UK FILM COUCIL

Today we are looking at Q3 of the film opening evaluation:

What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

We have looked at the UK Film Council and found that they have two types of funding - the premiere fund, which provides £8 million a year to finance production of popular, mainstream films, for example Stormbreaker, Severance, Miss Potter and Becoming Jane, and the The New Cinema Fund, which releases £5 million a year to innovative film-makers, helping to back movies like Red Road, The Wind That Shakes the Barley, This is England and London to Brighton.

The New Cinema Fund - What we're looking for

* Fresh, original and dynamic work in any style or genre
* Diversity and innovation
* New and cutting edge filmmaking talent
* Films from black, Asian and other minority ethnic filmmakers
* Films from across the UK
* Scripts that have been substantially developed
* Films with a secured UK theatrical or high profile digital release – or clear potential to do so