Lady producer John Giwa-Amu’s Good Gate Media and Screen Star of Tomorrow 2025 Tobi Kyeremateng’s Them Ones are among the 29 UK production companies to receive backing from the latest round of the BBC’s Small Indie Fund.
Further film companies to receive support are Juno Studios and Everybody To Kenmure Street producer barry crerar. Them Ones, Juno Studios and barry crerar all also received awards in 2025.
Lauren Dark and Amy Jackson’s Unified Productions, whose slate includes Shane Meadows’ Chork and Morven Christie’s upcoming Witchlight, is also receiving support, but through the TV strand.
The 29 companies – eight from film, 15 from TV and six for digital (such as visualised podcasts or creator-driven content) – will receive a share of £1.1m. A total of 83% of the companies are based in the nations and regions, while 79% have at least two individuals in key leadership roles who are from under-represented groups – the same number as last year.
Launched in 2020, the Small Indie Fund supports the growth of small qualifying independent production companies from across the UK with turnovers below £10 million across film, scripted, unscripted and children’s.
Small Indie Fund 2026
Northern Ireland
barry crerar (Small Indie Fund - film)
Fibin Films (Small Indie Fund - TV)
Nice One Productions (Small Indie Fund - TV)
Scotland
Compact (Small Indie Fund - film)
F22 Films (Small Indie Fund - TV)
Unified (Small Indie Fund - TV)
Wales
Awkward Studios (Small Indie Fund - digital)
Beastly Media (Small Indie Fund - digital)
Bumpybox (Small Indie Fund - TV)
Good Gate Media (Small Indie Fund - film)
Pixie (Small Indie Fund - TV)
Triongl Cyf (Small Indie Fund - TV)
Yeti Television (Small Indie Fund - TV)
English regions
Button Down - Yorkshire and the Humber (Small Indie Fund - digital)
Changing World Productions - West Midlands (Small Indie Fund - TV)
Cosmosquare Films - Yorkshire and the Humber (Small Indie Fund - film)
Dice Roll Productions - West Midlands (Small Indie Fund - TV)
Full Fat Television- West Midlands (Small Indie Fund - TV)
Hill 5.14 - East (Small Indie Fund - TV)
Runt Films - North West/London (Small Indie Fund - film)
Salt Street Productions Ltd - Yorkshire and the Humber (Small Indie Fund - TV)
Square Pears – South East (Small Indie Fund - TV)
Wall of Entertainment - South East (Small Indie Fund - digital)
Zandland - North West (Small Indie Fund - digital)
London
Brown Bred Productions (Small Indie Fund - digital)
Fowl Fight Productions (Small Indie Fund - film)
Juno Studios (Small Indie Fund - film)
Them Ones Studios (Small Indie Fund - film)
Three Tables Productions (Small Indie Fund - TV)
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