BFI NETWORK England Short Film Funding is now open for applications

This BFI fund is open to filmmaking teams based in England with exciting fiction live action and animation short film projects (including immersive/virtual reality work) that showcase new perspectives.

This fund supports the production costs of standalone fiction shorts, in 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 12th March 2024

Applications close: Thursday 9 May 2024


To support your application, we will be holding lots of events and training opportunities throughout March and April 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.


 

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