Cannes 2023

Find organisations to support project development and production in the UK. Please note in Cannes international delegates are given preference rather than UK delegates, who often can be met back on UK soil.

Find organisations to support project development and production in the UK.

There are several public organisations across the UK which have offers in this area.

The UK’s network of purpose built and alternative stage space can accommodate film and television productions of any size.

The Studios are conveniently located in and around major cities, with excellent access to crew

Further details can be found at:  

www.britishfilmcommission.org.uk/plan-your-production/studios

British Council Film is the link between UK films and filmmakers and new international audiences. Together with the British Council’s global network overseas we work to profile the innovation, diversity, creativity and excellence of British films around the world, and work to find opportunities, as well as support, for creative exchange between UK filmmakers and international counterparts.

Find us at www.britishcouncil.org/film

Twitter: @British_Film

Facebook: @Arts.BritishCouncil

Please note that in Cannes international delegates are given preference rather than UK delegates, who can often be met back on UK soil.

Entertainment Partners

ScreenSkills is the industry-led skills body for the UK’s screen industries. We are supporting continued growth and future innovation by investing nation-wide in the skilled and inclusive workforce who are critical to the global success of UK film, television (unscripted, children’s and high-end), animation and games.

We are supported principally by industry contributions to the ScreenSkills Skills Funds alongside National Lottery funds from the BFI to deliver its Future Film Skills strategy, now in its final year.

This combined income enables us to identify and meet the skills needs of today and tomorrow including in areas of new and emerging tech, such as virtual production. Support from productions gives us a strong voice to work – on industry’s behalf – on challenges including widening the talent pool and behavioural change such as tackling bullying and harassment.

Contributing to the Film Skills Fund is one of many ways in which industry helps ensure the UK remains a destination of choice for production.

www.screenskills.com

@UKScreenSkills

@UK_ScreenSkills

Women in Film & TV (UK) is the leading membership organisation for women working in creative media in the UK.

If you wish to contact us direct please email: claudia@wftv.org.uk

Website: www.wftv.org.uk

Twitter: @wftv_UK

Instagram: @wftv_UK

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/WFTVUK

Made possible through National Lottery funding, BFI NETWORK exists to discover and support talented writers, directors and producers at the start of their careers. We have Talent Executives based in film organisations and leading cultural venues across the UK to offer funding for short films, support for the development of first features and provide a range of professional and creative development programmes.

Pact is the UK trade body representing and supporting independent TV and film production and distribution companies.

Companies looking to produce a film intended for theatrical release (through a SPV) in the UK can register with Pact for a levy which gives them access to:

• Pact's business affairs support for the life of the production
• Pact's suite of contracts and agreements for the life of the production
• Pact's escrow management services if needed

More details can be found at:

www.pact.co.uk/production-registrations/production-registrations-film.html

Qualifying your film, high-end television (HETV) programme, animation programme, children’s television programme or video game (VG) as British is the gateway to enable you to access the UK’s creative sector tax reliefs. British certification is also required for projects which are seeking funding from the BFI Film Fund or the screen agencies in the UK’s nations and regions, and may also be a requirement for entry to some film festivals and awards ceremonies.

The BFI Certification Unit is your first point of contact . The unit offers advice on qualification under the cultural tests, the UK’s bi-lateral co-production agreements and the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production.

There are several public organisations across the UK which have offers in this area.

FUNDING

Screen Scotland provides funding to producers based in Scotland who are working in live-action, animation, documentary and broadcast content, to develop a range of feature film and TV projects that reflect Scotland’s culture, creativity and diversity.

Funding is also available for projects where producers based outside Scotland are developing and producing projects with writing and/or directing talent based in Scotland, and that promote Scotland, Scottish talent, crews, locations and tourism, and also benefit the Scottish economy.

Film Development and Production Funding

Our £4million Film Development and Production Fund can consider applications for feature films that will be made in co-production with Scotland, where these involve Scottish based talent. For more information please see our funding guidance at:

www.screen.scot/funding-and-support

E: screen@creativescotland.com

Production Growth Fund

Our £2million Production Growth Fund can consider applications from companies based outside Scotland with projects that aim to grow Scotland’s screen production sector by creating employment opportunities for Scottish crews, encouraging the use of production facilities, and delivering a direct and significant economic benefit to Scotland.

This is a selective fund which seeks to attract large scale productions and maximise spend in Scotland.

For more information please see our funding guidance at www.screen.scot

E: screen@creativescotland.com

Broadcast Content Fund

The £3million Broadcast Content Fund can consider applications for broadcast content projects of all genres, including drama series, that will be made in co-production with Scotland. The fund will prioritise projects which have the potential to generate lasting benefits to build companies of scale, reflect or promote Scottish culture, creativity and diversity, as well as projects which offer significant opportunities to people currently under-represented in the screen sector.

For more information please see our funding guidance at www.screen.scot

E: screen@creativescotland.com

Recce Funding

We also provide funding for recces and can recommend accommodation deals throughout Scotland.

To find out more about the support and services we offer, visit www.screen.scot

E: locations@creativescotland.com

UK Tax Incentives

Scotland is part of the UK and therefore all UK film tax incentives and UK co-production treaties apply in Scotland.

