Support Agencies
Local Support
Cornwall Arts Marketing
Cornwall Film
Cornwall Film Festival
Creative Partnerships
Creative Skills
Digital Peninsula Network
Finance Cornwall
FlickerNow
UCF - Business Unit
Regional Support
National Support
Business Link
Children's Film and Television Foundation
EM Media
Film London
First Light
Glasgow Film Office
Isle of Man Film Commission
NESTA
North West Vision
Northern Film and Media
Northern Ireland Film and Television Commission
Scottish Screen
Screen East
Screen South
Screen West Midlands
Screen Yorkshire
UK Film Council
UK MEDIA
Local Support
Cornwall Arts Marketing
Cornwall Arts Marketing develops and implements promotional campaigns like seen, offers advice and consultancy to arts businesses, organises distribution of promotional material, delivers and co-ordinates research and offers strategic planning services
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Cornwall Film
Cornwall Film works to support the development of a sustainable media industry in Cornwall. The organisation focuses on developing film, TV and new media businesses, providing investment for production and development, and attracting inward investment.
Cornwall Film Festival
Cornwall Film Festival, held each year since 2002 in Falmouth in November. The Cornwall Film Festival offers audiences a chance to celebrate Cornish film and its influences, network with media practitioners, attend masterclasses, and take part in hands-on workshops.
Creative Partnerships
Creative Partnerships is a national organisation that provides school children across England with the opportunity to develop creativity in learning and to take part in cultural activities of the highest quality.
It is not a funding body but aims to establish genuine collaborative partnerships to enable the development of projects that reflect the interests, specialisms and shared vision of those involved.
Creative Skills
Creative Skills is the professional development organisation for all creative industries practitioners in Cornwall. Creative Skills offer professional development advice and guidance for practitioners working in the creative industries in Cornwall.
Digital Peninsula Network
The Digital Peninsula Network is a member organisation serving Cornwall's rapidly growing community of media and ICT professionals and digital creatives. DPN also assist traditional businesses with aspirations to exploit new technology. DPN provides a framework of support for its membership and promotes Cornwall as the UK's digital peninsula – a leading region in the development and user of digital technology.
Finance Cornwall
Finance Cornwall works with businesses in Cornwall and Scilly that need finance to start, grow or for a change of ownership. Their speciality is to fill gaps in funding that the banks and others can't meet to allow commercially viable projects to move ahead. They work closely with the banks, accountants and other funders.
Moving Image Education Hub
In Cornwall, Creative Partnerships manages the Moving Image Education Hub, on behalf of SW Screen, the Co-ordinator is Cass Dennis. The Hub is now known as:
FlickerNow
The flicKerNOW website, launched in November 2004, is an exciting new online film and media resource for Cornwall, offering comprehensive listings of all the latest screenings and moving image events. From art-house and mainstream cinema to new films, live installations and local shorts, as well as meetings, workshops and events.
University College Falmouth - Business Relations Unit
FCA - Business Unit has fitted out the second floor of the Media Centre at Tremough campus, as a dedicated incubator / hot desk / commercial area. Facilities available are an AVID Express 5.8 with DV Recorders Deck, DVD recorder deck, J30 Player Deck (for Beta SP, SX, and Digi Beta). A further Avid Express will become available if demand requires it. A miniDV camera kit is available with PD170, 2 radio mikes, boom mic, 16:9 converter, wide angle, tripod, and a 3 light dedo kit. On order at the moment is an industry standard SQN field mixer. The hot desk area has been kitted out with four computers and phones and the whole floor has its own access separate to teaching area of the Media Centre.
Setting up these facilities is a process that is still ongoing - FCA are working out pricing structures at the moment, which will be on the cheap side of competitive. This is in line with the principles we work to in Business Relations, where anything FCA does has the aim of adding value to Cornish companies and to the economy of the county. Basically FCA wants to see work happening in Cornwall, and think this equipment and these facilities can help that happen. However anyone using the camera equipment will need to show adequate insurance in advance.
Contact: Mike Cunliffe. 01326 370469 mike.cunliffe@falmouth.ac.uk
Regional Support
South West Investment Group (SWIG)
SWIG was launched in 1989 and was originally a Business Angel group. It now offers a range of different investment funds that can support ventures that fall outside the lending criteria of conventional institutions. Between them, the SWIG team possesses an in-depth range of skills and experience in business finance, administration and project management.
SW Screen
South West Screen is the film, television and digital media agency for the South West of England, committed to developing a vibrant, dynamic and constantly evolving screen culture throughout the region. SW Screen's main areas of work are business development, locations, screenwriting, exhibitions, training, education and funding.
National Support
Business Link
Business Link offer a support, advice and information service for businesses in the UK - including information on funding and grants available.
Children's Film and Television Foundation
The Children's Film Fund finances script development for children's and family films and television programmes. It receives support from the BBC and the UK Film Council, and gives development support in the form of interest-free loans.
Anna Home Telephone (44) 20 8953 0844
Fax (44) 20 8207 0860
Elstree Film & TV Studios, Borehamwood, Hertfordshire WD6 1JG, UK
EM Media
EM Media is the media development agency for the East Midlands region of the UK
Film London
Film London is the new strategic agency for all forms of film and audiovisual work in the capital
First Light
First Light funds and inspires the making of short films by young people in the UK, reflecting the diversity of their lives
Glasgow Film Office
Glasgow Film Office aims to encourage production work in Glasgow, and has also been extremely active in supporting independent film and television production in the Strathclyde area.
Isle of Man Film Commission
Isle of Man Film offers potential production finance, a wide variety of natural locations, a purpose-built sound stage and a film-friendly Government
NESTA
NESTA was set up by Act of Parliament in 1998 to help maximise this country's creative and innovative potential. NESTA are funded by an endowment from the National Lottery and use the interest to back people of exceptional talent and imagination. They do their best to offer the support needed to explore new ideas, develop new products and services, or experiment with new ways of nurturing creativity in science, technology and the arts.
North West Vision
North West Vision is the media development agency for the North West region of the UK
Northern Film and Media
Northern Film and Media is the screen agency for the North East of England
Northern Ireland Film and Television Commission
The Northern Ireland Film and Television Commission aims to accelerate the development of a dynamic and sustainable film and television industry in Northern Ireland
Scottish Screen
Formed in 1997, Scottish Screen is one of the longest-established UK funding bodies, preceding most other UK agencies
Screen East
Screen East's aim is to support enjoyment and understanding of the media as much as it is to encourage innovative production, attract location shoots and build a sustainable and dynamic media sector in the eastern counties
Screen South
Screen South is the media development agency for the southern coastal counties UK
Screen West Midlands
Created in 2001, Screen West Midlands is the regional agency for all screen media in the West Midlands
Screen Yorkshire
Founded in 2003, Screen Yorkshire aims to develop the film, broadcast, computer games and digital media industries in Yorkshire
UK Film Council
The UK Film Council was established by the Government in 2000 as a new strategic agency for developing the film industry and film culture in the UK
UK MEDIA
MEDIA is a six year programme of the European Union to strengthen the competitiveness of the European film, TV and new media industries and to increase international circulation of European audiovisual product.
