The UK Film Council Completion Fund is a major UK short film funding awards scheme, funded by the UK Film Council, and managed by Maya Vision International. Originally a £50,000 fund awarded on an annual basis to a slate of 8-10 film, from 2008 onwards[1]
the fund has been increased to £70,000 to be awarded on a bi-annual basis to around 14 films of the most promising UK short films "that have already been shot but lack the funds to finish".[2]
At the scheme's launch in 2002, the 2003 slate of films were co-funded by Film4 Productions' and screened on Channel 4, Film 4 and a selection are still available on the Film 4 website. After the winding down of as a separate entity and the scaling down and re-integration of film production into Channel 4 drama in 2002, the UK Film Council took over sole funding of the completion fund. Since 2004, the finished films have played at the Edinburgh International Film Festival in a section called and also have a central London showcase at the . A selection of the films are available to screen on the BBC Film Network.[3]
Archive[]
The UK Film Council takes delivery of a Digibeta copy of each film for preservation in its national archive in Sheffield and DVD copies are stored by the Edinburgh International Film Festival as part of the archive.
Awards and nominations[]
Completion fund films have been official selections at numerous film festivals worldwide, gathering over 150 major international awards,[4] and many more nominations, including: