Netflix Shows To Be Preserved In BFI Archive; Lucy Holden Memoir Adapted As Drama; Africa In Motion Film Festival; Canal+ Docs Deal — Global Briefs

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Netflix Shows To Be Preserved In BFI Archive Netflix has become the first streamer to have its TV shows and films preserved in the BFI national archive collection.

The likes of Bridgerton, Heartstopper an The Dig will be digitally preserved and shown to people for generations to come. A number of broadcasters and studios already have their projects preserved in the archive.

The move comes as Netflix celebrates its 10th anniversary in the UK. Creative Industries Minister Julia Lopez visited the archive lsat week and praised how Netflix is “beginning to work with the BFI to protect content being made for digital channels.” Anna Mallett, Netflix Vice President, Production, EMEA, UK and APAC, called the moment “historical.” Channel 4 Indie Freedom Scripted To Adapt Lucy Holden Memoir Channel 4-backed production company Freedom Scripted is adapting Lucy Holden’s memoir Lucid into a TV series.

The Glasgow company, which recently became part of Channel 4’s Indie Growth Fund, follows the young ambitious journalist over a decade, with her living conditions unstable and life then forced to a standstill by the pandemic.