A stark message from senior players in the UK indie sector, who warn that distinctively British film could largely disappear with the double whammy of Brexit and American streaming giants' growing dominance (on top of the traditional talent drain to Hollywood). While both Netflix and Amazon (with others like Apple following suit now) spending BILLIONS each year, the BFI annual film budget is £15m and the BBC's even less at just £11m.
The likes of Warp are highly reliant on such financing - unless they transform their production style to more of a commercial, globalised approach as Working Title (mostly!) have.
Streaming could kill UK independent film industry, experts say https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jul/07/streaming-could-kill-uk-independent-film-industry?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Blogger
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