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The BFI is launching new guidelines to deal with bullying and harassment in the entertainment industry. There were previously no established protocols or guidelines for dealing with sexual harassment. The guidelines address protection from harassment and equal representation, requiring the industry to embrace greater diversity.

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The BFI is launching new guidelines to deal with bullying and harassment in the entertainment industry. There were previously no established protocols or guidelines for dealing with sexual harassment. The guidelines address protection from harassment and equal representation, requiring the industry to embrace greater diversity.

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Emma Watson about the guidelines

So the BFI is launching a new set of principles

There's eight of them

And they are to deal with bullying and harassment in the entertainment
industry

These principles are important because up until recently there were no


guidelines

There was no protocol for someone that had been sexually harassed in the
entertainment industry

And I noticed to be a fact because I've asked for principles. I've asked to see
guidelines and

No one could give them to me. No one could send me okay. Here's here's the
protocol that we follow

When someone's had this experience which I found shocking?

But one of the good things that's come out of this terrible situation is that the
BFI in partnership with equity?

trade unions

You know and 40 other really major organizations in the entertainment


industry have come together to put together this set of

guidelines they understand the subtleties of the hierarchy that works on a film
set what it's like to work really long strange

Unsociable hours the BFI is enshrining the set of principles in their diversity
standards

And what this means is that anyone that?

Applies for funding from the BFI has to sign

This agreement and that they cannot receive funding without it. We hope that
the industry will

embrace and adopt this set of guidelines and


That as a result

It's just going to become second nature for everyone that there will just be
more awareness and and a sense of being

More mindful so the other really cool thing about these standards is that they
don't just address

protection they also address equal representation

Basically the industry is going to have to start embracing a greater diversity of


voices so that means

women

That means be BAME

community the LGBTQI community

And people with disabilities

And this is really important because their voices haven't been heard and
currently we have an entertainment industry that is not

Representative and does not look like the world that we live in along with
equity's helpline for actors

The CTBF is setting up an active phone line that will be ready from April
onwards

Which will be for anyone working behind the scenes in film and TV, which is
really important a lot of conversations been around

Harassment and abuse that has happened to

women and men on screen

but a really big part of what happens is to the crew and you know people that
work below the line and

That phone line will be there to support and address those survivors this
phone line will be run by

Professionals who are trained in how to deal specifically with?

Survivors that are dealing with stress


Dealing with depression you know just the specific problems that are
associated where the sexual harassment, so there should be

Designated two people on set one of each gender

That are designated to help deal with these issues

Another really cool thing is that the BFI and BAFTA are going to supply
ongoing training for these two designated individuals

The fact that they're providing training support follow-up

These kinds of things are really important because they're going to ensure that
you know this keeps going into the future

And you know that there's an official entity and body that is supporting these

Practices the guidance is designed to make sure that workers know what their
rights are

That they know how to seek health and support should they need it?

to make sure that they

actually understand the law that's in place by making it kind of easy and
accessible to understand and

That workers know how to properly report incidents

Emma Watson for more on this and other issues about anti-bullying and
harassment

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