The UK government has announced a £75 million funding package for the UK film and television industry. It introduced the UK Global Screen Fund and the National Film and Television School (NFTS) among its major cash recipients.
Title: “Screen Growth Package,” the £75 million fund will form an important pillar of the government’s creative industry sector plan, which will be announced next week.
The UK Global Screen Fund (UKGSF) confirms that funding will rise to £18 million per year from 2026-2029 from the current £7 million £2026.
The UKGSF was launched in 2021 as a way to enhance international development and distribution opportunities for the UK’s independent screen sector after the UK withdraws from the European Union. Included in recent films backed by three funds patella and Salt Pass.
The package also includes support from the BFI London Film Festival and the UK Film Commission, with specific funding details expected next week.
NFTS will receive £10 million to expand on Beaconsfield’s major sites. The government said it would unlock £11 million of investments from industry and private advocates, including Walt Disney Company, Dana, Albert R. Broccoli Foundation and Sky. It will modernize the facility, make it fully accessible to students with disabilities, and help train 2,000 new trainees and apprentices over the next decade.
Meanwhile, £25 million will fund five more Costar Research and Development Labs, focusing on developing augmented reality and motion capture technologies. It also funds two showcase spaces and demonstrates new Createch, film, television and gaming innovations to investors. Currently there are five Costar Labs, including the National R&D Lab, which will open in Pinewood in January 2026.
Also announced next week is the expanded BFI Film Academy fundraising package, offering courses, events and resources for young people aged 16-25. This funding is designed to open a pathway into the industry for young people from undervalued backgrounds.
In addition to the bespoke £75 million screen growth package, the £150 million new Creative Place Growth Fund will be entrusted to six mayoral strategic authorities in cities such as Manchester, Bristol, Birmingham and Sunderland, to help develop regional screen agencies and production funds to boost cinema and television clusters across the country.
The Full Creative Industry Sector Plan will be released next week as part of the Labor Government’s Industrial Strategy, identifying the film and television industry as a high-growth subsector along with music, video games and advertising.
The industry task force led by Shriti Vadera and Peter Bazalgette has been working on a government-led creative industry sector plan since the beginning of this year. The task force also includes Framestore Chair William Sargent, Vects’ Philippa Children and creative UK CEO Caroline Nobury.
UK Secretary of Culture Lisa Nandi said: Barbie and Kill Eve In puberty and Saltburnthe UK already has an incredible track record of producing award-winning films and cutting-edge television that millions of people enjoy at home and around the world. But we want the UK to be pinned as the best place on the planet to make films and television when we provide plans for change. This landmark sector plan places the creative industry at the heart of our economic growth strategy and is key to making its ambitions a reality. ”
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