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This page contains links to various organisations who can either help with funding or point you in the direction of someone who can. We hope you find it useful. If you have any amendments, comments, suggestions or additions, please contact us at film.department@britishcouncil.org.
KORDA
KORDA is an online database of European film and television public funding programmes. Users can view all funding programmes by country or search by different criteria to target results more appropriately.
The Money Map
The Money Map (link to PDF) is a list created by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS) of funding schemes that are open to creative businesses in the UK.
For more information on the work of the DCMS within the arts, please see their website.
Public funding
MEDIA 2007
The EU's Media 2007 programme supports the European audiovisual sector: MEDIA 2007. The budget is €755 million over seven years (2007-13). The programme has three main objectives:
The fund operates in the areas of Distribution, Producer's Support (inc. project development), Promotion, Festivals, Training, New Technologies, Exhibition.
ec.europa.eu/information_society/media/overview/2007/index_en.htm
UK Film Council (UKFC)
The UKFC provides funds from the National Lottery to cover production, development, training, education and exhibition. The UKFC has three funds: the Premiere Fund (for commercial projects); the New Cinema Fund (for new, innovative filmmaking); and the Feature Development Fund (split into two parts for New Talent and Established Filmmakers).
For more information on the UK Film Council funds see our 'Development money' page.
Scottish Screen
Scottish Screen invests around £6m in the development and promotion of Scotland's screen industries each year. This includes distributing £2.6m of National Lottery funds. They invest in a range of initiatives, projects and activities designed to develop talent, audiences and businesses across the country.
Northern Ireland Screen
The Northern Ireland Screen Fund primarily targets inward investment in the form of high value productions - film, television and digital content – to shoot on location in Northern Ireland but will also support indigenous projects. The fund provides a financial incentive in the form of a recoupable loan from Northern Ireland Screen with profit participation.
The Product Development Fund (PDF) is a loan fund targeted at supporting the development of both inward investment and indigenous film, television and digital content projects typically for a ‘slate’ of five projects although smaller slates can be considered. The fund is open to independent production companies based in Northern Ireland and those from Europe which have an office and staff based in Northern Ireland.
www.northernirelandscreen.co.uk
Wales Screen Commission
The £7 million Wales Creative IP Fund has been created as part of the Welsh Assembly Government's strategy for the creative industries in Wales. Through the fund, they act as a "gap financier", offering finance for your production alongside finance that you have already secured from other funding providers. The WCIPF provides equity investment, typically between £50,000 and £700,000, for feature films, TV productions, new media and music projects. Applicants must have secured a minimum of 60% of their budget from third parties and be able to demonstrate that a proportion of their spend will be in Wales.
www.walesscreencommission.co.uk/funding
EM-Media
Distributes Regional Investment Funds for England (RIFE) lottery money. Funds projects with a strong connection with East Midlands relating to the film, games, TV, and interactive industries. They can invest between 150 and 250,000 pounds and typically up to a maximum of 50% of the total project cost.
Film London
Film London directly oversees several production schemes - for short film-makers: Pulse/Digital Nation (Digital Shorts), FLAMIN Productions (for artist filmmakers), and The Borough Production Schemes (which currently represent a total of 15 London boroughs, all with varying submission deadlines).
The Microwave feature film scheme launched in 2006 to commission debut feature film-makers in the capital. It is a project for London-based companies to produce ten micro-budget feature films over a three year period. It is open to film-makers working in documentary, fiction, animation, and to artists working with the moving image. Backed by the BBC, LDA, UKFC and Skillset, the film-makers are provided with up to £75,000 of direct funding per project as well as unique professional mentoring and bespoke training.
Isle of Man Media Development Fund (MDF)The MDF is run by CinemaNX Limited ('NX') and offers a broad range of film investment including. NX is able to offer from 10% to 100% of a film's budget. Decisions are considered on a case by case basis.
www.gov.im/dti/iomfilm/mediadevfund.xml
Northern Film and Media
Backed by the National Lottery and local government funding, Northern Media Northern Film & Media's economic impact funding supports projects that demonstrate a strong creative and commercial impact on the moving image industry. Applications over £3,000 are decided at a series of funding panels throughout the year.
North West Vision
The Production Investment strand of the Regional Attraction Fund is aimed at companies seeking support of between £50,000 and £150,000 for the production of feature films, major broadcast projects and computer games production. For the development of projects, recoupable grants in the range of £5,000 to £25,000 for single projects, and from £10,000 to £50,000 for slates of three projects or more, with a maximum investment through the Fund of up to 50% of total development costs are available. Companies applying must have a staffed base in staffed base in Cheshire, Cumbria, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, Liverpool, Manchester or Merseyside.
Screen East
Screen East distributes National Lottery funding on behalf of the UK FILM COUNCIL through Regional Investment Fund for England (RIFE). National Lottery funds are open to applications on a competitive basis from anyone who is eligible for funding and based in East England. There is no support for the production of short films outside of the digital shorts scheme, however discretionary completion funds are available.
Screen South
Screen South administers the Regional Investment Fund for England (RIFE) for film projects in the South East of England. There is no support for the production of short films outside of the digital shorts scheme, however discretionary completion funds are available for films that have been selected by certain festivals.
Screen West Midlands
The Film & Media Production Fund can invest up to £500,000 towards a project's budget. Investments are made in productions that contribute to building a sustainable screen media economy in the West Midlands. Although funding is primarily targeted at feature film projects, investments can also be made in interactive games production, single TV dramas, and feature length documentaries.
The Investment Fund offers support for a whole host of projects that meet Screen WM's overall priorities for the region's screen media industries and 10 feature scripts a year are supported through this scheme.
Screen Yorkshire
The Screen Yorkshire Production Fund is a digital media content development and production fund, supported by Yorkshire Forward, our Regional Development Agency. It is an investment fund aimed at developing a long-term and successful production sector in the Yorkshire and Humber region.
South West Screen
Through Lottery funding, South West Screen can provide grants for innovative projects that help promote their region and the talent and culture within it. The maximum size of a grant is £20,000, however the average award is between £5,000 and £8,000.
Broadcasters
BBC Films
BBC Films is the feature film-making arm of the BBC. It sees itself at the forefront of British independent film-making and co-produces approximately eight films a year through strategic alliances with domestic and international production companies.
FilmFour
Film4's operations were scaled down in 2002, with annual investment in production also cut. Now run by Channel 4's former head of drama Tessa Ross, it favours domestic and international co-productions.
UK Tax Credit
Tax relief is available for British qualifying films. Films must either pass the Cultural Test or qualify as an official co-production. Films must be intended for theatrical release.
For films that cost up to £20 million, the film production company can claim payable cash rebate of up to 25% of UK qualifying film production expenditure. For films that cost over £20 million, the film production company can claim a payable cash rebate of up to 20% of UK qualifying film production expenditure. For more information please follow this link.
Useful International Links
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Centre National de la Cinematographie Germany
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