Details of who we awarded production funding to

For features or immersive projects from the BFI National Lottery Filmmaking Fund (formally BFI Film Fund)

From 2024/25, we’ll have geographical data to report on both ‘London’ and ‘Outside London’ for Black and Global Majority targets. The current statistics are UK-wide.

2023 to 2024

Those identifying asWriterDirectorProducerTarget
Black and Global Majority
33%
44%
9%
40% London
30% outside London
Disabled
11%
22%
9%
18%
Female (gender binary)
56%
56%
45%
50%
LGB+ (sexual identity)
11%
22%
45%
10%
Working class background
33%
44%
9%
39%
Caring responsibility
56%
44%
64%
-
Returning to work
0%
0%
0%
 -

2022 to 2023

Type of role
Those identifying asWriterDirectorProducerTarget
Black and Global Majority
25%
25%
17%
20%
Disabled
0%
0%
17%
12%
Female (50:50 gender binary)
63%
50%
75%
50%
LGB+ (sexual identity)
38%
38%
25%
10%
Caring responsibility
13%
25%
58%
-
Returning to work
0%
0%
0%
 -

2021 to 2022

Type of role
Those identifying asWriterDirectorProducerTarget
Ethnically diverse
33%
32%
16%
20%
D/deaf and disabled
10%
11%
0%
12%
Female and non-binary
48%
53%
72%
50%
LGBTQIA+
24%
26%
8%
10%
Caring responsibility
48%
26%
60%
-
Returning to work
0%
0%
4%
-

2020 to 2021

Type of role
Those identifying asWriterDirectorProducerTarget
Ethnically diverse
21%
25%
18%
20%
D/deaf and disabled
7%
8%
0%
11%
Female and non-binary
36%
25%
41%
50%
LGBTQIA+
7%
0%
12%
9%
Caring responsibility
21%
25%
18%
 
Returning to work
7%
0%
0%
 

2019 to 2020

Type of role
Those identifying asWriterDirectorProducerTarget
Ethnically diverse
36%
36%
14%
20%
D/deaf and disabled
0%
0%
0%
7%
Female and non-binary
45%
55%
64%
50%
LGBTQIA+
27%
27%
14%
9%
Caring responsibility
9%
9%
43%
 
Returning to work
0%
0%
7%
 

2018 to 2019

Type of role
Those identifying asWriterDirectorProducer
Ethnically diverse
21%
36%
5%
D/deaf and disabled
5%
0%
0%
Female and non-binary
47%
55%
53%
LGBTQIA+
26%
27%
21%

Our figures are derived from the most up-to-date data available. This is self-identified data taken from monitoring forms which are voluntarily completed, so we can’t always guarantee a 100% return rate.