Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths, Peter Cattaneo’sThe Penguin Lessons and Dylan Southern’s The Thing With Feathers are among the 14 titles to receive th
Mike Leigh’s Hard Truths, Peter Cattaneo’sThe Penguin Lessons and Dylan Southern’s The Thing With Feathers are among the 14 titles to receive the latest round of UK Global Screen Fund award (UKGSF) totalling £448,330 through its international distribution fund.
Administered by the British Film Institute (BFI), 111 awards totalling over £3.1m have now been given out by this strand, financed through the UK government’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).
Support for international distribution provides sales agents and producers with funding via two tracks – prints & advertising (P&A) and festival launch.
The Penguin Lessons, starring Steve Coogan, has received the biggest award of £99,994 for P&A support. The film, which premiered at Toronto, is being sold by Rocket Science and was distributed in the UK and US by Lionsgate and Sony Pictures Classics, respectively.
Hard Truths was awarded £52,943 for P&A support. Also a Toronto premiere, Marianne Jean-Baptiste stars as a woman suffering with depression. Sales agent Cornerstone Films received the award.
Benedict Cumberbatch stars in The Thing With Feathers which received £15,000 to assist with its journey on the international festival circuit. The drama premiered at Sundance before screening at the Berlinale, with support going to Andrea Cornwell’s production company Lobo Films.
Vue Lumiere recently acquired UK and Irish distribution rights.
UKGSF funding is awarded in the form of non-repayable grant and helps to enhance the profile and reach of UK feature films in the global marketplace. Additionally, it increases their international sales potential through promotion and international partnerships.
UKGSF applications are currently open for international distribution festival launch support, international distribution film sales support and international distribution P&A support – all assessed on a rolling basis.
Applications for international business development funding are also open and close on June 19. Applications for international co-production will reopen in September.
UKGSF international distribution awards
Prints & Advertising (P&A) support
Hard Truths
Dir: Mike Leigh
Prod: Georgina Lowe
Award recipient: Cornerstone Films – £52,943
The Penguin Lessons
Dir: Peter Cattaneo
Prod: Rory Aitken, Ben Pugh, Andy Noble and Adrián Guerra
Award recipient: Rocket Science Industries – £99,994
The Salt Path
Dir: Marianne Elliott
Prod: Elizabeth Karlsen, Stephen Woolley, Lloyd Levin and Beatriz Levin
Award recipient: Rocket Science Industries – £97,714
To A Land Unknown
Dir: Mahdi Fleifel
Prod: Geoff Arbourne (UK), alongside Maria Drandaki, Layla Meijman, Maarten van der Ven and Francois Morisset
Award recipient: Inside Out Films – £15,000
Festival support
Brides
Dir: Nadia Fall
Prod: Nicky Bentham and Marica Stocchi
Award recipient: Bankside Films – £11,964
Dreamers
Dir: Joy Gharoro-Akpojotor
Prod: Emily Morgan
Award recipient: Quiddity Films – £13,474
Khartoum
Dir: Phil Cox, Anas Saeed, Rawia Alhag, Ibrahim Snoopy and Timeea Ahmed
Prod: Giovanna Stopponi with Talal Afifi, Frank Albers and Trevor Snapp
Award recipient: Native Voice Films – £12,811
Holloway (documentary)
Dir: Sophie Compton and Daisy-May Hudson
Prod: Alice Hughes, Polly Creed and Sophie Compton
Award recipient: Power Play Productions – £4,865
Rabbit Trap
Dir: Bryn Chainey
Prod: Daniel Noah, Lawrence Inglee, Elijah Wood, Elisa Lleras, Adrian Politowski, Martin Metz, Alex Ashworth and Sean Marleyand
Award recipient: Bankside Films – £10,829
Sukkwan Island
Dir: Vladimir de Fontenay
Prod: Carole Scotta, Eliott Khayat and Caroline Benjo
Award recipient: Good Chaos – £13,500
Surviving Earth
Dir: Thea Gajić
Prod: Aleksandra Bilić and Sophie Reynolds
Award recipient: Bankside Films – £6,104
The Secret Of Me
Dir: Grace Hughes-Hallet
Prod: James Rogan and Flora Stewart
Award recipient: Rogan Productions – £11,042
The Thing With Feathers
Dir: Dylan Southern
Prod: SunnyMarch, Lobo Films
Award recipient: Lobo Films – £15,000
Zodiac Killer Project (documentary)
Dir: Charlie Shackleton
Prod: Catherine Bray, Anthony Ing and Charlie Shackleton
Award recipient: Loop Projects – £9,15
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