BFI NETWORK England Short Film Funding is now open for applications
This fund supports the production costs of standalone fiction shorts, live action, animation and immersive/VR. The fund is intended to stimulate new ideas and stories, so it doesn’t support adaptations of existing material. We welcome applications for amounts from £5,000 up to a maximum of £25,000. We are seeking applications for projects of any length up to a maximum of 15 minutes.
Our funding is accompanied by creative oversight of the project by a locally-based BFI NETWORK Talent Executive. As well as working with filmmakers prior to and during production, the Talent Executives may be able to advise successful projects on:
- finding screening opportunities regionally and further afield
- ways to meet potential collaborators for your project
- festival strategy for your project
- other means to gain industry exposure for your work
Key information at a glance:
Awards between £5,000 - £25,000
One Round per Year
Short Films up to 15 Minutes
Timeline
Applications open: Tuesday 11th February 2025
Applications close: Tuesday 25th March 2025 at 11am
To support your application, we will be holding events and training opportunities throughout February and March which you can find more about here: Upcoming Short Film Fund Events
BFI NETWORK Talent Executives are also available for one-to-one general support and advice with your application. We anticipate these meetings to be popular, so encourage you to come along to one of our roundtable sessions in the first instance.
Please ensure if you do book onto a roundtable session that you are attending or are getting in contact to cancel with at least 48 hours notice so that we can make sure we can offer the space up again.
BFI NETWORK can help with access support both for recipients for the fund and people interested in applying. If you have access needs that impact your ability to apply, there is further information below on how to get support. If you have any questions, get in touch at BFINETWORK@filmhubmidlands.org
