The BFI announced the full list of recipients who received support from the £7m per year fund this afternoon. The list also includes the Cannes Competiton title, written and directed by Naqqash Khalid, which screened at Karlovy Vary. Scroll down for the full list.
Financed through the Department for Culture, Media, and Sport , the BFI said today that a further £743,225 was allocated through the fund’s International Distribution strand. To date this strand has made 47 awards totaling over £1.7 million, the BFI said.UK Global Screen Fund applications are currently open to international distribution festival launch support and international sales support, both assessed on a rolling basis.
The UK Global Screen Fund was launched in April 2021 with the aim to boost international development and distribution opportunities for the UK’s independent screen sector. To date, 129 awards totaling nearly £10 million have been made across the three strands: International Distribution, International Co-production, and International Business Development.
UK Global Screen Fund International Distribution awards via the Festival Launch Support track have been made to support the following:How to Have Sex, written and directed by Naqqash Khalid., directed by Felipe Gálvez from a screenplay by Gálvez and Antonia Girardi. UK Global Screen Fund International Distribution awards, via the Film Sales Support track have been made to support the following:UK Global Screen Fund International Distribution awards, via the P&A Support track, have been made to support the following:, directed by Mary Harron and written by John Walsh., directed by Oliver Hermanus with an adapted screenplay from Kazuo Ishiguro.Scrapper, directed by Ken Loach and written by Paul Laverty.