Professor Mattias Frey, Head of Film and Media in the School of Arts, has provided an expert comment in response to the UK Government’s Film and TV Production Restart Scheme. The scheme will provide a £500m boost to the UK Film and TV industries following disruption caused by COVID-19.
In the piece, Mattias discusses how the pandemic has affected the Film and TV industry; a notoriously risky sector. He explains: ‘the GAD [Government Actuary’s Department] Film and TV Production Restart Scheme will provide a welcome boost to the currently fragile state of audiovisual production. This lifeline will not only help the UK’s world-leading creative production sector to stay afloat, it will also support the many jobs in local economies, from catering to tourism, that depend on the industry.’
The full piece is available to read on Kent’s News Centre website, here:
www.kent.ac.uk/news/culture/26397/expert-comment-film-and-tv-production-restart-scheme-provides-vital-support