23 May, 2023
TIME'S UP UK News
BFI, Diversity In Cannes reflect on Black women in film programme: “This has to happen again”
After an informal gathering last year, this year the BFI teamed with Yolonda Brinkley’s grassroots film equality movement Diversity In Cannes to launch a programme of events to build creative and financial partnerships.
This included bringing four Black female filmmakers - Yvonne Ibazebo, Nadine Marsh-Edwards, Kelley Robins Hicks and Shantelle Rochester – to Cannes to talk to potential partners about projects, participate in panel discussions, attend a networking lunch and join an intimate gathering with Banel & Adama filmmaker Ramata-Toulaye Sy, the second Black woman to have directed a film in Cannes Competition.
The British Blacklist and Time’s Up UK partnered on the programme.
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25 November, 2022
TIME'S UP UK News
UK Time’s Up calls for support to back Zelda Perkins campaign – Can’t Buy My Silence – as SHE SAID opens on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women
Time’s Up UK is proud to support Zelda Perkin’s campaign Can’t Buy My Silence which is working to change legislation globally to stop the misuse of non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) to buy the silence of victims of sexual misconduct, racism, pregnancy discrimination and other human rights violations. They have had great success in their first year, with new legislation passing into law in Canada and on its way in Ireland and Australia.
Legislators around the world are working with Can’t Buy My Silence to provide protection to all people from abusive NDAs. The campaign has been self-funded until now, but to expand and continue its important work, vital funds are needed.
Time’s Up UK want to spotlight the campaign as SHE SAID, a new Hollywood film directed by Maria Schrader about Jodi Kantor (Zoe Kazan) and Megan Twohey (Carey Mulligan) taking down Harvey Weinstein hits the big screen. SHE SAID features Zelda Perkins, played by Samantha Morton, who was forced to sign an NDA when she worked for Weinstein in the 1990s.
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08 September, 2022
TIME'S UP UK News
BFI’s Director of Culture and Inclusion, Jen Smith, seconded to take up post as interim CEO to establish new Independent Standards Authority (ISA)
Led by Creative UK and UK Time’s Up, ISA will strengthen efforts to tackle bullying and harassment
Thursday 8th September 2022: BFI’s Director of Culture and Inclusion, Jen Smith, has been seconded to become the interim CEO of the Independent Standards Authority (ISA). A new organisation led by Creative UK and UK Time’s Up, the ISA aims to strengthen efforts to tackle bullying and harassment.
Time’s Up UK has developed the ISA in consultation with the creative industries, led by Caroline Norbury OBE, Chief Executive of Creative UK. It is designed to ensure that people experiencing bullying and harassment whilst working in the creative industries can receive confidential advice, mediation and crucially, investigation into the most serious and complex complaints. Foundations for this work were initiated by the BFI, led by Smith, partnering with BAFTA and UK Time’s Up, to bring the film and television sectors together in 2017 to develop Guidance and Principles to tackle bullying and harassment which were launched the following year.
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16 June, 2022
TIME'S UP UK News
ITV, Sky, BBC, Channel 4, and Channel 5 first UK broadcasters to back the next stage of proposal for an Independent Standards Authority to strengthen efforts to tackle bullying and harassment
ITV, Sky, BBC, Channel 4 and Channel 5 are the first UK broadcasters to announce their support for the establishment of the proposed new Independent Standards Authority (ISA), committing immediate financial support for the next stage of its development.
The proposals for the ISA, which have been developed by Time’s Up UK in consultation with the creative industries, led by Caroline Norbury OBE, Chief Executive of Creative UK, are designed to ensure that anyone who has suffered abuse, harassment and bullying can receive confidential advice, mediation and crucially, investigation into complaints.
Dame Heather Rabbatts, Chair, Time’s Up UK, said: “It is well known that concerns are often not raised until after Film & TV productions have ceased where broadcasters and production companies no longer have remit to address them. In this grey space many suffer in silence. Nor is there any process, especially where there are multiple allegations. The ISA will conduct expert led investigations where both sides can be heard by an independent panel of skilled investigators working to the highest standards of legal confidentiality.”
Caroline Norbury OBE, Chief Executive, Creative UK, said: “The UK’s creative industries are rightly recognised as a global superpower. It is incumbent on all of us working in the sector to ensure our work practices and culture are of the highest standards. The ISA will be one of the ways we ensure that those who are the most vulnerable in our industry are supported and, that those with the most power to make change, have the tools and infrastructure to facilitate that change”.
The next stage - which the creative industries will fund - is to design the remit, structure and funding arrangements for the ISA.
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05 May, 2022
TIME'S UP UK News
Creative UK and UK Time’s Up in consultation with creative industries for an Independent Standards Authority to strengthen efforts to tackle bullying and harassment and drive greater accountability across the sector
In the Spring of 2021, singer/songwriter Rebecca Ferguson met with the DCMS to share her experience of bullying, harassment, and discrimination, whilst working in the music industry. Five years on following the exposure of Harvey Weinstein’s toxic behaviour, bullying, harassment, and sexual discrimination continues to be an ongoing problem in the creative industries with stories of bullying, intimidation and abuse of power making headline news.
Since last year many questions were raised about the extent of ongoing harassment in the entertainment sector and what more could be done both to tackle these behaviours together with the need for greater support to the survivors. Now is the time for the creative industries to lead the way in combatting this on-going, bullying, harassment, and endless abuse of power.
