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“We Have Made The Bottom Line Better For Production Companies Up & Down The Country”: UK Culture Secretary Says “Game-Changing” Indie Film Relief Will Bring Balance To A Sector Too Reliant On Big-Budget Fare
Lucy Frazer, UK Culture Secretary, talked Indie Film Relief, GB News, Ofcom & BBC impartiality at the National Theatre in London.
EXCLUSIVE: UK Culture SecretaryLucy Frazer has said the 40% indie film tax relief will bring balance to a movie sector that has swung too far towards big-budget fare in recent years. Frazer rejected the notion that foreign filmmakers will now flock to the UK to make cheaper films due to the relief and said the vast majority of her consulting has been with British trade body Pact, the BFI and leading local indie producers. She was speaking to Deadline in the week that right-leaning network GB News was rapped once again by Ofcom for “unambiguously misogynistic” remarks made by actor Laurence Fox on air, which was the catalyst for the resignation of controversial presenter Dan Wootton.
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