For full details of UK film tax relief, cultural test and co-production treaties, please contact the British Film Commission: www.britishfilmcommission.org.uk

Creative England offers a range of opportunities for film development and production and are particularly interested in regionally based filmmakers and projects, which articulate a strong regional voice and sensibility. Creative England also provides a film office service to productions filming in England, outside London, to create investment, jobs and profile. Visit creativeengland.co.uk for details. 

Film London is the capital's screen industries agency. We connect ideas, talent and finance to develop a pioneering creative culture in the city that delivers success in film, TV, animation, games and beyond. We work to sustain, promote and develop London as a global content production hub, support the development of the city's new and emerging filmmaking talent and invest in a diverse and rich film culture.
www.filmlondon.org.uk

Northern Ireland Screen offers a range of funding strands for script, project and slate development for feature film, television and digital content production funding. Incoming productions will be required to spend a proportion of the total production budget in Northern Ireland.

www.northernirelandscreen.co.uk

The Yorkshire Content Fund is a public-private investment fund for the TV, film, video games and digital sectors in Yorkshire and Humber, open to producers either based in Yorkshire or wishing to film or establish a base in the region.

Please see our website: www.screenyorkshire.co.uk

BRAY FILM STUDIOS

Located on the bank of the River Thames, just 26 miles from central London.

hello@braystudios.com

www.braystudios.com

London's most versatile TV and Film Studio, Elstree Studios boasts seven film and TV stages, plus a green screen stage, providing more than 60,000sq ft. of stage space. Stages range in area from 4,000 to 16,000sq ft. and from 25ft. to 50ft. in height, offering two of the tallest sound proof stages in Europe. Elstree also offers workshops, production offices, dressing rooms, wardrobe, make up rooms, post production facilities, green screen facilities, 500+ car parking spaces, 24/7 security, onsite catering along with a fantastic on site Media Village housing over 40 specialist media related companies. Elstree Studios is superbly located close to the motorway network, international and local airports and is conveniently situated close to a high street environment which offers easy access to hotels, restaurants, shops and a train station. Located 20 minutes from the heart of London, Elstree Studios is without doubt London's number one studio for film or television productions, tour rehearsal, promos, commercials or corporate events.

Some of the most famous films in the world have been produced at Elstree; Star Wars, Indiana Jones, The Shining, Superman, Labyrinth to name a few from an endless list. Recent film credits include The Danish Girl, Paddington, Suffragette, The King’s Speech, Sherlock Holmes: A Game of Shadows, Jack the Giant Slayer, Hyde Park on Hudson, World War Z, Under The Skin and The World’s End. Elstree Studios also has plenty of high end drama such as Sony Left Bank Pictures, The Crown, Grantchester and Humans. BBC Studioworks lease stages 8 and 9 within Elstree Studios. These are state of the art television studios for productions such as Strictly Come Dancing, The Voice, The Voice Kids and A League of Their Own. Other light entertainment shows include The Chase, Pointless, Piers Morgan’s Life Stories, Have I Got News For You, Celebrity Juice and many more.

www.elstreestudios.co.uk

The Pinewood Studios Group encompasses world-class stages and facilities at our sites in Pinewood, Shepperton, Wales, Atlanta, Toronto, Dominican Republic and Malaysia. UK-based Pinewood, Shepperton and Pinewood Studio Wales comprise 40 Stages, including the 59,000 sq ft 007 Stage, the globally unique underwater filming stage and one of the largest exterior tanks in Europe, 3 dedicated state of the art TV studios and associated production accommodation, a comprehensive post production and creative services division and lighting.

+44 (0)1753 656700

sales@pinewoodgroup.com

www.pinewoodgroup.com

Using funds from the National Lottery the BFI Filmmaking Fund develops and supports filmmakers with diverse, bold and distinctive films, that have a cultural relevance or progressive ideas, and which reflect people from different backgrounds, as well as a range of activities to increase the opportunities for audiences to enjoy them.

Please note that Film Fund Executives are unable to take meetings on projects that have not been received via the official application procedures.

For information regarding the kind of support the BFI Film Fund offers please go to the following websites:

Feature Films: www.bfi.org.uk/filmmaking-fund

For Documentaries: www.docsociety.org/bfi-doc

FUNDING

Screen Scotland provides funding to producers based in Scotland who are working in live-action, animation, documentary and broadcast content, to develop a range of feature film and TV projects that reflect Scotland’s culture, creativity and diversity.

Funding is also available for projects where producers based outside Scotland are developing and producing projects with writing and/or directing talent based in Scotland, and that promote Scotland, Scottish talent, crews, locations and tourism, and also benefit the Scottish economy.

Film Development and Production Funding

Our £4million Film Development and Production Fund can consider applications for feature films that will be made in co-production with Scotland, where these involve Scottish based talent. For more information please see our funding guidance at:

www.screen.scot/funding-and-support

E: screen@creativescotland.com

Production Growth Fund

Our £2million Production Growth Fund can consider applications from companies based outside Scotland with projects that aim to grow Scotland’s screen production sector by creating employment opportunities for Scottish crews, encouraging the use of production facilities, and delivering a direct and significant economic benefit to Scotland.

