Investors and Grants

The BFI is the lead agency for film in the UK. The BFI Film Fund has a number of funding strands, investing over £26m of Lottery funds per year to support film development, production (incl. majority and minority co-productions) and distribution activity in the UK.
BBC Films is committed to finding and developing new talent, collaborating with some of the foremost writers and directors in the industry. Applicants usually get in contact with BBC Films via an agent or individually, as an established producer. BBC Films can not accept unsolicited material.
Film4 is Channel 4’s film production arm invests £15 million annually in developing and financing films for theatrical release in cinemas, working collaboratively with filmmakers and usually in partnership with other funders. Due to the large number of submissions Film4 receives, it can only accept proposals via production companies or agents.
Creative England offers a number of funds for development and production funding. All strands have flexibility with respect to international projects. Creative England is particularly interested in projects from regionally-based filmmakers or which have a strong regional voice.

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  1. JCoSS Media Dept30 October 2017 at 14:28

    Assuming these are your research notes for the film you made - could you provide links, your own notes rather than cut and paste info, and the rest of the notes on the other websites you were asked to research into? Thanks. Mrs E.

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