Welcome to Film Cambridgeshire.
The BFI helps filmmakers across the UK, including regional talent, by funding and supporting films, TV, and innovative storytelling formats. Through programs like BFI NETWORK England and regional development funds, it nurtures local voices, supports early-stage projects, and enables stories from all corners of the country to reach audiences nationally and internationally.
Creative UK champions, connects and invests in creative people and businesses across the UK, helping local talent and companies grow and thrive. It delivers tailored support, business development programmes and investment opportunities — including loans and growth finance, regional creative enterprise initiatives, and national advocacy — to empower creative industries.
Film4 is Channel 4’s film production arm, who develop and finance films for theatrical release in cinemas, working collaboratively with filmmakers and often in partnership with other funders. They prioritise stories with contemporary relevance based around British-led talent or content and only accept proposals via production companies or agents.
The Enterprise Investment Scheme (EIS) is a UK Government scheme designed to help smaller unquoted trading companies to raise finance by offering a range of tax reliefs to investors who purchase new shares in those companies. The model has become widely used in film development and production. Investment can be directly into the company, or through and EIS fund.