Innovation Fund
The Innovation Fund will support projects that help UK film make a successful transition into the digital age.
The Innovation Fund will work with the Film Fund to unlock innovation across the production sector but will also ensure the BFI can support digital opportunities across all areas including new ways of getting films to audiences, investing in innovative business models, distribution and delivery platforms, research and development and market intelligence.
The UK has previously invested in a range of digital innovation initiatives for film including:
- a Digital Screen Network of 240 digital screens across the UK that show non-mainstream films regularly; and
- a pilot project which will bring the latest digital cinema equipment to rural areas to give more film fans in remote communities the chance to enjoy the communal experience of cinema.
The Innovation Fund will go live after further consultation with film stakeholders with a launch in autumn 2010.
We will announce further information in the coming months about the Innovation Fund here, through the trade press and directly to industry organisations.
For information about our work to support Digital Innovation in Distribution please click here.
