Applications are open for BFI NETWORK England Short Film Funding, supporting stand-alone fiction shorts in live action, animation, and immersive/VR. Grants range from £5,000 to £25,000 for projects with directors based in England. Teams must include at least two creatives across writer, producer, and director roles (director-producers are ineligible). Adaptations are not supported, except from the writer’s own work. Films can be up to 15 minutes long, with production scheduled between October 1, 2025, and June 30, 2026.

Part of Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network (FLAMIN), FLAMIN Productions aims to support the most exciting, innovative and challenging moving image projects with development and production finance.

In 2025, FLAMIN Productions will be investing production funding through an award of £40,000 for one project. FLAMIN Productions is the only scheme of its kind in the UK. It commissions new, important and substantial moving image artworks that are ambitious in premise and approach, with an emphasis on projects that have strong potential for national and international exhibition and distribution.

If you are a mid-to-senior level industry professional from the Black and Global Majority who works behind the scenes in film, TV, or cinema, then you may be eligible to apply for a Reel Impact grant of up to £10,000.