Organisation calls on every industry worker to take part regardless of role

The Film and TV Charity has called on everyone working across film, TV and cinema to “take action” by participating in its latest Looking Glass Survey.

The anonymous survey, which is now in its fifth iteration, is the UK’s only long-running, industry-wide study that tracks mental health across the film, TV and cinema sector. The charity has urged all industry representatives – spanning freelance and permanent staff – to take part, regardless of their role.

“We’re asking everyone who works in film, TV, and cinema to see taking the survey as part of something bigger: a collective action that turns lived experience into evidence the industry can’t ignore,” said the Film and TV Charity chief, Marcus Ryder.

Since 2019, the survey has quizzed tens of thousands of industry workers, turning the results into evidence that has shape the charity’s practical support services, programmes to drive systemic change and the organisation’s ability to convene leaders from across the industry.

The 2026 Looking Glass Survey launched on Monday, during Mental Health Awareness Week, and will remain open until late June. The survey is available here.