Northern Film & Media is funded by ONE North East and the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF).
Funding partners:
One North East is the Regional Development Agency (RDA) covering the North East region of England - comprising Northumberland, Tyne & Wear, County Durham and the Tees Valley. The agency works to build a vibrant, self-reliant, ambitious and outward looking North East England and to promote the benefits of living, working and doing business in the region.
ERDF (European Regional Development Fund)
The ERDF aims to strengthen economic and social cohesion in the European Union by correcting imbalances between its regions. The ERDF finances:
direct aid to investments in companies (in particular SMEs) to create sustainable jobs;
infrastructures linked notably to research and innovation, telecommunications, environment, energy and transport;
financial instruments (capital risk funds, local development funds, etc) to support regional and local development and to foster cooperation between towns and regions technical assistance measures.
Strategic partners:
BFI is the British Film Institute. The BFI's world-renowned archive, cinemas, festivals, films, publications and learning resources are designed to offer inspiration. Following the decision to abolish the UK Film Council, the BFI is the Government's lead strategic agency for film.
Creative England was launched on 29 November 2010 by the Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries Ed Vaizey to provide a “a simpler, more efficient structure with an expanded remit to support the creative industries across England.”
Creative England is the recalibration of the screen agency network which existed under the umbrella of Screen England.
Creative England will ensure an England-wide delivery network for film, whilst laying the foundations for a longer-term solution, connecting creative and digital SME’s with national and international markets, public and private funding.
Northern Film & Media work collaboratively with a number of external agencies including:
Business Link is the first point of contact to help you with any business enquiry including legislation, premises, training, quality or management. They offer a range of services to help businesses whether you are trying to break into new markets, looking to export, seeking help with technology, starting up or expanding. As a broker of advice and support Business Link can link into the local network to find the type of help you need.
Part of the national network of Business Links, the North East is home to a number of regional Business Link offices in County Durham, Northumberland, Tees Valley and Tyne & Wear. There are 42 Business Link offices in England.
Skillset is the Sector Skills Council for the Audio Visual Industries (broadcast, film, video, interactive media and photo imaging). Jointly funded by industry and government, its job is to make sure that the UK audio visual industries have the right people, with the right skills, in the right place, at the right time, so that the industry remains competitive.
The former Screen Agencies
The English screen agencies support and invest in the creative industries including TV, film, digital media, music and games.
- EM Media
- Film London
- Vision and Media
- Screen South
- Screen Yorkshire
- South West Screen
- National Screen Agencies
The three National Screen Agencies are responsible for developing film television and broadcast new media in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
The British Academy of Film and Television Arts supports, develops and promotes the art forms of the moving image, by identifying and rewarding excellence, inspiring practitioners and benefiting the public. With an expert industry membership of nearly 6500 individuals, globally, they focus attention on the highest achievements of films, video games and television programmes shown in the UK each year in order to motivate and inspire those who make them, and to educate and develop the taste of those who watch them.
First Light Movies fund and inspire the making of short films by young people in the UK, reflecting the diversity of their lives.
They have enabled over 9,000 young people between the ages of five and eighteen to write, act, shoot and produce over 600 films. Working with filmmakers and organisations, First Light Movies covers many topics and genres, and make use of accessible digital film technology.
UK Trade & Investment is the Government organisation that supports both companies in the UK doing business internationally and overseas enterprises seeking to set up or expand in the UK. Its role is to help companies realise their international business potential through knowledge transfer, and on-going partnership support. To support its aim to "enhance the competitiveness of companies in the UK through overseas trade and investments; and attract a continuing high level of quality foreign direct investment" UK Trade & Investment offers services to UK businesses that want to grow their business internationally and overseas businesses that want to locate in the UK.
Pact is the Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television. It is the UK trade association that represents and promotes the commercial interests of independent feature film, television, animation and interactive media companies. With headquarters in London, Pact further supports its members with an office in Scotland and regional representation throughout the UK. An effective lobbying organisation, it has regular and constructive dialogues with government, regulators, public agencies and opinion formers on all issues affecting its members and contributes to key public policy debates on the media industry, both in the UK and in Europe.
Generator is recognised as the leading popular music development agency in the UK providing the framework of support where current and emerging talent, existing and new music business and other organisations can easily and regularly access information, skills-building programmes, advice and guidance that allow them to develop long term commercial success.
Established in 2003, Codeworks is a centre for digital innovation based in North East England. They work closely with their primary investor, One NorthEast, to create and/or develop new and existing digital media technology companies based in North East England.
Codeworks’s digital media technologies (DMT) programme focuses on finding and developing pre-commercial new media technologies, concepts and business models with the intention of creating spinouts and/or licensing opportunities.
Their sector development programme manifests itself through thier collaborative networks - Codeworks Connect and Codeworks GameHorizon. These private sector associations facilitate commercial collaboration and provide hands-on support to digital technology and media companies of all sizes.