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New Cinema Fund

New Cinema Fund encourages unique ideas, innovative approaches and original voices. We aim to finance films with passion and verve that connect with a broad range of audiences.

Man on Wire

The objectives of the New Cinema Fund are to:

  • encourage innovation and excellence in form and content;
  • support and nurture creative excellence and top quality work;
  • discover and develop new film talent;
  • attract established film talent working outside the mainstream;
  • encourage the use of new technology in production and distribution;
  • develop talent and infrastructure in the regions and nations of the UK;
  • ensure equality of opportunity and promote social inclusion and cultural diversity;
  • challenge audiences;
  • broaden the range of films on offer in the UK; and
  • ensure films supported by the Fund are good enough to attain effective distribution and exhibition.

New Cinema Fund films

Among the films that we have supported are:

  • In the Loop – director Armando Iannucci
  • Man on Wire – director James Marsh
  • Adulthood – director Noel Clarke
  • London to Brighton – director Paul Andrew Williams
  • This Is England – director Shane Meadows
  • Red Road –director Andrea Arnold
  • The Wind that Shakes the Barley – director Ken Loach
  • A Way of Life – director Amma Asante
  • Touching the Void – director Kevin MacDonald
  • The Magdalene Sisters – director Peter Mullan
  • Bloody Sunday – director Paul Greengrass

For a full list of please visit the Awards database.