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Finland’s Kehittämö programme at risk of closure; selects five features for 2026
Programme received €150,000 in gift funds from Finnish parliament to keep it afloat this year.
Screen Australia backs new features starring Naomi Watts, Odessa A’zion, Mia Wasikowska
Screen Australia sets $20.4m AUD funding for 91 narrative projects across features, shorts and series.
Allegro Finance’s UK film & TV debt lending platform receives £2m facility
Allegro Finance launched film and TV credit facility with $500m last week.
Radu Jude, Hong Khaou and Maryam Zaree receive regional German fund backing for feature projects
Frankfurt’s Hessen Film & Medien is supporting the projects via companies including One Two Film and Komplizen Film.
UK Global Screen Fund head outlines details of minimum guarantee strand and revamped strategy
“The goal is to support UK sales agents to be able to take on films and to be more risk-taking,” said Denitsa Yordanova today.
UK Global Screen Fund strategic plans for expanded 2026-29 funding unveiled
Plans include support for majority co-production, development, and UK sales agents’ MGs.
Justine Triet, Mia Hansen-Love films among latest Eurimages recipients
Cristian Mungiu, Bertrand Bonello films also receive backing.
British Screen Forum awarded £200,000 to address data gaps in UK film industry
EXCLUSIVE: The award is part of the BFI National Lottery Innovation Challenge Fund.
NFTS forced to cancel 2026 Inside Pictures programme due to a lack of funding
EXCLUSIVE: The NFTS said it is exploring a European partnership for 2027.
Ahmed Yassin Al-Daradji, Qiu Jiongjiong projects among 49 selected for Qumra 2026
The talent and development lab will take place online due to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
Asmae El Moudir, Kamila Andini projects receive Hubert Bals Fund backing
Fund backs eight feature film projects through its 2026 HBF+Europe support scheme.
Film Center Serbia says funding pause is due to focus on completing outstanding projects
Serbia’s state film body says projects receiving €13m are incomplete or abandoned.
Series Mania unveils line-up for flagship Co-Pro Pitching Sessions
Projects from countries including the UK, France, Italy and Spain are among the 16-strong line-up.
UK’s Cantilever Media secures £500,000 investment from Creative Growth Finance
Cantilever will use the investment to expand its UK-Ireland distribution arm, Kazoo Films.
Eurimages begins search for new executive director to succeed Susan Newman-Baudais
Council of Europe’s cultural fund, whose main remit is to support co-productions, has an annual budget of €27.5m.
German-Israeli Co-Production Fund launched in Berlin
It will be open to “established and emerging talents” from both countries.
BFI documentary funding receives 20% boost
EXCLUSIVE: The BFI is investing £7.2m of National Lottery funding from 2026-29.
Serbian film associations protest “campaign of state-sponsored censorship”
Nine organisations including for writers, producers and directors banded on strongly-worded statement.
14 projects selected for first edition of €1.5m Prada Film Fund
Includes projects by Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Hlynur Pálmason and Tatiana Huezo.
Bassel Ghandour, Hinde Boujemaa projects among Doha Film Institute’s autumn selection
Latest funding round sees the DFI surpass 1,000 supported projects worldwide since the programme’s inception.
