One of IMAGO’s most fundamental objectives as a Federation is to promote the living and working conditions of cinematographers internationally.

It recently came to our attention that circumstances caused by the ongoing Covid pandemic have resulted in a situation in the United Kingdom where PACT – the association representing the commercial interests of UK independent television, film, digital, children’s and animation media companies – has made unilateral decisions regarding the treatment of crew in instances where the Covid-19 virus is detected and isolations and shutdowns have been inforced.

You can read the open letter from IMAGO to PACT UK and the Broadcasting, Entertainment, Communications and Theatre Union (BECTU) urging them to address and improve current working conditions and film workers’ rights, by clicking the Download button below.