Film-making only for wealthiest as accessible routes disappear, MPs told

Myriam Raja, who directed several episodes of Top Boy, said she would not have been able to sustain a career in film without accessible routes such as Channel 4’s Random Acts. Photograph: House of Commons/PA

Diverse and working-class film-making talent is struggling to get a foothold in the UK because routes into the sector have been eroded over the past decade, industry figures have told MPs.

The situation is making a career in film possible for only the wealthiest, experts told the culture, media and sport committee on Tuesday. It heard evidence from film-makers, educators and skills providers including Myriam Raja, who graduated from the National Film and Television School in 2018 and has directed several episodes of Bafta-winning drama Top Boy.