of the BFI Future Film Skills programme using funds from the National Lottery. The Getting into the Screen Industries and Work Well courses are designed to open up the screen industries to a greater diversity of talent, across the whole of the UK, and help ensure a better, more welcoming, inclusive place to work.

Getting into the Screen Industries is a course for anyone who would love to...

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