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CVP's Education Festival 2025 in collaboration with Cooke & REDTue 04 NovCVP Fitzrovia
GBCT Christmas Party 2025Sat 06 DecThe Cleveland Arms
Broken Turnaround Reporting Form
Bectu is calling for action on ‘broken turnaround’, after our research reveals how widespread it is – and the severe physical and mental health impact it has on film and TV crew. Fixing the problem of broken turnaround is about preventing film and TV workers from working dangerously long hours without adequate rest breaks, and that affects everyone, whether it be in scripted or unscripted productions. A worker is considered to have ‘broken turnaround ’ when they are required by their...
3 days of insights, inspiration & industry connections with CVP, Cooke & RED
CVP’s Education Festival is back this November for its third year — a unique event created for course leaders, educational institutions, and students to deep dive into the world of filmmaking and the tools required to bring stories to life. What to expect: A packed schedule of seminars and workshops – from virtual production to lighting, stabilisation, motion, and lens care. Latest kit showcases – explore cutting-edge production gear. Expert knowledge – learn directly from industry leaders...
Happy Birthday Peter Thornton - 30 October
Peter Thornton is known as an Director of Photography and Camera Operator on Deadly Instincts, Solomon & Gaenor, The Fairy King, The Curse of King Tut's Tomb, Out of Bounds, and Kannibal. TV series include Jonathan Creek and Waterloo Road. Happy Birthday Peter!! Wishing you a lovely day! Here's some of Peter's work
Money Matters survey 2025
Financial strain for film and TV industry workers In 2023, our Money Matters report exposed the impact of the U.S. strikes, the cost-of-living crisis, and the production downturn. It also revealed a sobering truth: the financial resilience of film and TV industry workers lagged far behind the wider workforce. 40% of industry workers could cover expenses for no more than one month if they suddenly lost their income – almost double the proportion of the wider UK workforce (22%) Now, we’re...
Happy Belated Birthday to Harvey Harrison BSC - 16 October
In a career spanning more than five decades, Harvey Harrison BSC worked on a great number of movies with some of the biggest names in the filmmaking business, including Nic Roeg, The Wachowski's, Mickey Moore and Ken Russell. During this time, he forged a particular reputation as the go-to cinematographer for second unit photography, and counts films such as The Kids Are Alright (1979), Castaway (1986 main unit), GoldenEye (1995), 101 Dalmatians (1996), The Mummy (1999), Lara Croft Tomb...
Universal International Studios and Hatch Films launch UK Future Cinematographers Programme
Members of the Future Cinematographers Programme (Credit: Kate Darkins) Universal International Studios, a division of Universal Studio Group, has partnered with Hatch Films CIC to launch the Future Cinematographers Programme, a new year-long training course designed for the next generation of directors of photography working in the United Kingdom. The programme aims to provide participants with a practical understanding of a cinematographer’s on-set responsibilities as well as opportunities...