some Irish primary school kids made a tune and there is zero legitimate reason for it to go this hard holy shit

Are the UK's creative industries still internationally competitive? What is the state of UK soft power? Today marks the launch of my major commission with University of the Arts London which answers those questions and provides policies to turn things around, before it is too late. (1/5)

V excited to see HOARD + Q&A as it opens at Showroom Cinema tomorrow - caught the trailer last night which is banging. V glad to live in a town with a cinema where new director Q&As are a regular feature of my life. Come along 👉
showroomworkstation.org.uk/hoardqanda

I remember the stat being 7% in 2014. Which is why it's so important to start now and keep going with inclusion plans, so that the shift in another ten years is higher. Will save more entangled thoughts about arts funding, sustainability etc for a time with more bandwidth...

Today I get to celebrate the team again - this time our amazing industry/talks team who have devised a programme from the very practical (money! Skills! Producing!) to the ethical & representational impact of the work we do in docs. + parties as we are human (dancers) too 💃

Still lying to myself that this is both a feasible and appropriate (and always magical) trip 3 days after our own festival finishes

There's still time to submit your entry for the 2024 The Grierson Trust #GriersonAwards (in association with All3Media).

With 15 film categories to enter, the awards celebrate excellence across all documentary genres.

Find out more & enter by 31 May 2024: pulse.ly/wy0t2x4rkq

The sun came out and I remembered how good lemon and garlic roasted new potatoes are ☀️🥔🍋

#Leeds & #Sheffield folk, we're recruiting for a freelancer with a focus on community building through cinema to join our UK-wide (across 11 cities!) team.
As Impact Producer for God's Own Country, you'll get to work closely with our beloved partners Hyde Park Picture House & Showroom Cinema

We're excited to announce the launch of ScreenUK Industry, a new brand to promote the UK screen sector across film, TV, animation, documentary, XR and video games.

Visit ScreenUK Industry at the UK Pavilion in #Cannes2024 and check out the new platform screenuk.org/industry

Chookas to the brilliant Flatpack Festival festival kicking off today! If you're at a loose end this weekend hie theeself to Birmingham for cinematic, artistic, eccentric audiovisual delights flatpackfestival.org.uk/flatpack-2024/…

True friends understand the phone call is pure love

Just back from our friends Sheffield DocFest programme launch, a phenomenal lineup of films and events coming to the city next month! Congrats to AnnabelG and the team, smashing it as always! Public tickets on sale from 12 noon today!

Brilliant job for a finance brain to join a fab senior management team, be part of creative fabric of Yorkshire, fund films!

Excited to see the Marketing Innovations Fund launch from Distribution Advocates. Was great to hear more about this at The Sundance Institute Catalyst a few weeks ago. Well done Amy Louise Hobby Karin Chien and all involved!

variety.com/2024/film/news…

Embarrassed to say I am only now catching Candour Productions #ThePush and unembarrassed to say the hype is real, it is incredible, powerful, and necessary storytelling. And such compassion for its subjects. Available on C4.

The kind of moon shot that could cut through knots of compounding policy mistakes. And a beautiful goal

We have announced our theme and a special programme of films and conversations for 2024, reflecting on interconnected issues of co-resistance, freedom of the press, ancestral lands and archiving the present. Read more here 👇