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Film-making only for wealthiest as accessible routes disappear, MPs told

Industry figures say many initiatives that were open to them have closed in past 10 years and sector is dominated by the wealthiest

It heard evidence from film-makers, educators and skills providers including Myriam Raja, who graduated from the National Film and Television School in 2018 and has directed several episodes of Bafta-winning drama Top Boy. MPs also heard that people are leaving the industry in droves, partly because of job losses – like the swingeing cuts ITV announced on Tuesday and significant redundancies at Amazon’s . The cuts across the industry have been caused by the lack of work following the US actors’ strike, an advertising downturn and the increased cost of production, according to the head of the Bectu union, Philippa Child.

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