Funding offered to region’s TV and film companies
A NEW fund has launched to help independent television and film companies to develop new content.
The £200,000 project is a collaboration between Leeds City Region Enterprise Partnership (LEP) in association with Screen Yorkshire and has been set up after a two-month suspension in all production activity.
Sally Joynson, the chief executive from Screen Yorkshire, said: “In the immediate aftermath of the pandemic, as pitching to broadcasters picks up speed, the indies will need to put themselves in prime position to be ahead of the rush of proposals from other companies from across the UK.
“This fund will help them deliver on that as they take their first tentative steps back into production and begin the long road to recovery.”
Established independent production companies in
The indies will need to put themselves in prime position.
Sally Joynson, CEO, Screen Yorkshire.
Yorkshire have been responsible for high-profile television programmes showcasing the region.
Leeds-based Daisybeck Studios produces Springtime on the Farm for Channel Five, featuring Julian Norton, while fellow city-based True North Production company’s hit series, Say Yes to the Dress, with Gok Wan, airs on TLC.
In North Yorkshire, the firm Air TV follows the lifesaving work of the Yorkshire Air Ambulance in Helicopter ER, for Really.
The new project has been established by the West Yorkshire Combined Authority and the LEP, through its new creative programme. It will distribute between £2,500 and £25,000 to indie film projects.
The fund will only be open to independent film and TV production companies with a “substantive base” in Leeds.