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05 March, 2022
TIME'S UP UK News
Girls On Film Celebrate International Women’s Day with Awards
THE GIRLS ON FILM PODCAST ANNOUNCES THE WINNERS OF THE GIRLS ON FILM AWARDS
Girls On Film, the film review podcast from a female perspective, announced the winners of the inaugural Girls On Film Awards last Wednesday - 2nd March 2022 - held at The Garden Cinema, supported by La Gioiosa Prosecco, Belle & Co and Rémy Martin. The awards were presented by co-founders Anna Smith and Hedda Archbold, and guests included actors Kerry Fox, Sanjeev Bhaskar and Ruth Madeley. Ground-breaking awards ranged from Female Friendship on Screen to the Best Female Orgasm on Film.
The Girls On Film Awards reward excellence in the field of feminism, inclusion and diversity, female representation and the female gaze. Girls On Film particularly wants to celebrate the representation of diversity and of complex female characters on screen.
Girls On Film applaud and champion all female-led, female focused films but want to hand out their own awards for the films and individuals that they feel deserve particular plaudits. Because the awards are in part a celebration of Girls On Film’s third anniversary, films were eligible if they were released between the launch of the podcast on 2 October 2018, and 4 February 2022.
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05 September, 2021
TIME'S UP UK News
News from TIME’S UP
TIME’S UP in the US is undergoing a radical reformation following the resignation of their Chair and CEO. The current board in the US will be stepping down with a core group of directors working with the acting Chief Executive to restructure the charity which will continue to focus on survivors. Their statement can be read in full on their website. As Tamara Burke the leading voice behind #MeToo says "Time’s Up is young, and this problem is old.” UK TIME’S UP will continue to stay focused on the work challenging sexual harassment and abuse within the industry.
The statement from TIME'S UP in the US can be found at www.timesupfoundation.org
08 April, 2021
TIME'S UP UK News
TIME’S UP UK PUBLISHES NEW SAFETY GUIDANCE ON AUDITIONS, REPORTING AND WORKING WITH INTIMACY
Today, Thursday 8th April 2021 TIME’S UP UK is launching the TIME’S UP Guide to Working in Entertainment, a set of three guides empowering arts and entertainment workers with information about their rights, industry-specific norms, and practical ways they can advocate for themselves and their safety.
These resources were developed by both TIME’S UP in the US and TIME’S UP UK, ensuring that this advice can support talent in the two most significant markets in film and television production. These UK editions were created in collaboration with key British screen industry bodies including BAFTA, BECTU, BFI, Casting Directors’ Guild, Directors’ UK, Intimacy On Set, and Spotlight, these free downloadable resources cover specific circumstances where people have historically been preyed upon, such as auditions and nude, intimate, and simulated sex scenes, as well as general guidance about your options and rights.
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26 May, 2020
TIME'S UP UK News
SAFE SETS: TIME’S UP UK leads online panel with the International Women’s Forum
“Yes, means yes, no means no, and maybe means no – we celebrate and embrace the no”
Ita O’Brien, Founder, Intimacy on Set
Last Thursday, 21st May 2020, TIME’S UP UK led an online discussion with the International Women’s Forum (IWF) called Safe Sets, looking at how #MeToo and the ensuing TIME’S UP movement have led to “best practice” productions re-thinking safety on set.
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11 March, 2020
TIME'S UP UK News
Weinstein Trial marks a New Era of Justice
Today, Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in a New York court following his convictions for rape and sexual assault. He now faces further charges in LA and there is an ongoing criminal investigation in the UK.
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11 March, 2020
TIME'S UP UK News
Weinstein Trial marks a New Era of Justice
Wednesday 11th March 2020, UK: Today, Harvey Weinstein was sentenced to 23 years in a New York court following his convictions for rape and sexual assault. He now faces further charges in LA and there is an ongoing criminal investigation in the UK.
Today’s landmark sentencing decision is a major moment for the silence breakers and for women battling everywhere for their right to work in a safe workplace without fear of abuse and harassment. It is also a major moment for justice and the system of justice. At its heart is a jury who are charged with deciding who they believe about a criminal act which rarely has forensic evidence nor witnesses. Most rape and assault cases never come to trial because fundamentally women are not believed.
The precedence of this case cannot be underestimated. A group of brave women were listened to and believed. A man who abused his power has faced consequences (and may face further consequences in the months to come). The importance of this case is not that this ends harassment but that it provides a dent in a system which we know from revelations at Fox and CBS Corporation among others, has been systemic in our industry and broader society. This is not a situation of one lone bad wolf.
Dame Heather Rabbatts, Chair, TIME’S UP UK says; “For us at TIME’S UP UK the courage of the silence breakers inspires our work as we focus on how the culture has to change to ensure no one has to say #MeToo again. What this trial shows us is that there is no greater power than a group of women who know their rights. When we work together, we can effect change, change that will shift the power balance and support and give hope to women for years to come.”
Help us continue our work creating the far-reaching changes in every corner of society that will ensure everyone can feel safe at work, at play and at home by donating to the independent Justice & Equality Fund administered by Rosa, the UK Fund for Women and Girls. Together we can end the culture of harassment, abuse and impunity.
https://www.gofundme.com/f/Justice-and-Equality-Fund.
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29 January, 2020
TIME'S UP UK News
TIME’S UP UK celebrates contributions from our community of women and people of colour who were not recognised at this year’s BAFTA awards.
TIME’S UP UK is running a social media campaign this week celebrating the women and people of colour they feel should have been recognised at this year’s awards.
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27 January, 2020
TIME'S UP UK News
British talent joins TIME’S UP UK in campaign celebrating the women and people of colour that should have been nominated for a BAFTA this year
TIME’S UP UK is launching a social media campaign today celebrating the women and people of colour they feel should have been recognised at this year’s awards.
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