International co-productions

As well as meeting other Discovery or Impact feature funding criteria, co-productions need to qualify as a British film under one of the following ways:

• The cultural test for film
• The European Convention on cinematographic co-productions
• One of the UK’s official bi-lateral co-production agreements

More information about qualifying as a British film.

Applications for co-productions can be submitted to our Discovery or Impact feature funding, providing you meet the eligibility criteria in the guidelines.

If you have any questions relating to funding for co-productions, please email productioncoordinator@bfi.org.uk.

We can provide assistance to applicants who have access requirements and need some support in order to make an application. See Access support for BFI funding applicants.

The UK Global Screen Fund, through its International Co-Production strand, offers non-recoupable grants of up to £300,000 for UK independent companies to apply as minority co-producers for feature films of all genres, and as majority and minority co-producers for TV projects in the animation and documentary genres.

Financed by the UK government’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, and administered by the BFI, the UK Global Screen Fund has been designed to boost international development and distribution opportunities for the UK’s independent screen sector, including film, TV, documentary, animation and interactive narrative games content.

• Finding a UK co-producer and other UK talent
• Importing and sourcing equipment and crew in the UK