Sources of funding for UK filmmakers

The BFI is the lead agency for film in the UK. The BFI Film Fund has a number of funding strands, investing over £26m of Lottery funds per year to support film development, production (incl. majority and minority co-productions) in the UK. Find out more ### Development funding only: BFI NETWORK (for emerging talent only) With an annual budget of £3m, BFI NETWORK supports talent development of new filmmakers across the UK. Find out more") ### Screen Scotland [...] Screen Scotland provides funding and support for film and television production, skills and education, and audience development. Find out more ### Northern Ireland Screen Fund Northern Ireland Screen offers a range of funding strands for script, project and slate development and feature film, television and digital content production funding. Incoming productions will be required to spend a proportion of the total production budget in Northern Ireland. Find out more [...] Qualifying a film as British can enable producers to access the UK’s film tax relief as well as apply to the BFI Film Fund, or for funding in the UK’s nations and regions. The BFI Certification Unit is the first point of contact for applicants wanting to qualify their film, high-end television programme, animation programme and video games as British and to access the UK’s creative sector tax reliefs. Find out more ## Regional investment funds ### Yorkshire Content Fund