The UK government’s Culture, Media and Sport (CMS) Committee will begin taking oral evidence from the industry sometime in the next few weeks and months as the independent industry hits the ground running after a difficult 2023. The year offered a cold splash of reality for UK producers. In the wake of the Hollywood strikes, film production in the UK ground to a halt. With so much talent, crew and studio space freed up, it could have been a busy period for UK independent film production which has struggled to compete on home turf against the financial might of the US studios and streamers. But it wasn’t. Thousands of crew were left without work and questioning their future in an industry so dependent on the whims of the US.