This is a selective fund which seeks to attract large scale productions and maximise spend in Scotland.

For more information please see our funding guidance at www.screen.scot

E: screen@creativescotland.com

Broadcast Content Fund

The £3million Broadcast Content Fund can consider applications for broadcast content projects of all genres, including drama series, that will be made in co-production with Scotland. The fund will prioritise projects which have the potential to generate lasting benefits to build companies of scale, reflect or promote Scottish culture, creativity and diversity, as well as projects which offer significant opportunities to people currently under-represented in the screen sector.

For more information please see our funding guidance at www.screen.scot

E: screen@creativescotland.com

Recce Funding

We also provide funding for recces and can recommend accommodation deals throughout Scotland.

To find out more about the support and services we offer, visit www.screen.scot

E: locations@creativescotland.com

UK Tax Incentives

Scotland is part of the UK and therefore all UK film tax incentives and UK co-production treaties apply in Scotland.

For full details of UK film tax relief, cultural test and co-production treaties, please contact the British Film Commission: www.britishfilmcommission.org.uk

Find more information at: www.screenuk.org

More information on the UK Global Screen Fund
https://www.bfi.org.uk/get-fun...

Qualifying your film, high-end television (HETV) programme, animation programme, children’s television programme or video game (VG) as British is the gateway to enable you to access the UK’s creative sector tax reliefs. British certification is also required for projects which are seeking funding from the BFI Film Fund or the screen agencies in the UK’s nations and regions, and may also be a requirement for entry to some film festivals and awards ceremonies.

The BFI Certification Unit is your first point of contact . The unit offers advice on qualification under the cultural tests, the UK’s bi-lateral co-production agreements and the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production.

Ffilm Cymru Wales is the development agency for Welsh film. We are dedicated to advancing and sustaining an inclusive, fair and green film industry for Wales; one that we can all be proud to call our own. While prioritising Welsh or Wales-based writers, directors and producers with development and production funding, we also encourage Wales’ creative community to engage with the world cinema sector; almost a third of Ffilm Cymru Wales’ production investments are international co-productions, including I Am Not a Witch and Ethel & Ernest.

For more information, please visit our website: www.ffilmcymruwales.com

Northern Ireland Screen offers production funding for film, television and digital content production, usually in the form of a recoupable loan.

Northern Ireland Screen is looking for productions which contribute to building a sustainable screen industry in Northern Ireland. Incoming productions are required to spend a proportion of the total production budget in Northern Ireland and must show a direct economic benefit to the region.

Development funding provides loans for company slates, pilots, gaming development and concept testing. Available to independent Northern Ireland production companies and European production companies with an office/staff in Northern Ireland.

The Northern Ireland Screen Fund is open to all legally incorporated companies who can fulfil the British Cultural Criteria.

www.northernirelandscreen.co.uk

The BFI Doc Society Fund aims to develop storytellers from all parts of the UK and all communities, backing feature projects (for cinema and other platforms, except for broadcast) with bold cultural and social ambitions. The Fund encourages talent to take risks on form and content, where the more commercial sector cannot.

Please find further information of this fund at: www. docsociety.org/funds

Qualifying your film, high-end television (HETV) programme, animation programme, children’s television programme or video game (VG) as British is the gateway to enable you to access the UK’s creative sector tax reliefs. British certification is also required for projects which are seeking funding from the BFI Film Fund or the screen agencies in the UK’s nations and regions, and may also be a requirement for entry to some film festivals and awards ceremonies.

The BFI Certification Unit is your first point of contact. The unit offers advice on qualification under the cultural tests, the UK’s bi-lateral co-production agreements and the European Convention on Cinematographic Co-production.

The Yorkshire Content Fund is a public-private investment fund for the TV, film, video games and digital sectors in Yorkshire and Humber, open to producers either based in Yorkshire or wishing to film or establish a base in the region.

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Open to qualifying local, national and international production companies, the fund has been created to help drive the further growth of Liverpool’s film and television sector by investing in a diverse portfolio of high-quality content.

Managed by the Liverpool Film Office, the fund can support the production of feature films, TV drama, animation and scripted comedy series that are intending to film in the Liverpool region. It can invest up to 20% of production budget, with a cap of £500,000 per project. There are no specific match funding requirements so its equity investment can be easily combined with other private and public monies including the UK tax credit.

International co-productions with Liverpool-based producers are encouraged.

The fund will prioritise projects that have some or all of the following characteristics:

• Deliver high multiples of local economic benefit relative to its investment
• Demonstrate strong creative and commercial elements
• Have a realistic prospect of generating a financial return
• Increase the cultural visibility of Liverpool to audiences in the UK and globally

Full details of the Fund can be found at: www.liverpoolfilmoffice.tv/pro...

In Cannes:
Chris Moll, Fund Advisor/Executive Producer

Email: Chris.Moll@liverpool.gov.uk
Mobile: +44 (0)7770 755222

Offers equity and debt financing to UK film and television production as part of its growing range of advisory services, representing media funds of both Isle of Man and Welsh Governments.