Some good news relating to film funding, just for a change. The BFI have a Transition Fund for “projects facing budget cuts in funding as a result of the changes in the national and regional film funding landscape”. There were two successful local applicants:
Birmingham International Film Festival
Award: £4,950
The Birmingham Black Film Festival promotes the work of local black film makers and is the only event of its kind in the West Midlands.Flatpack Festival
Award: £14,400
Flatpack Festival aims to make audience engagement with film a creative process by delivering unique social experiences through the use of innovative screening venues in and around Birmingham.
Not sure if you have previously reported it but there were other local/regional successes in the previously announced round of funding:
“Birmingham International Film Society
Award: £8,000
The Birmingham Film Society shows independent and foreign language film.”
“Borderlines Film Festival
Award: £11,025
Film festival serving audiences across the rural West Midlands”
“Flicks in the Sticks
Award: £6,210
Film touring programme in rural Shropshire and Herefordshire.”
“Light House, Wolverhampton
Award: £12,124
Independent cinema in Wolverhampton that delivers Flip Festival, an animated film festival.”
“mac Birmingham
Award: £8,700
Arts centre and independent cinema – audience development work to support specialised film attendance.”
Seems the Midlands did okay overall but I note Watershed in Bristol got £67k, ‘Encounters’, Bristol’s short film festival got £50k and Southend Film Festival got £20k.