Leo Barraclough Senior International CorrespondentA new report looking at the state of the British feature documentary sector has shone a spotlight on some of its challenges, including “a chronic lack of public funding,” and a lack of diversity.The report, undertaken by researchers at the University of the West of England, found that documentary receives less than 10% of funds for filmmaking from the U.K.
national lottery – which is the U.K.’s main source of subsidy for cinema – and there is widespread feeling that broadcasters’ support for the sector is inadequate.
The BBC’s “Storyville” strand – the last remaining slot for feature documentary on U.K. television – is “significantly underfunded” compared with many of its European.
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