We’re calling on everyone working across film, TV, and cinema to 'take action' by completing the fifth edition of the Looking Glass Survey
11 May 2026
The 2026 Looking Glass Survey launches
Timed to align with this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week, the 2026 Looking Glass Survey returns at a time of prolonged uncertainty for the industry. People working in film and TV continue to face mental health and wellbeing challenges at much higher rates than the wider population.
Now in its fifth iteration, the Looking Glass Survey is the UK’s only study tracking mental health in the screen industries. It provides the clearest, most up‑to‑date picture of what it’s really like to work in the sector – regardless of whether that work is on set, in production offices, in post-production, exhibition, or in office roles right across the country.
Since 2019, tens of thousands of industry workers have helped to turn the survey into a trusted evidence base. To date, that evidence has shaped the Charity’s practical support services, programmes to drive systemic change, and the organisation’s ability to convene leaders from right across the industry in support of improved workplace wellbeing.
Talking about the ambition for the 2026 edition of the Looking Glass Survey, Film and TV Charity CEO, Marcus Ryder, said:
The theme for this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week is ‘take action’. While that campaign may focus on individual steps, 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.
Marcus Ryder, Film and TV Charity CEO
Ryder added, “We’ve seen what happens when people speak up in their thousands. Insights from previous Looking Glass surveys have helped us expand mental health support through our Film and TV Support Line, launch a confidential Bullying Advice Service and Wellbeing at Work support, and create practical tools like the free Whole Picture Toolkit for Mentally Healthy Productions – now used on more than 500 productions. Voices from across the industry have also informed our new Principles for Mentally Healthy Productions and are shaping new digital tools currently in development.
In other words: your data drives practical support and real change. So, regardless of where in the industry you may work, and regardless of what stage you’ve reached in your career, just ten minutes of your time gives us the evidence to advocate for systemic change and enables us to target support where it’s needed the most. The stronger the response from the people who power this industry, the stronger the mandate for change.”
Take part in the 2026 Looking Glass Survey
Start the survey today and help to drive practical support and real change.
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The theme for this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week is ‘take action’. While that campaign may focus on individual steps, 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.Marcus Ryder, Film and TV Charity CEO
