IDFA 2024: UK films and co-productions
25 UK works feature across the selection
All UK-Wide
TIFF 2024: UK films and co-productions
30 UK works feature across the selection including 16 world premieres.
Annecy 2024: UK works in selection
15 UK works and co-productions feature across the selection.
Tranzfuser - UK Games Fund
Tranzfuser supports UK graduates to build successful video game development studios.
BFI announces Cannes events programme at the UK Pavilion
We're excited to share our line-up of industry events taking place in the UK Pavilion at this year’s Cannes Film Festival.
Content Fund - UK Games Fund
Supports the UK’s early stage games development and digital interactive business and creative ecosystem in terms of both companies and individuals
Audience Projects Fund - BFI National Lottery
The fund supports film exhibitors, film distributors, and other organisations delivering audience development activity with multi-year and short-term projects as well as research and development.
Filming in the UK
Details of the UK agenices offering advice on sourcing locations, crew and talent.
GREAT8 Showcase at Cannes 2024
BFI and British Council reveal GREAT 8 showcase for Cannes 2024
Cultural Test, Treaties and Conventions
Details on how your project can qualify as British either as an official co-production or under one of the UK’s cultural tests.
How to Co-Produce with the UK
Learn the basics of co-producing with the UK, from finding a partner to qualifying for funding and tax relief.
Cannes 2024: UK films and co-productions
12 UK works feature across the selection including the world premieres of eight feature films.
Connections – BFI National Lottery International Fund
Support for UK screen industry professionals to attend international markets, festivals and other international events.
Creative Challenge - BFI National Lottery Filmmaking Fund
Support for organisations to run creative development programmes to stimulate a healthier, wider ecosystem in for emerging UK filmmakers.
Development - BFI National Lottery Filmmaking Fund
Supports formal development of original live action and animation feature filmmaking from treatments to production-ready screenplays.
Discovery - BFI National Lottery Filmmaking Fund
Provides support of up to a maximum of £1,000,000 for features from debut directors with budgets of up to £3,500,000.
Features Fund – BFI Doc Society
Support of up to a maximum of £150,000 per feature documentary film or immersive non-fiction project in the form of grants.
FLAMIN Productions – Film London
A unique commissioning scheme which goes beyond simply producing work – it is committed to nurturing talent and supporting artists in their professional growth.
Impact - BFI National Lottery Filmmaking Fund
Supports features from experienced directors working at any budget level, and debut filmmakers with projects with budgets of over £3,500,000.
International Business Development - UKGSF
Supporting UK screen content businesses across film, TV, animation and interactive narrative video games to enhance their international activities.
Festival Launch Support – UKGSF
Supporting the festival launch of UK films in order to enhance their promotion, reach and value internationally.
International Co-Production - UK Global Screen Fund
Supporting UK producers to work as partners on international co-productions and help create new global projects.
Prints & Advertising Support – UK Global Screen Fund
Supporting UK films to reach international audiences.
Film Sales Support – UK Global Screen Fund
Supporting UK sales agents to increase the international promotion and sales of UK feature film projects.
Made of Truth Shorts Fund – BFI Doc Society
Invites emerging storytellers from across all parts of the UK to share original and adventurous non-fiction stories that respond to the changing world around us.
Lab / Co-Pro Forum Travel Grant – British Council
Grants to help filmmakers attend international labs to develop their projects and careers, and producers to attend co-production forums.
RAD Fund – BFI Doc Society
Supporting first or second time feature length documentary directors, director/producer teams or producers working with first or second time feature length documentary directors
Short / Feature / XR Festival Travel Grant - British Council
Grants to help short and feature filmmakers, and XR creatives, travel to international events where their work is being screened.
The Jarman Award – Film London
Recognises and supports artists and celebrates the spirit of experimentation, imagination and innovation in the work of artist filmmakers in the UK.
UK Focus – BFI National Lottery International Fund
Supporting UK-focused activities at international events, including festivals, markets, forums and other platforms.
British Council UK Films Directory
An extensive searchable database of UK films from 1998 to this day, including films currently in production.
Creative UK
Promoting the development of creative companies across games, film and digital media as well as production services.
UK Games Map
An interactive map with the locations of games companies, games service providers and academic institutions across the UK.
Screen Yorkshire
Offering funding and training for film, TV, games and immersive, as well as filming expertise in the region.
British Film Institute
A cultural charity, a National Lottery funding distributor, and the UK’s lead organisation for film and the moving image.
PACT
The UK screen sector trade body representing and supporting independent production and distribution companies.
British Film Commission
National agency with a remit to maximise and support the production of international feature film and television in the UK.
Production Guild
The UK’s leading membership organisation for those working in production.
Film Distributors’ Association
Representing the interests of film distributors in the UK and Ireland.
Film Export UK
The trade body for companies with UK offices selling, marketing & distributing independent feature films around the world.
Ukie
Helping grow the UK’s interactive entertainment sector and promote its thriving games industry.
UK Cinema Association
Representing the interests of UK cinema operators.
TIGA
A network for UK games developers and digital publishers, and a trade association representing the video games industry.
Animation UK
The collective voice for animation in the UK, celebrating its art and excellence in the UK and on the international stage.
BAFTA
A world-leading independent arts charity for the screen industries, championing talent, recognising exceptional storytelling and making the creative industries a fairer and more sustainable place.
British Council Film
Celebrating the innovation, diversity, creativity and excellence of UK film around the world.
ScreenSkills
The industry-led skills body for the screen industries – film, television, VFX, animation and games.
Innovate UK Immersive Tech Network
Supporting UK businesses and research organisations in the immersive tech sector to be the most successful and innovative they can be.
BFI Certification Unit
Get your Film, TV programme or video game certified as British before applying for the UK Tax Relief
