Emerging Talent Fund

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Using National Lottery funds, we have facilitated the careers of a huge range of talent through dedicated feature film development, pilot/short film production and professional development programmes.

Alongside our produced iFeatures films, Creative England has developed many successfully released, multi-award-winning features which have premiered at festivals including Cannes, Sundance, Toronto, Venice, Berlin, Locarno, San Sebastian, Tribeca, SXSW and more. Titles include: TUESDAY, PRETTY RED DRESS, CENSOR, HERE BEFORE, AFTER LOVE, THE POWER, WHITE RIOT, DAYS OF THE BAGNOLD SUMMER, SURGE, CALIBRE, GOD’S OWN COUNTRY, ADULT LIFE SKILLS, ANIMALS, THE LAST TREE, LYNN & LUCY, ONLY YOU, NOTES ON BLINDNESS, WESTWOOD, THE RITUAL, ENGLAND IS MINE, PIN CUSHION, KINGDOM OF US, POSSUM, PAA JOE AND THE LION, ORION, THE LOVERS AND THE DESPOT, THE DRIFTERS, HOW TO FAKE A WAR, LIGHT YEARS, TWO FOR JOY, EATEN BY LIONS, THE RUNAWAYS, SPIRIT OF 45, SUNSET SONG, STARFISH.

Shorts we have produced via the Emerging fund, iShorts, Alumni and iWrite have been BIFA winning, BAFTA and IFTA nominated, and played at festivals worldwide including Cannes Critics Week, Sitges, SXSW, Tribeca, Palm Springs, Rhode Island, Chicago, Telluride, Sacramento, St Louis, Miami, Vancouver, Ottowa, Sydney, Melbourne, Edinburgh, LFF, LSFF, LIAF, Cork, Dublin, Galway, Leeds, Cambridge, Aesthetica, Encounters, DocFest, Annecy, Anima Mundi, Odense, Hamburg, Tampere, Uppsala, Leipzig, Valledolid, Valletta, Brest, Rouen, Clermont-Ferrand, Taichung, Short Shorts Tokyo, Frightfest, Screamfest, Grimmfest, Mayhem and many more.

Our BFI NETWORK talent initiatives have included: Talent Modules in Sheffield, Brighton, Birmingham, Bristol, Newcastle, Liverpool and Norwich with partners Showroom, Lighthouse, Flatpack, NFM and FACT; Creative Producer Initiative; inaugural Weekender and NETWORK@LFF programmes.