UK Government announces three-year Global Screen Fund for £21m

The UK Government has announced that £21 million would go into a three-year UK Global Screen Fund to promote UK films internationally. The investment will help to build on the international success of the UK film industry following a one-year pilot of the DCMS' Global Screen Fund scheme.

Launched as a pilot in April 2021, the UK Global Screen Fund will provide targeted investment of £21 million into UK screen companies over the next three years. The DCMS fund, administered by the British Film Institute, is designed to boost the international reach and revenues of UK independent screen content. In its pilot year, the UK Global Screen Fund invested £7 million, supporting across the screen sector, including film, TV, documentary, animation and interactive narrative games content.

Financed by the UK government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and administered by the BFI, it will focus on accelerating export growth, boosting revenues to independent UK screen companies and deepening international relationships.

In addition to the UK Global Screen Fund, it was also announced that the Creative Scale Up Programme, which provides business support to creative industries companies, will also be expanded with more than £18 million of new funding. This investment will support innovative creative businesses outside of London as part of the government's levelling up plans.