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How the U.K. Film and TV Industry Is Juggling a Boom in Hollywood Productions Like ‘Avengers’ and ‘Harry Potter’ and a Bust for Everything Else: ‘It’s Feast or Famine Right Now’
If the UK has become such a hot spot for Hollywood and home to Avengers and Harry Potter, why are so many film and TV industry workers out of a job?
As productions grabbled with a major skills shortage and a desperation to staff up their crew, the knock-on effect was that, as more entered the industry, those already in it were getting swiftly promoted (and day rates were jumping up accordingly, pricing out lower-budget indie projects in the process). While ScreenSkills was among those leading the charge in trying to fill the U.K. skills gap in 2023, it’s now looking at ways to help workers transfer their specializations across a highly-contrasting industry currently juggling a near-boom in one sector and a definite bust in another — and one that for many previously felt quite closed off. On an optimistic note, there are hopes that the new independent film tax credit for U.K.-produced or co-produced features under $20 million, unveiled last year but having come into effect in April 2025, could help boost the mid-level homegrown movie industry that had been all-but squeezed out of the U.K.
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