BFI Announces Additional Funding for UK Filmmakers

The BFI National Lottery Discovery Feature Funding is administered by the British Film Institute (BFI) with funding provided by the National Lottery.

The programme supports original live action and animation feature filmmaking by debut directors.

Grants of up to £1 million are available for features with budgets of up to £3.5 million. It is expected that most awards will range between £500,000 and £850,000.

The funding is a contribution towards the total budget of the film, and can be used for crew and cast payments, production fees, legal costs etc.

Applications must be made by the film’s producer through a limited company, registered and centrally managed in the UK.

The scheme will reopen on 27 September 2024 and will close on 6 December 2024 (17:00).