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Application Help Desk 0141 302 1742 Eligible Funding Area Usually organisations and filmmakers need to be based in Scotland. Applications from organisations not normally based in Scotland, including international co-production partners, must demonstrate a material benefit to the Scottish film industry. Overview Since April 2000 Scottish Screen has assumed responsibility for the distribution of Lottery funds allocated for film production in Scotland. Scottish Screen also oversees all aspects of film production in Scotland and manages several film schemes with partnership funding from broadcasters. Some Lottery funded schemes are still distributed by the Scottish Arts Council. Decisions for funding up to a maximum of £500,000 are made quarterly by the Scottish Screen Lottery Panel, with smaller applications requiring up to £25,000 being considered monthly by a committee of Scottish Screen Officers and the Chair of the Lottery Panel. Funding schemes available cover feature and short film production and the development of a single projects or a slate of projects from a production company. Funding and Support Feature Film Production Funding is available up to £500,000 for feature length fiction, documentary and animation films aimed at cinema distribution. Under the Twenty First Films scheme funding is also available for imaginative and challenging low-budget features to be produced on a total budget of up to £600,000. Projects must have strong Scottish elements and be capable of reaching an audience beyond Scotland. Distributor interest in a project is required, particularly in the UK theatrical market, as are estimates of international sales potential from a sales agent. The more advanced a project is and the higher the percentage of partnership funding the more likely a project is to gain backing. Generally funding will not exceed 25% of a project's total budget, or 75% in the case of Twenty First Films, and producers are required to source partnership funding. This may be "in kind" funding, but at least half of the partnership funding must be in cash. Lottery funding from other sources can be brought in up to a half of the total budget, but will not count as partnership funding. Funding is made by way of investment and is expected to be recouped pari passu and pro rata with other equity investors. Short Film Production Funds are available for fiction, documentary and animated short films with contributions towards up to half of a project's budget. Partnership funding may be "in kind" funding, but at least half of the partnership funding must be in cash. Lottery funding from other sources can be brought in up to a half of the total budget, but will not count as partnership funding. Applications for short film production of under £25,000 are considered monthly by Scottish Screen officers and over £25,000 quarterly by the full Lottery panel. Projects must have strong Scottish elements and be capable of reaching an audience beyond Scotland. Short Film Awards Scheme Scottish Screen also administers Lottery funds for distribution to other film organisations operating short film production schemes. Awards of between £20,000 and £75,000 per production is available towards half of each budget. The current recipient of the Short Film Award is the Cineworks initiate operated by Glasgow Media Access (see Regional Funding/ Cineworks). Development Scottish Screen assists in the development of projects by new and established filmmakers with the support of Lottery funding and through an initiative with FilmFour. Companies and organisations can apply for up to £75,000 to assist the development of feature length fiction, documentaries and animation films aimed at theatrical exhibition. The support is available for the second stage of development of projects already at a relatively advanced stage and requiring additional development such as script polishes, budgeting, scheduling and casting. Applications are considered on a continual basis if under £25,000 and quarterly by the Lottery panel if between £25,000 and £75,000. The contribution will normally be between 10% and 50% of the development budget and recouped with a 50% premium on the commencement of photography. An agreed share of the producer's net profit is also expected. In conjunction with Scottish Enterprise working capital finance up to £75,000 for a development slate of film, television and multi-media projects is awarded annually. The writer and development programme operated in conjunction with FilmFour has about £200,000 available each year to support feature films of any genre intended for theatrical release. Main Development Awards up to £20,000 per project are available to companies for the first stage of a script's development. Up to £20,000 can later be offered for second stage development as a project moves towards financing and production. Main Awards are allocated by the Script Development Panel comprised of industry professionals which meets five times a year. Small Awards up to £5,000 can be made on a discretionary basis every eight weeks. Individual writers can receive Writers' Awards up to £5,000 without the need to apply through a production company. In all cases awards take the form of a loan repaid on the commencement of photography with a premium of 50%, and in the case of awards over £5,000 and agreed profit participation. Tartan Shorts Each year Scottish Screen and BBC Scotland jointly produce three short films with additional support from the Scottish Arts Council National Lottery Fund. Up to £60,000 is awarded to produce 35mm shorts of approximately 10 minutes duration aimed at cinema exhibition and broadcast by the BBC. New Found Land Operated by Scottish Screen, Scottish Television and Grammarian Television with additional support from the Lottery, New Found Land is a new television production scheme commissioning half hour drama projects for production. Programming is not themed, and applicants are encouraged to be as ambitious and innovative as imaginations and budget limits permit. Gaelic Short Film Scheme New Gaelic language short film scheme to be supported by the Comataidh Craolaidh Gaidhlig The Go & See Fund Scottish Screen can provide non-production related support under this scheme by providing travel grants for individuals to attend events, festivals and conferences or take part in exchanges or structured meetings with other professionals. The total fund is £5,000 a year, with awards of up to £500 granted towards up to half of travel costs. Distribution & Exploitation Support Utilising Lottery funds a contribution of up to half a film's theatrical Print and Advertising budget can be made to enable a film with core Scottish elements increase its presence in Scotland, the UK and internationally. In kind funding can be taken in account, but at least half of the partnership funding must be in cash. Lottery funding from other sources can be brought in up to a half of the total budget, but will not count as partnership funding. | 
