Sources of Finance

Some example of sources of finance for short film would be:

• Commissions (e.g. BBC3 original shorts)
• development  (e.g. Channel 4 director development)
• screening support (e.g. ITV and Odeon anti bullying shorts) 
• competitions (e.g. BBC3 The Fear) 

Some examples of sources of funding for your short film could be: 

• Government funding 
• national 
• British Film Institute directly funds feature length films
• BFI does not fund short films 
• Local government funding 

How could you obtain private funding? 

• Through cinema companies such as Odeon and Curzon 
• media companies such as Virgin and Sony 
• BMW