Production companies supported by UK Film Council's Vision Awards
Applications invited for new funding for innovative UK producers
LONDON – Friday 1 August 2008. The UK Film Council has today announced the launch of the Production Company Vision Awards, a new funding initiative designed to help creative producers with a vision for the future of UK film, to develop projects that will broaden the quality, range and ambition of films and talents being developed in the UK.
Part of the Development Fund, the Vision Awards will offer up to ten production companies up to £150,000 over two years, to enable them to nurture talent and to generate, source, research and develop feature film projects .
Tanya Seghatchian, Head of the Development Fund, says;
"We want to provide a supportive arena for creative producers with forward thinking UK production companies, who have a clear vision and commitment to UK film. We hope that by enabling producers to benefit from research and development funding, with a degree of flexibility and autonomy, they will work with us to build a more dynamic, talent driven home for filmmakers and to broaden the quality, range and ambition of films being developed here in the UK."
In order to access the Vision Awards, production companies will need to detail their record of success in feature film production and demonstrate a sense of identity, ambition and original thinking, set out in a vision statement. This should focus on their creative partnerships with talent, their track record and their ambition to reach audiences in the UK and internationally.
This is a complementary initiative that will run alongside the two existing development funding streams which support first-timers and established filmmakers, and is designed to help producers develop their own vision for the future of UK film.
For a Production Company Vision Award application pack, visit www.ukfilmcouncil.org.uk/vision
For press enquiries please contact:
Tina McFarling/Tara Milne
UK Film Council press office:
T: +44 (0)20 7861 7900/7901
E: press@ukfilmcouncil.org.uk
Notes to Editors:
1. The UK Film Council will offer up to ten Production Company Vision Awards only.
Applicants must have produced at least one feature film that has been distributed theatrically in the United Kingdom and screened internationally in at least one major territory within the last five years; and the production company's principals must have received producer credits on at least two other feature films that have been distributed theatrically.
Applications must be received by the UK Film Council by 6:00pm on 19 September 2008.
2. The UK Film Council Development Fund's goal is to broaden the quality, range and ambition of projects and talent being developed in the UK. With £12 million to invest over three years, the fund aims to act as a dynamic talent driven home for writers, directors and producers.
3. The UK Film Council is the Government-backed strategic agency for film in the UK. We aim to stimulate a successful, vibrant film industry and to promote the widest possible enjoyment and understanding of cinema throughout the UK.
We invest Government grant-in-aid and Lottery money in developing new filmmakers, in funding exciting new British films and in getting a wider choice of films to audiences throughout the UK. We also invest in training, promoting Britain as an international filmmaking location and in raising the profile of British films abroad.
