Rubika Shah’s White Riot
Applications are now open for the in-person Film London Production Finance Market running 11-12 October during BFI London Film Festival 2022.
Documentaries “reflecting a range of diverse perspectives and stories are positively encouraged,” say organisers, who flag up projects that have gone on to achieve great critical acclaim, including the 2019 Grierson Award winner White Riot (Rubika Shah) and the New Talent strand documentaries Into the Storm and Running for the Revolution that premiered in 2021 on BBC Storyville and VOD respectively.
The New Black Film Collective is on board as a new market partner.
The 2021 virtual edition of PFM saw 61 feature film projects presented with a total production value of around €182 million. The Market attracted over 180 attendees, facilitating 893 meetings from across the globe with delegates from 18 different countries. Now in its 16th year, the Production Finance Market 2022 will welcome attendees to make those all-important creative and business conversations face to face whilst also building upon the success and reach of the virtual editions, say organisers.
The market connects filmmakers and financiers from across the globe through one to one meetings as a way to navigate potential business partners and investment. The main strand accommodates feature film projects, including Animation with budgets above €1m, while the New Talent strand targets budgets below €1m.
Comments Adrian Wootton OBE, Chief Executive of Film London and the British Film Commission: “Film London’s Production Finance Market is firmly cemented in the industry calendar, and for good reason. Connecting thousands of filmmakers and financiers for over 15 years, the Market has been instrumental in instigating those vital, first introductions, setting the wheels in motion, heightening the profile and securing finance for some truly great projects. After two successful online editions that were met with phenomenal appetite, we look forward to welcoming attendees back in-person this October.
Demand for content shows no sign of slowing, and combined with the capital’s sheer amount and diverse array of talent and stories to be told, events like PFM are vital in supporting independent cinema in the UK and internationally. We must continue to foster a collaborative environment for those to meet and negotiate future investment opportunities, enforcing London’s reputation as a centre for the global film and screen content business.”
