Creative England opened for business on 1st October 2011 and provides funding opportunities for film in the English regions outside London.
Creative England is funded by DCMS through the BFI and has been formed to provide a simpler, more efficient structure to support film and the creative industries across England. The new agency will build on the successes of the screen agencies over the past ten years, becoming the BFI’s delegated body for the distribution of National Lottery funds to support the strategic development of film in the English Regions.
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Film Link will work in partnership with both Film London and Creative England.
TWO NEW FUNDS TO SUPPORT DEVELOPMENT OF REGIONAL FILMMAKING TALENTCreative England has today opened two new schemes of Lottery funding, delegated from the BFI, to support the development of filmmaking talent in the English regions.
The Development Fund is open to individual writers, writer/directors and/or producers based in the English regions for the development of all types of feature films, including animation and documentary. Applications are also invited from writer/director/producer teams. Funding is available for the costs of developing a screenplay (or the equivalent for documentaries) such as research costs, writer’s fees, script editor/developer support and script readings.
The Film Networks Fund is open to networks and organisations whose work supports and promotes filmmaking activities in the English regions. Funding is available for a range of eligible activity including provision of editorial and technical support for emerging talent looking to produce work, delivery of networking, screening and industry speaker events and master classes, and provision of peer-to-peer support, mentoring, training and advice.
For more information and to access fund guidelines and application forms please visit
www.creativeengland.co.uk.
Film Culture Fund Now Open- £490,000 Lottery funds available in first round
- Apply online at www.creativeengland.co.uk/film-support/film-cultureMonday 17 October 2011: Creative England’s Film Culture Fund opens for applications today, with a total of £490,000 delegated Lottery funds from the BFI to distribute in the first round.
The Film Culture Fund aims to boost access for audiences to a wide range of film content in the English regions outside of London, to enrich audiences’ experience through education opportunities, and to bring the unique resources of regional screen heritage into wider film provision.
It is looking to support the provision and interpretation of both specialised and mainstream film in England, by investing in:
• audience development within the film exhibition sector
• film education activities which are linked to and support film exhibition infrastructure (e.g. cinemas, film festivals, film societies and other platforms)
• the acquisition, preservation and conservation of and access to regional screen heritage.
Applications are now invited from cinemas, film archives, film festivals, mobile cinemas, film societies and other eligible organisations working in the English regions outside of London. Awards will range from £2,000 - £50,000 depending on the project. Funded activity can include programming, education, reaching under-served audiences and regional screen heritage.
The deadline for applications is midday on 28 November 2011. Download the Film Culture Fund guidelines and access the online application form at www.creativeengland.co.uk/film-support/film-culture.
For more information about Creative England film funding, call 0844 824 6041 or email lottery.admin@creativeengland.co.uk.
EM Media’s Career Acceleration Programme (East) entitles East of England film professionals to apply for up to 50% towards the costs of a bespoke package of training and skills support. Representatives of the region’s film industry are invited to find out more about the support available to them at a roadshow taking place at Emmanuel College, Cambridge during the Cambridge Film Festival 2011. This will be the last event before the programme’s application deadline at 12 midday on Monday 26th September 2011.
The next roadshow will take place at Harrods Room, Emmanuel College in Cambridge on Thursday 15th September, 2011. Film industry professionals are invited to sign up to this event here:
www.emmediaroadshowcambfilmfest.eventbrite.com To facilitate applications to the Career Acceleration Programme (East) and answer queries about the fund, EM Media has appointed Norwich-based Sam Burton on a fixed-term basis. Burton was formerly the Talent Executive at Screen East, where she Executive Produced the UK Film Council-backed Digital Shorts scheme. She is now a freelance media professional, working on a number of film projects and teaching at Norwich University College of the Arts. Sam Burton can be contacted via email at
sam.burton@em-media.org.uk.
Championing new British talentCollabor8te is an exciting new platform for short filmmaking; from script development through to production and distribution. The initiative is planning to produce up to 8 short films during 2012, with budgets up to £10,000.
