Yorkshire Content Fund
The Yorkshire Content Fund is a new public-private investment fund for the TV, film, video games and digital sectors in Yorkshire and Humber. It is managed by Screen Yorkshire and has secured £7,500,000 of investment from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), which will be further matched by private sector investors on a project-by-project basis. This will result in a total investment of £15m into content production in the region over forthcoming years.
The fund will invest in content creation by Yorkshire-based companies as well as being used to attract productions looking to locate within the region. Investments are made on market rate commercial terms, with the intention that investment returns will produce a legacy fund to support content development and production in Yorkshire for many years to come.
The fund is launched on the back of a number of critically acclaimed projects which previously received Screen Yorkshire investment including Paddy Considine’s Tyrannosaur and Ben Wheatley’s Kill List, from Sheffield’s Warp X and Andrea Arnold’s new version of Wuthering Heights.
The fund is open to applications but all applicants must complete an Expression of Interest (EOI) form prior to completing a full application. If you have a project looking for investment please complete the EOI below and email to info@screenyorkshire.co.uk Please ensure the declaration at the bottom of the form is signed.
This information will help us assess the contribution your project will make towards the fund achieving its targets (see YCF overview). We will accept EOIs on a rolling basis and the first phase of the fund will operate until mid-2014.
Or post to:
Yorkshire Content Fund - EOI
Screen Yorkshire
Studio 29
46 The Calls
Leeds
LS2 7EY
We will then contact you to advise on whether we recommend progressing the application.
Please do not send unsolicited scripts or materials as we do not accept them.
Expression of Interest
Yorkshire Content Fund - Overview
Yorkshire Content Fund - FAQs
Yorkshire Content Fund - press release
This project is supported financially by the European Union. It has attracted £7.5 million investment from the European Regional Development Fund as part of Europe’s support for the region’s economic development through the Yorkshire and Humber ERDF Programme 2007-13.
MADE IN YORKSHIREScreen Yorkshire Investments
Screen Yorkshire has invested in TV and film production for the past decade. Some of our most high profile investments in content production include: Red Riding, Tyrannosaur, Wuthering Heights, Kill List, This is England '86, A Passionate Woman, The Damned United, Unforgiven, Lost in Austen, The Cottage, Brideshead Revisited, Hush, This is England, The Bad Mother's Handbook, Bunny and the Bull, Exhibit A, Yasmin and Mrs Ratcliffe's Revolution. We've also invested in video game production such as Broken Sword.
Find out more about our recent production investments, where they were filmed and some of the stunning locations that help to make our region one of the most desirable destinations for film and television production companies in the UK.
