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About Skillset Film Skills Fund

The Skillset Film Skills Fund is the largest fund in the UK dedicated to supporting Film specific training. Over the past four years, the Film Skills Fund has distributed around £7 million in grants every year.

The fund awards grants to organisations to create, deliver or facilitate film specific trainingIndividuals can benefit directly through screen bursaries and subsidised courses.

The fund was established to support the delivery of A Bigger Future - the UK Film Skills Strategy developed by the film industry in partnership with the UK Film Council and Skillset.

A Bigger Future is a complete training and education strategy for the UK film industry which aims to address the skills shortages exposed by Skillset's research programme and through ongoing consultation with the industry.

Follow the links below for more details on the fund's aims, where the money comes from and how it gets spent.


Aims of the Film Skills Fund

Emily Blunt stars in My Summer of Love

The Film Skills Fund aims to ensure the long-term success and sustainability of the UK film industry.

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How the Film Skills Fund is Funded

Image of a producer entering the UK FIlm Council offices, from Skillset's visual guide to filmmaking, 'The Business'.

Skillset's film grants are made up of funding from the National Lottery through the UK Film Council and the film industry through the Skills Investment Fund (SIF).

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Skillset's Film Skills Council - Membership

Skillset's Film Skills Council comprises of senior film industry figures who lead and advise us on the direction of our work in film.

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A Bigger Future - the Skills Plan for the UK Film Industry

Five years of A Bigger Future

A Bigger Future is the training and education strategy for the UK's film industry. After extensively consulting with the film industry, we are shaping our plan for our work in film from 2010-2013.

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Grants We Have Made

Find here details on all projects we have supported so far; across all areas of funding.

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