Get Your Film Funded: UK Film Finance Guide is an exhaustive roadmap to film funding structures and opportunities in the UK. From low-budget short film schemes through to multi-million pound international co-productions, this is an essential reference guide for producers and filmmakers raising finance at any level.
Guidelines and eligibility criteria for over 200 awards are listed, alongside in-depth articles, advice and more than 50 case studies, interviews and tips from financiers.
Sections Include
Getting started - options and case studies for financing features, shorts, documentaries and company & script development, plus backgrounders to the global & UK industry, presenting to investors, the Relph Report, negotiations and business plans.
International sources - forming international co-productions, the European Convention, MEDIA Plus, and international and pan-European public film funds.
Nations & Regions - local funds and schemes across England, Wales, Scotland & Northern Ireland.
Finance & Investment- tax breaks, sale & leaseback, venture capital, product placement & sponsorship, distributors, sales agents, production companies and the broadcasters.
The Film Council - full details and guidelines for available funds alongside interviews with the fund heads.
Other sources - business support, competitions, National Lottery funding and private initiatives.
Plus 100s more contacts and links in Support & Advice.
The BFI stopped publishing and updating the Lowdown guide to UK film funding in 2000, and this is the first book since then to cover the full range of funding options for producers looking to shoot in the UK.
From novice to experienced old-hand, the guide covers the full process from micro-budget shorts to fully financed features.