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.
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.
