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From 2002-2011, South West Screen distributed Lottery funds to help grow audiences, develop local talent, promote diversity and increase access to film and media culture in the South West. We reached both specifically-targeted communities and larger groups, and worked hard to create a strong and vibrant media culture in the region. Below are some examples of projects that we invested in.
From 1 October 2011, responsibility to distribute Lottery funds for film in the English regions outside London passed to the new agency, Creative England.
Audience Development
Click on the following link to read about the most recent Lottery awards made by South West Screen to boost exhibition, moving image and screen heritage in the region.
2011 Audience Development awards
Click on the following link to read about the most recent Lottery awards made by South West Screen to boost exhibition, moving image and screen heritage in the region.
2011 Talent Development awards
The Digital Film Archive Fund (DFAF), also supported by the Lottery, was a one-off fund which ran from 2008-10, aiming to increase access to Britain’s regional screen heritage. 15 projects were supported across the South West. Read more about them here.
Film festivals
South West Screen has also supported a range of film festivals across the South West. Click here for a full list of festivals that take place across the region.
Supporting cinemas
South West Screen has always been keen to embrace the latest technologies in filmmaking and supported the UK Film Council as they rolled out digital cinemas across the UK through the Digital Screen Network.
The Electric Picture House is a 100 seat modern digital cinema providing a service to a wide cross-section of the community in Wotton Under Edge. In the video below, Jeff Walshe talks about the process of refurbishing and re-opening the cinema after its closure in 2002, and about how the Lottery funding they received from South West Screen helped them to develop and increase their audience.
Britain's first dedicated media centre, Watershed opened in 1982. In the video below, Head of Programme Mark Cosgrove talks about how the Lottery funding they receive from South West Screen helps them to continue promoting creativity, innovation and talent.
You can network with over 5,000 members of the creative media industries through our cluster groups
We can help your business attend major industry events from Barcelona to Singapore
Previous recipients of our Lottery funding have won Baftas and sold their films to major US broadcasters
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