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BFI CEO Ben Roberts: “We have to find a way to get more money into the system”
Roberts talks incoming funds director Isabel Davis; defends BFI funding application forms.
Rotterdam’s Hubert Bals Fund backs 20 projects with development funding
Funding recipients include Berlinale Silver Bear winner Nelson Carlo de los Santos Arias.
German government plans film funding cuts as part of cost-saving measures
Cuts to incentives are “disastrous signal” for Germany’s ambitions to become a production hub, say industry execs
Hamburg’s MOIN fund set to have cash boost extended by two years
The regional film fund is set to receive additional funding of €10m for the next two years.
France’s CNC makes bold funding move to help boost gender parity in film sector
Productions that fail to hire a minimum number of women will see a 10% drop in CNC funding.
Maren Ade, Maria Schrader films receive key German funding
Maren Ade’s ‘The Magic Word’ is her first film as director since her 2016 international arthouse hit ‘Toni Erdmann’.
UK appoints new chancellor in role that controls government cultural funding
Burnham is first UK prime minister to have previously been culture secretary.
Berlinale’s World Cinema Fund backs nine projects
Nine projects backed overall with €365,000 in production grants.
British Council relaunches £623,000 Travel Grant Fund to support international festival, lab attendance
Travel Grant Fund will complement UKGSF’s Festival Launch Support Fund.
Galway Film Fleadh receives €20,000 from inaugural Amazon Regional Creatives Fund Ireland
The fund is being used to launch talent development programme Eitilt.
Danish Production Incentive Scheme backs seven projects in first round
Seven projects awarded a total of 56.3m DKK ($8.6m).
‘I Swear’, ‘I See Buildings Fall Like Lightning’ among latest UK Global Screen Fund recipients
Distribution grants have been given to 25 companies, totalling £703,956.
UK government launches wide review of National Lottery support, including BFI funding
National Lottery Good Cause funding covers around a third of the BFI’s budget.
€1.5m Fondazione Prada Film Fund returns with 2026 call for entries
Fund for independent films from around the world first launched last year.
Mohamed Kordofani and Mohammed Alomda projects among Doha Film Institute spring selection
The DFI grants are for first- and second-time filmmakers globally and MENA directors in post-production.
‘Rose’ director Markus Schleinzer to make coming-of-age musical biopic ‘Klaus’
The film is a biopic of German singer Klaus Nomi, who made waves in New York’s East Village art scene in the 1970s and 80s.
Isaki Lacuesta’s ‘Close To Me’, Nikolaj Arcel’s ‘My Fairytale Life’ among latest Eurimages recipients
A total amount of €10.2m has been awarded in this round.
European Film Promotion’s Sonja Heinen to join Hamburg fund MOIN
Heinen to take up newly created post of development executive for MOIN’s NEST development programme.
Romania extends cash rebate and relaunches Cinema Law with minority coproduction support
The minority producer support aims to make Romanian producers important international partners.
Manchester launches £10.5m fund to boost film and TV production in the region
Local government wants to make Manchester the UK’s leading screen industry cluster outside London by 2028.
