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Film Funding Sources
www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/awards/
Handles all film business in Scotland, from production and development to distribution of National Lottery money (totalling about £3 million a year), training and locations. Production schemes: Tartan Shorts with BBC Scotland, which funds three 35mm, nine minute shorts annually to a maximum of £65,000; New Found Land with Scottish Media Group (Scottish TV and Grampian TV) and National Lottery funding six 30 minute digital films, each budgeted at £50,000; New Found Films, also with Scottish Media Group, awarding £300,000 each to two films every two years from new Scottish filmmakers. Development funding programmes: Feature Film Production Finance (awards of up £500,000 for films and documentaries for theatrical distribution), Short Film Production Funding (shorts under £25,000); Script Development Funding (up to £25,000 for projects already at first draft or full treatment stage); Project Development Funding (up to £75,000 for second-stage development of features); and Twenty First Films (for low-budget features up to £600,000, awards of up to £300,000 or 75 per cent, whichever is the lesser).
www.scottishscreen.com/
 
Up to 25 per cent of total budget as equity investment in film and TV projects which are filmed wholly or in part on the Isle of Man, spend at least the equivalent of 20 per cent of the below the line budget on local service providers, are otherwise fully funded, have a sales agent and/or distributor attached and have a completion bond in place.
www.gov.im/dti/iomfilm/mediadevfund.xml
Northern Ireland Film and Television Commission
www.niftc.co.uk/
The Arts Council funds various regional arts bodies around the country that in turn fund film-makers and moving image artists.
www.artscouncil.org.uk/search/index.php?search=film
Cineworks is Scotland's entry level short film funding scheme commissioning 5 films each year in the fields of drama, documentary and animation
www.cineworks.co.uk/
 
Sgrîn Cymru Wales is responsible for the formulation of a strategic vision for the development of the economic and cultural aspects of film, television and new media. We undertake activity under 5 headings: New Talent, Content Development, Access and Education, Marketing and Information and Business Support.
www.sgrin.co.uk/
Distributes Regional Investment Funds for England (RIFE) lottery money. Funds projects with a strong connection with East Midlands up to maximum budget of £3.5 million and digital features under £1 million. Development money: up to £13,000; production: up to £225,000 or no more than 25 per cent of production budget.
www.em-media.org.uk/pages/home
Amalgamation of London Film and Video Development Agency  and London Film Commission. Film London supports over 1,000 film, TV and advertising projects each year through our unique locations library and crew and facilities database. We also offer opportunities for the capital's film-makers to hone their skills and develop their business potential, and for Londoners to have access to watch the widest range of films.
www.filmlondon.org.uk/
Northern Film + Media
Northern Film & Media is the Regional Screen Agency covering the North-East of England. We work in Durham, Northumberland, Tees Valley and Tyne & Wear. Our job is to encourage more people to make. watch and work in film, television and interactive media. We also have a free Locations Service that helps filmmakers pin-point and use some of our world-class locations. Since we began our work in October 2002, we have funded more than 550 projects ranging from community cinema to major feature films.
www.northernmedia.org/
North West Vision
Production funding for north-west of England which had £230,000 in 2004. Provides funding for digital shorts, script and audience development.
www.northwestvision.co.uk/section/funding
Has approximately £450,000 from the National Lottery of which a portion supports up to 25 writers per year with £4,500 per project. Also has a UK Film Council supported training fund.
www.screeneast.co.uk/
Screen South operate a rolling deadline for its RIFE (Regional Investment Fund for England) Open Fund which includes Small Awards (up to £500) and Large Awards (over £500). Funding includes Taped Up (six digital documentary or shorts from new filmmakers) with Brighton-based Lighthouse.
www.screensouth.org/pages/funding/funding_intro.html
Funds short films through the Digital Shorts and First Cut. Can also provide Lottery money for script development and offer loans for development.
www.screenwm.co.uk/
Has money from the National Lottery for business development and production.
http://screenyorkshire.co.uk/
South West Screen
In 2004, Screen South West supported a range of investment to meet its three main priorities: developing the film, television and digital sectors; developing talent and innovation; developing film and moving image culture and increasing access to it.
www.swscreen.co.uk/
 BBC Films
BBC Films is the feature film-making arm of the BBC. Working in partnership with major international and UK distributors, including Miramax, PolyGram, Fox, Buena Vista, Pathé, Momentum and UIP, BBC Films aims to make strong British films with range and ambition. We are committed to finding and developing new talent, as well as collaborating with some of the foremost writers and directors in the industry, including Roger Michell and Stephen Frears.
www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilms/
 FilmFour
www.channel4.com/film/ffproductions_index.html
 The Channel 4 British Documentary Film Foundation
...exists to secure a creatively ambitious and diverse future for British documentary.
With its launch, the Foundation brings a completely new way – outside the confines of television – to develop, fund and distribute the work of the most innovative UK documentary filmmakers.
http://www.britdoc.org/
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Atlantic Film Group was formed in 2000 and has been responsible for the co-financing of over $100m of UK based film co-production. Its core business activity in film production and UK tax financing has led Atlantic into a strong and high profile position in the sector. Good overview on this site of Sale and Leaseback.
www.atlanticfilmgroup.com/home.asp
The Source
Funding Service that connects Producers and Investors
http://203.147.191.102/finance.htm
Magic Invest
Founded in 2004 as a film development company with access to funds in Germany.
www.magic-invest.com/ltd/start.html
http://korda.obs.coe.int/web/en/
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