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Faith Inclusion · The Toolkit

Built for the production office.

Not a policy document. Tools a line producer, head of department or 1st AD can use in prep, for every faith and for none.

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For
Line producers, heads of department and 1st ADs
Covers
Every faith, and none
Formats
A prep checklist, a call-sheet insert, department briefings, disclosure wording
Status
Being built and tested. Version 1 in autumn 2027
A training group watches a trainee frame a shot in a café.

Time, food and fasting

Prayer, weekly worship, Sabbath, festivals and holy days go on the schedule in prep. Catering briefs cover dietary law, fasting periods and meal timing.

Planned this way, a fasting crew member isn't a problem on day 30. They're a line on the call sheet.

Two trainees set up a camera at a reception desk.

Space, dress and appearance

A prayer and quiet space goes on the unit base plan, with washing facilities nearby. Head coverings, turbans, articles of faith, and modesty in costume and PPE are planned with the departments concerned.

Conscience, disclosure and escalation

Where a task or scene conflicts with belief, cover is planned in advance. Disclosure is voluntary and confidential, at no cost to anyone's career. Everyone knows who decides, and how fast.

A camera trainer coaches a trainee operating a cinema camera on a handheld rig in a camera prep room.

One principle

An accommodation for one person never permits discrimination against another. Conscience applies to tasks and content, never to working alongside colleagues because of who they are.

Why it matters

The common core in full
Area What a production plans for
Time Prayer, weekly worship and Sabbath, festivals and holy days
Food and fasting Catering briefs, dietary law, fasting periods and meal timing
Space A prayer and quiet space on the base plan, and washing facilities
Dress and appearance Head coverings, turbans, articles of faith, and modesty in costume and PPE
Conscience and content Tasks or scenes that conflict with belief, with cover planned in advance
Disclosure Voluntary and confidential, with no cost to anyone's career
Escalation Who decides, and how quickly

Prep is where it happens

  • A camera operator demonstrates a handheld camera at a café table while a trainee watches.

    An operator talks a trainee through a handheld camera

  • Two crew members build a cinema camera on a stand in a black-draped studio while a third watches.

    Building a camera in the prep room

  • A mentor points out framing while a trainee holds a camera.

    A mentor points out framing

  • A group of women gather around a cinema camera during a hands-on workshop.

    Women gather round a cinema camera in a workshop

  • Trainees lean in to inspect a camera head on a stage.

    Trainees inspect a camera head on a stage

  • A camera operator in purple stage light watches a scene beside a camera.

    An operator watches a scene under stage light

Tradition practice notes

Written with advisers from each tradition: Christian (including Pentecostal, Catholic and Orthodox), Muslim, Jewish, Hindu and Sikh, and others the consultation raises. The Abrahamic strand is focused work with Jewish, Christian and Muslim communities.

It builds on the Film and TV Charity's guidance, including its Ramadan guide, and sits alongside the Charity's Whole Picture Toolkit.

How it is built and tested

Twelve months, with mid-to-senior Black and Global Majority professionals of faith, paid and credited. The schedule follows the faith calendar, including early 2027, when Lent and Ramadan overlap.

The twelve months

  1. A speaker presents in a panelled library hall with a screen and bookcases.

    Late 2026

    Listen: sessions with professionals and faith communities, one outside London, and a roundtable with production decision-makers

  2. A panelled library hall set out with chairs and a flip chart for a development session.

    Early 2027

    Draft: a first draft walked through real scenarios with production practitioners

  3. People talk beside a lectern in a formal hall.

    Early 2027

    Develop: specialist and legal review, and practice notes written with faith advisers

  4. Two operators adjust a camera on a remote head under purple light.

    Spring 2027

    Test: a production simulation at Pinewood with a working crew at their own grades

  5. A crew films on a pavement outside a coffee shop.

    Spring 2027

    Then a user test at 3 Mills

  6. Two crew members build a cinema camera on a bench.

    Summer 2027

    Evaluate: results measured against a baseline and reported by ethnicity

  7. A speaker presents beside a screen in a library hall.

    Autumn 2027

    Launch: an industry briefing and Version 1 of the Toolkit

What it leaves:

  • Version 1 of the Toolkit;
  • early-adopter commitments from productions;
  • a Faith Inclusion Council to take it into live trials on productions in 2027 and 2028.

The jobs that use it

Trial it on your next show

Guidance, not legal advice.

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