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South West Screen: Creative England FAQs
Lottery Transfer and Film Funding
From 1 October 2011, South West Screen’s responsibility to distribute Lottery funding for film projects in the South West transferred to the new organisation, Creative England. The following FAQs explain why and how this transfer is happening, and lay out South West Screen’s short term plans to continue to deliver non Lottery-funded activities for the time being, and its long term aims to fully fold into Creative England in the future.
During the transition, we will ensure that the resources that South West Screen has built up over many years – including our skilled staff and good relationships in the region - facilitate the transition to Creative England in a way that protects the interests of the creative industries in the South West.
General
What is Creative England?
Creative England is the first dedicated support agency for the creative industries outside London. It is a private ‘not for profit’ company, limited by guarantee, with the core purpose of supporting the sustainable growth of independent creative businesses, and the talent that feeds them, in every part of England outside London.
This new organisation builds on the work of South West Screen and the other Regional Screen Agencies (RSAs) outside of London that, for the past ten years, have assisted the development of the film, TV, interactive, games and digital media industries in the English regions.
Why has it been set up?
The RSAs were established by the UK Film Council in 2002 to deliver film culture and nurture talent across England. Since then, the agencies diversified to work across the full range of creative industries, often attracting significant funding from other sources for projects in non-screen fields such as games, digital and new media.
Following the abolition of the UK Film Council in July 2010, it was recognised that the RSA network outside of London should streamline and re-configure into a new national strategic organisation to work with the BFI and others to support film culture and develop the wider creative industries across England.
In November 2010, the Minister for Creative Industries Ed Vaizey announced that Creative England would be established as “a simpler, more efficient structure with an expanded remit to support the creative industries across England.”
What will it do?
Creative England will support the sectors of Film, Television, Games, and Digital and Creative Services.
Creative England will become the BFI delegated body for the distribution of Lottery funded film activity from October 2011 and one of our key initial objectives will be to ensure a seamless transition of Lottery funded film provision in the English regions, ensuring the ongoing development and sustainability of a vibrant film culture outside London.
Creative England’s three core film priorities for 2011-2012 are:
Where will it be based?
Creative England will provide an England-wide service with staff located in a number of locations throughout England.
Who is running it?
Creative England will be led by Chief Executive, Caroline Norbury, who reports to the Creative England Board, chaired by John Newbigin. It has recently appointed three senior managers: Chris Moll, Head of Talent Development (previously Executive Producer at South West Screen); Jay Arnold, Head of Film Culture (previously Head of Cultural Sector Investment at Screen Yorkshire) and Kaye Elliott, Head of Location and Production Services (previously Director of Inward Investment at Vision+Media).
These three Senior Managers are now getting their teams in place on the ground around the English regions. The South West Screen staff that you are familiar with will carry on working on the ground on behalf of Creative England until the new teams are in place, so please also feel free to contact us at info@swscreen.co.uk for more information.
Who should I contact?
You can contact Creative England by emailing info@creativeengland.co.uk or calling 0844 824 6042.
The South West Screen staff that you are familiar with will carry on working on the ground on behalf of Creative England until the new teams are in place, so please also feel free to contact us at info@swscreen.co.uk for more information.
Transfer of functions from South West Screen to Creative England
What functions have transferred from South West Screen to Creative England?
From 1 October 2011, Creative England became the delegated body for the distribution of National Lottery funds from the BFI, previously held by the RSAs in the English regions outside of London.
This means that the following Lottery film funded activities transferred from South West Screen to Creative England: Film Culture (including film heritage, film education and film exhibition), Talent Development and Location and Production Services.
What will happen to South West Screen from 1 October 2011?
Although it is our ultimate aim to roll into Creative England, South West Screen will not close its doors until it is satisfied that Creative England has put adequate arrangements in place to serve the South West.
Our first stage in the process is to transfer Lottery funded film activity. This is taking place now, and South West Screen staff are working closely with Creative England to make the transfer as smooth as possible.
We will continue to deliver our non Lottery-funded projects in the coming months as part of Creative England. These projects include:
If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us by emailing info@swscreen.co.uk.
So what changes from 1 October 2011?
From 1 October 2011, if you are based in the South West, or any of the English regions outside of London, and you wish to apply to for film funding, you should visit www.creativeengland.co.uk/film-support to read about the new Lottery funds available and download guidelines.
Will Creative England honour South West Screen’s current Lottery funding commitments?
Yes, Creative England will honour all Lottery award commitments made by South West Screen up to and including 30 September 2011. These will then transfer to Creative England.
I received a Lottery award from South West Screen which I haven’t fully spent - what do I do?
You don’t need to do anything. You will have received a letter from us informing you that the award commitment will be transferred to Creative England. If you have not, please email lottery@creativeengland.co.uk.
Film funding
What Lottery funding will be available for film from Creative England?
Film Culture funding
The Film Culture Fund will be the first scheme to open for applications on 17 October 2011. The Fund will aim 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.
More information is available in the Film Culture guidelines, available now at www.creativeengland.co.uk/film-support.
Talent Development funding
The Talent Development Fund will open for applications from November. There will be support for organisations and networks working with talent on a local/regional level, and for individuals, such as writers, directors and producers. Talent Development funding guidelines will be made available on the Creative England website in November.
Preparations are also underway for an English regions-wide digital feature film initiative, which will provide an integrated development, production and training offer to writer/director/producer teams who have already demonstrated exceptional ability and vision in relation to their work in shorts, television, theatre and other related fields. This is planned to launch in late 2011/early 2012.
How will I be able to apply?
All applications will be made online on the Creative England website.
Can Creative England help with funding for my short film?
Details of short film funding will follow the BFI’s Film Policy Review, currently underway.
Can Creative England help with funding for script development / feature development / production?
Yes, you may be eligible for Talent Development funding. Read more on the Creative England website.
Can Creative England help with funding for my festival / venue / archive / screen heritage project?
Yes, you may be eligible for Film Culture funding. Read more on the Creative England website.
Who should I contact if I have questions about Lottery funding?
For all Lottery funding enquiries, contact lottery.admin@creativeengland.co.uk / 0844 8243061.
Locations and Services
What will happen with the Locations and Services databases under Creative England?
Creative England is committed to providing a full England-wide locations and crew service. Their aim is to eventually amalgamate the existing databases held by South West Screen and other individual RSAs into one integrated single service. Any crew, facilities or location owners will be informed of the switchover, and in the meantime South West Screen’s service will not be affected.
How will you promote the English regions as an inward investment destination?
Creative England will be committed to promoting the fantastic and diverse locations on offer across the English regions, from urban cities to dramatic coastline, to historical houses and ancient woodland. It will also help to connect incoming productions to skilled local crew. Creative England will work closely with Film London and the British Film Commission, which has strong connections and partnerships with organisations, studios and companies throughout the UK and internationally.
You can network with over 5,000 members of the creative media industries through our cluster groups
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• We offer a script critique service which is available to all writers based in the South West
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