10 selected scripts will be developed by The Bureau and Rankin Film, with up to 8 scripts then produced by Rankin Film. These 8 short films will complete their run on the international film festival circuit before being exhibited on DazedTV.
What Collabor8te are looking for:
The initiative will produce up to 8 short films during 2012: from scripts of any genre, up to 15 pages, with budgets up to £10,000.
While Collabor8te is keen to develop narrative films, with strong stories and characters, they actively encourage a broad array of styles, mediums and genres, though please note they will not consider ideas for documentaries.
What will happen if you are selected for development:
10 successful candidates will be contacted via email on
Monday 28th November 2011. Each candidate will be expected to attend one, day-long development workshop at Rankin Film, London,
w/c 12th December. This will be followed by a series of remote one to one meetings in
January/February 2012. After this development period up to 8 scripts will be selected for production.
Production teams:
Collabor8te will aim to shoot and complete all 8 short films in 2012. Each film will have a carefully selected production team that will include a mixture of new and established talent, recommended by Rankin Film, The Bureau and DazedTV. The scriptwriter will work closely with the director, communally elected by the Collabor8te team and the scriptwriter. Writer-director’s will be considered where they can display an ability to direct the project. In these instances a directing show reel will be required.
Timeline:
Open Call: 1st August 2011
Submissions Deadline: 3rd October 2011
10 Selected Scripts Announced: Monday 28th November 2011
Workshop Day: w/c 12th December 2011
Development Period: December 2011 - February 2012
Production: February - November 2012
For further information and to download the submission form visit
www.collabor8te.com
EM Media’s Career Acceleration Programme (East) - UPDATEFollowing the successful launch of EM Media's Career Acceleration Programme for film professionals located in the East of England. EM Media is hosting another workshop to give practical advice to attendees about how they can access support through the fund.
The programme entitles those who qualify to apply for up to 50% towards the costs of a bespoke package of training and skills support.
The next roadshow is due to take place at
Anglia Ruskin University in
Cambridge on
Wednesday, 29th June, 2011. Film industry professionals are invited to sign up to this event.
Click here for more information and how to register.
EM Media launches Career Acceleration Programme (East)EM Media has launched a Career Acceleration Programme for film professionals located in the East of England. This programme entitles those who qualify to apply for up to 50% towards the costs of a bespoke package of training and skills support.
To promote the programme EM Media is hosting a series of roadshows in the East of England:
Elstree Studios in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire at
4pm on
Wednesday, 20 April, 2011; and
Epic Studios in Norwich, Norfolk at
4pm on
Wednesday, 11 May, 2011 .
Click here for more information on the Elstree event and
click here for more information on the Norwich event. Alternatively you can download the appropriate flyer below.
Career Acceleration Programme (Elstree)Career Acceleration Programme (EPIC)
Film Link is not a lottery distributor. Furthermore there is no production fund available for the Eastern region at this time.
However
EM Media has launched EM Media East – a time-bound scheme financed by the UK Film Council and designed to support film projects which had previously been given a commitment of funding from Screen East, the regional screen agency which went into liquidation in October 2010.
Applicants must:
Be a resident, or have a trading address, in the East of England. The East of England region covers the counties of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertfordshire, Norfolk, and Suffolk and the unitary areas of Bedford, Luton, Peterborough, Southend-on-Sea and Thurrock.
Proof of residence/trading address will be required; and Not be in full-time education; and Be able to demonstrate that they have worked in the media industry for at least six months; and Be over 18.
Applications must be for film projects that:
Received a commitment of finance from Screen East between 1 April 2009 and Screen East’s closure in September 2010.
Such commitment of finance must have been made utilising UK Film Council National Lottery funds – that is from RIFE, Digital Film Archive Fund or Digital Shorts; and did not receive any, or received only part, of the promised finance but did meet the pre-conditions attaching to the finance, or is still able to meet those conditions; and still require finance in order to commence and/or complete.
If you believe you may qualify
click here to visit EM-Media's website for the guidelines and how to apply.