Early Development Fund: Projects selected in 2023

A list of projects selected following the 2023 funding call for BFI NETWORK Early Development Fund.

For this fund, region is where the writer is based.

The projects below are at various stages of development therefore a synopsis is not included.

Project TitleProject RegionGenreFormatWriter
Dearly Departed
London
Action-Adventure
Live action
Behnam Taheri, Gideon Beresford
If Destroyed Still True
London
Drama
Live action
Rebecca Manley
The Gate To Annwn
London
Action-Adventure
Animation 
Tanya J Scott
Year One
London
Sci-fi
Live action
Ajuán Isaac-George
Bound
Midlands
Horror
Live action
Omari McCarthy
Headcase
Midlands
Drama
Live action
Andrew Rutter
Kairos
Midlands
Drama
Live action
Ed Wise
Reactor (Working Title)
Midlands
Drama
Live action
Thom Petty
The Green Man Of Winter
Midlands
Family and children’s
Animation 
Evgenia Golubeva
Cassandra
North
Thriller
Live action
Conway McDermott
No Children
North
Comedy
Live action
Harry May-Bedell
Sacrilege
North
Drama
Live action
Kamal Kaan
When The Black Bird Has Flown.
North
Other
Live action
Kemi-Bo Jacobs
1:45:16
South East
Drama
Live action
Tamás Fekete, Zsófia Lányi
Blue
South East
Drama
Live action
Courteney Tan
Bol Lalit Bol
South East
Drama
Live action
Amarjit Bassan
The Bitten
South East
Drama
Live action
Nick Finegan
Entangled
South West
Drama
Live action
Frankie Fox
My Name is Mud
South West
Drama
Live action
Joseph Inman
Shapeshifter (Working Title)
South West
Family and children’s
VR/immersive
Ruth Mariner, Maggie Bain
Paradise Bleeding
South West
Drama
Live action
Tommy Gillard