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UK Global Screen Fund: International Business Development

UK Global Screen Fund: International Business Development is a grant of up to £100,000 for independent UK screen companies with a track record in film, TV, animation or interactive narrative video games. Open, no fixed deadline.

Run by British Film Institute (BFI)

Checked against the official page (bfi.org.uk) on 5 Oct 2026.

Supporting UK screen content businesses across film, TV, animation and interactive narrative video games to enhance their international activities.

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Status and deadline

Status

Open

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Deadline

Listed on Find a grant until 2029-03-31

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How much

Up to £100,000

Whole fund: £1,000,000, shared between applicants

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Who can apply

Independent UK screen companies with a track record in creating, acquiring, and/or exploiting IP in feature films, programmes, or interactive narrative video games.

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Business size

Not stated

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How to apply

Apply via the BFI website.

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Where it is open: UK-wide

United Kingdom

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HartlepoolMiddlesbroughRedcar and ClevelandStockton-on-TeesDarlingtonHaltonWarringtonBlackburn with DarwenBlackpoolKingston upon Hull, City ofEast Riding of YorkshireNorth East LincolnshireNorth LincolnshireYorkCounty DurhamCheshire EastCheshire West and ChesterNorthumberlandCumberlandWestmorland and FurnessNorth YorkshireBurnleyChorleyFyldeHyndburnLancasterPendlePrestonRibble ValleyRossendaleSouth RibbleWest LancashireWyreBoltonBuryManchesterOldhamRochdaleSalfordStockportTamesideTraffordWiganKnowsleyLiverpoolSt. HelensSeftonWirralDoncasterRotherhamNewcastle upon TyneNorth TynesideSouth TynesideSunderlandBradfordCalderdaleKirkleesLeedsWakefieldGatesheadBarnsleySheffield

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