UK Global Screen Fund: International Business Development
Supporting UK screen content businesses across film, TV, animation and interactive narrative video games to enhance their international activities.
Application dates
Applications opened on 3rd April 2025 and close at midday on 19th June 2025.
What you can apply for
Eligible companies can apply for funding using one of two tracks:
- Film Transformation Track: funding for internationally focused transformational business strategies related to independent UK film. Strategies must start in early 2026 and span three to five years.
- General Track: funding for business strategies to create, acquire and/or exploit intellectual property (IP), covering all eligible screen sectors, for increased international revenue, audiences and profile. Strategies must start in early 2026 and span three years
Eligible companies can apply for funding between £50,000 and £200,000 in total over the three-year funding period, with support in the form of non-repayable grants (applicable to both the Film Transformation Track and the General Track).
Who can apply
The International Business Development strand is open to independent UK screen companies with a track record in creating, acquiring, and/or exploiting IP in at least one of the following categories:
- feature films – fiction, documentary, animation – for theatrical and/or online release
- programmes – fiction, documentary, animation – for broadcast television, video-on-demand services or other forms of online release
- interactive narrative video games for commercial digital platforms, generating revenue from the public consumer market
Apply for funding
Read the fund guidelines in full before applying. There is an application link in the guidelines.
For more information click here.
