The Short Film Fund is NOW OPEN and closes at 11am on 18 March 2026. The fund awards £5,000 – £25,000 of National Lottery money to producer and director/writer-director teams to help with the production of scripted films of up to 15 minutes, in either live action, animation or immersive. This highly competitive fund opens once per year and supports any genre within fiction. Filmmaking teams with a director based in England can apply.
Find out more about the fund. Read the full funding guidelines.
If you need support with your Short Film Fund application, or have any questions about the application form itself, please email: bfinetworkfunding@bfi.org.uk.
Between 2018 and 2024 BFI NETWORK South West has supported the production of 48 short films. Check out the projects by clicking the button below, or browse our catalogue to find out more.
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