Funding for Film and Moving Image
There are many places to secure funding for film and moving image projects. In fact there are so many different places to look for investments, grants and loans for film and moving image, that it can be extremely confusing finding the most likely funding sources for any particular project. This section of flicKerNOW will help you navigate the minefield of funding sources to help you raise the funds necessary to complete your projects
Funding Organisations
Organisations in the South West that may be able to help you with funding information.
Funding organisations in the UK
Funding organisations in Europe and the rest of the world
Find out more about UK MEDIA Desk's development funding
19 and 20 January 2006
£1m investment fund targets creative firms
The Pembridge 100 Fund provides investment capital for creative firms and aims to invest £1m in UK-based companies during 2006.
South West Screen scheme to support collaborative innovation
Deadline for applications is 9 December 2005
Business Support Grants from your local cluster group
Available November / December 2005
ITV's Regional Production Fund
ITV's Regional Production Fund is a new initiative that will make £3million a year available to "new to network" producers. It will be dedicated to commissions from producers based outside London and for off-screen development and promotion of talent.
for more information click on the link ITV's Regional Production Fund
Developing South West Talent Through Digital Shorts
Cornwall Film is working with South West Screen on some exciting new short film schemes for Cornwall-resident practitioners.
If you would like to find out more about the digital shorts scheme click on the link above.
The South West Screen training bursary - next deadline is 29 June
The South West Screen training bursary aims to provide financial support towards the professional development of the region's freelance workforce. Individual freelancers based in the South West who are actively working in the film, TV and/or digital content production industries are eligible to apply for bursaries to help them meet the costs of training.
Applications must be submitted by 29 June. For more information and an application pack see the training section of our website.
Pulse:Youth Arts inspired by biomedical science
Pulse is a Wellcome Trust funding initiative to support arts projects across the UK that engage young people with the complex, emotive issues arising from biomedical science. Pulse will fund projects working in the performing arts, visual arts, craft, photography, film, creative writing and new media. Projects can be developed by, for, or with young people. Applications should come from a groups of organisations working in education, science or the arts. The scheme has 2 levels of funding: grants for R and D or small-scale production up to £10,000 and grants for production or larger scale projects up to £50,000. Pulse has 2 deadlines in 2005: 11 March 2005 and 7 October 2005.
For more information: www.wellcome.ac.uk/pulse
Do you want to find out about existing and future opportunities to access funding from the European Union?
If so, EUCLID, the official UK Cultural Contact Point, appointed by the European Commission and the UK Department for Culture, Media and Sport, are pleased to announce that we are once again running our popular series of CulturEuro seminars for the arts and cultural sector, providing information and a summary of existing and future opportunities to access funding from the European Union.
A CulturEuro seminar will be held in Exeter on Tuesday 28th June
For more information click on the link CulturEuro seminar in Exeter
DCMS Creative Industries Money Map
THe Enterprise Advisory Service offers a gateway to Government grants and assistance covering official national, regional, county/city incentives and initiatives of benefit to both new and existing small and medium size firms. Visitors to the site are able to carry out a free grant and assistance search and also download a copy of their acclaimed guide.
BBC Commisioning
A meeting was held recently in Bristol where people had the opportunity to meet the BBC Commissioners and find out the latest developments within the BBC's commissioning structure.
Everything you need to know about BBC commissioning can be found on their website. Information includes:
- Who's who - who are the commissioners for each genre.
- BBC code of practice
- BBC Tarifs
The site also provides production standards and commissioning guidelines across all major new media platforms:
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