BFI and DCMS invest over £3.3 million into the UK’s independent screen sector in latest awards from UK Global Screen Fund
International Co-production awards will back a further seven features collaborating with 12 territories, while International Business Development awards will support 23 UK screen content businesses, including Severn Screen.
The BFI has made a further 30 awards through its UK Global Screen Fund, backing seven new international co-productions and supporting 23 UK screen content businesses to boost their international activities and enhance the success of their content globally. Financed through the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), the latest batch of awards sees over £1.3 million being allocated through the fund’s International Co-production strand and over £2 million being allocated through the fund’s International Business Development strand.
Financial support for International Business Development will provide the 23 companies from all over the UK with funding via one of two tracks:
Film Transformation, for internationally-focused transformational business strategies related to independent UK films, with strategies spanning three to five years
General, for business strategies to create, acquire and/or exploit intellectual property (IP) across film, TV, animation, documentary and interactive narrative video games, with strategies spanning three years
Severn’s funding will go towards option fees, research costs and international market attendance, with a view to increasing international co-productions. Severn has a track record of producing film and television projects in both Welsh and English, with recent credits including Gareth Evans feature Havoc, BBC series Steeltown Murders, and BBC/S4C drama Hidden/Craith.
