Taking place at Sheffield Doc/Fest every year, the Alternate Realities Talent Market exists to foster collaborations between creatives and organisations focused on using digital technologies to push storytelling in exciting new directions.
Providing funding for feature film development and production, which includes international co-productions and completion funding.
Creative England offer script and production support for shorts, features and high-end TV, as well as development programmes for new and emerging filmmaking talent, and sales and distribution executives.
Creative Scotland distributes funding for the arts, screen and creative industries from two primary sources, the Scottish Government and the National Lottery.
This funding supports European independent production companies looking to develop 3 to 5 fiction, animation or creative documentary projects with international potential.
British Council are offering grants of up to £50k to organisations in the UK and selected countries overseas to collaborate digitally on international projects.
The (Egg)celerator Lab is focused on identifying and supporting nonfiction directors working on their first or second feature-length documentary.
Ffilm Cymru Wales supports feature film project development, from treatment stage through to pre-production.
The Film & TV Charity’s John Brabourne Awards can help individuals to take their career to the next level with a £5000 award to develop or complete a project.
From its headquarters in London, Genera has been set up to provide an alternative way for short filmmakers worldwide to fund their work, offering up to £5000 per project.
This British Council Film and BFI NETWORK scheme is designed to support filmmakers looking to develop skillsets and networks internationally and is focused around eight international training labs. The fund will offer bursaries to contribute towards the cost of course fees, travel and accommodation.
Taking place at Sheffield Doc/Fest every year, the MeetMarket is one of the world’s largest pitching forums for documentary films.
New Creatives is an exciting talent development scheme offering commissioning opportunities for emerging creatives to make new artistic works in film, audio or interactive media, designed for BBC channels and platforms.
Creative England’s New Ideas Fund is able to offer small seed funding to sole traders, start-ups and small businesses for their creative business ideas. They can offer investments between £500 and £15,000.
Northern Ireland Screen offers various funding programmes across its economic, cultural and educational activities.
This scheme supports the digital distribution of European audiovisual works to a wider, international audience including projects that experiment with new models of distribution.
Right Here is a talent initiative from the Scottish Documentary Institute run in association with Screen Scotland and BBC that offers Scotland-based filmmakers a unique opportunity to create a 30-minute creative documentary for broadcast on BBC.
Screen Scotland offers a variety of funding and support for Scottish Filmmakers
Short Film funding programme which supports projects with directors based in England and is run in partnership with the BFI NETWORK Talent Executives who work with filmmakers on the delivery of funded project.
Stepping Up is the training initiative for TV drama professionals in Wales looking to take the next step in their career.
The funding offers an opportunity for emerging screenwriters and filmmakers to have their short film financed and produced.
With a main award worth £80,000 and a runner-up contribution of £15,000, The Whickers Film & TV Funding Award is one of the most significant documentary awards in the world.
Wahala Film Fund is a short film completion fund for Queer, Transgender and Intersex People of Colour filmmakers based in UK, Europe and the Global South.
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