National Minimum Wage To Kill UK Low Budget Films
Dec 1st, 2009 by Peter D. Marshall
“In 2008 over 20,000 feature films were made worldwide but only 516 had a theatrical release in the UK of one week or more. (source: UK Film Council). As an independent filmmaker the chances of your film getting a theatrical release in the UK is pretty much zero. DVD sales have been dropping annually since 2002 and the number of UK distributors for indie films has dropped during the recession as firms go to the wall or merge.
With the Film Council announcing a £25m cut in funding it all looks pretty bleak for the UK indie filmmaking community, doesn’t it?
Well the results of a recent employment tribunal are only going to make matters worse.”
Read this article from Mikey Bee.
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