The UK film industry is sailing slowly towards an iceberg and unless a new course is steered it is headed for delays in productions, rising costs or a loss of confidence in the sector.A skills shortage of titanic proportions is heading towards the UK with film and high-end television production in the UK expected to be worth £7.66bn a year by 2025 according to research by ScreenSkills.The British Film Institute (BFI) supported study found that this growth will require the UK to find up to 20,770 additional full-time crew.
Source: Collaboration needed to navigate South East’s film skills shortage – The Business Magazine