UK Shorts Completion Fund

The UK Film Council's Short Film Fund has increased from £50,000 to £70,000 for the year 2007-2008. There will be two invitations for applications and up to 14 films may be offered funding. The first selection of projects will have approximately £35,000 distributed across around seven films although this may vary depending on the quality of the applications.

The date for 1st call was in December 2007. The second call for applications is as follows:

April 2008 – Closing date for 2nd call for applications
January 2009 - 2nd call selected films to be delivered and premiered

Guidelines:

The UK Film Council's New Cinema Fund is inviting filmmakers to apply to the 2008 short film Completion Fund. The fund is part of the New Cinema Fund's programme to enable directors and producers to push their creative boundaries, develop new talent and to invest in short films that illustrate unique ideas and an innovative approach.

The Completion Fund has supported 46 films over the last five years enabling entrepreneurial and enterprising filmmakers to complete their projects and providing them with a platform to kick start the exhibition of their film.
A key focus of the Completion Fund is UK Film Council's commitment to diversity.

They are to:

source a diverse range of filmmaking talent and mentors;provide new opportunities to increase participation of groups currently under-represented in the UK film industry such as writers, directors, producers and actors who are disabled, female and/or from black and visible minority ethnic groups. In support of this ambition, UK Film Council will be soliciting applications to encourage a greater degree of participation by filmmakers from these groups.

encourage filmmakers to explore social issues of disability, cultural/ethnic diversity and social exclusion through the content and range of individual projects;
create much-needed progression routes into the UK film industry for identified filmmaking talent; and