Funding Opportunities Announced
Creative England and Regional Screen Scotland have both announced funding opportunities recently that Film Societies and Community Cinemas could benefit from.
Creative England: Film Culture Fund
The Fund aims to ensure audiences have access to a wide and diverse range of film content, to deepen and enrich audiences’ experience through education opportunities, and to integrate the unique resources of regional screen heritage into wider film provision. Funding is available for organisations in the English regions outside London such as cinemas, film archives, film festivals and the non-theatrical exhibition sector (mobile cinema and film societies), for project activity including:
- audience development within the film exhibition sector
- film education activities which are linked to and support film exhibition infrastructure (e.g. cinemas, film festivals, film societies and other platforms)
- the acquisition, preservation and conservation of and access to regional screen heritage.
The fund has £490,000 available in the first round of funding. Awards will range from £2,000 - £50,000.
Click here to read the funding guidelines
Click here to go to the Creative England website to learn more and start your application. The deadline for applications is the 28th of November 2011.
Regional Screen Scotland: Local Film Festivals, Touring Programmes & Audience Development Fund
The scheme is intended to financially assist film festivals, cinemas, film clubs, community groups, and other bodies seeking to present a public film festival, touring programme of films, or similar audience development activities in areas of cinema under-provision in Scotland. The total fund for this scheme during 2011-12 is £60,000. Grants are normally available for up to a maximum of £5,000 per organisation in any one year. It is anticipated that many awards will be for amounts less than £3,000.
Click here to read all the details about the fund and how to apply
For events taking place after the 1st April 2012, the deadline is the 13th January 2012
