[ WATCH THIS SPACE! ] A NEW CAMDEN FILM QUARTER IS IN THE PLANNING PERMISSION STAGES
Y oo Capital is spearheading proposals to build a Camden Film Quarter (CFQ) in the Regis Road area of Kentish Town. This marks the next item on a list of projects the real estate investment company is involved in, including renovating the Saville Theatre and upgrading Shepherd’s Bush Market. The multi-purpose space will span approximately 23 acres and house world-class film and television studios, school campuses for the London Screen Academy (LSA) and the National Film and Television School (NFTS) and infrastructure to bolster the local community, such as energy-efficient housing and public- access green spaces. At the CFQ’s very own Camden Film Studios, filmmakers can look forward to finding rehearsal spaces, sound stages, set design workshops,
hair and makeup rooms, orchestral studios, post-production suites and editing rooms, all in one high-rise building. There will even be on-site bedrooms so crew members can nap between takes. In the project’s masterplan, it’s described as a filmmaking ‘ecosystem’ in the heart of London, ‘challenging the status quo of film studios as industrial sheds in remote locations’. The CFQ is a welcome anomaly amid current funding shortages for arts and culture across the UK. If Yoo Capital’s application for planning permission from Camden Council is successful, it will generate thousands of jobs and breathe new (albeit London-centric) life into the UK film industry, boosting its reputation on the world stage and bringing together a community of professional and student filmmakers.
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