Script development
The Development Fund helps filmmakers of all experience levels develop their ideas and screenplays into viable feature films, be they fiction, documentary or animation, up until the moment they are ready to get production finance.
Funded films include How to Lose Friends and Alienate People starring Simon Pegg; Fish Tank, Oscar®-winning film-maker Andrea Arnold's second feature; In The Loop, an adaptation of Armando Ianucci's critically acclaimed television comedy The Thick of It; and West is West, the sequel to East is East
The Development Fund aims to broaden the quality, range and ambition of film projects being developed in the UK and build a talent-driven home for writers, directors and producers.
There are two funds one for first time feature filmmakers and one for established filmmakers:
- First Feature Film Development Programme aims to identify and support emerging filmmakers: screenwriters, writer/directors and writer, director, producer teams who have not made a feature film or who have not yet had a feature film released theatrically or broadcast on UK television.
- Feature Film Development Programme is a dedicated industry funding programme for producers, production companies and filmmakers, with a demonstrable track record of success in feature filmmaking or in production in the audio-visual arena, looking for funding and financing partnerships.
