The UK’s Film and TV Production Restart Scheme has backed a total of 640 projects in its first year of operation, supporting some $2.6BN (£1.9BN) worth of production on Brit shores since it was rol…
The UK’s Film and TV Production Restart Scheme has backed a total of 640 projects in its first year of operation, supporting some $2.6BN worth of production on Brit shores since it was rolled out.insurance became tricky to acquire from regular insurers. The fund underwrites Covid-related delays, allowing producers to avoid potentially crippling financial exposure.
Films backed include Mothering Sunday starring Odessa Young, Josh O’Connor, Olivia Colman and Colin Firth, which just premiered at Cannes, and Terence Davies’ Benediction, which is set to screen at Toronto and San Sebastian. TV shows include Peaky Blinders and Gentleman Jack.The British Film Institute, which administers the fund, said 55,000 screen sector jobs had ben supported thanks to the Restart Scheme.
John McVay, Pact CEO added: “At a time when UK TV and film productions were looking as if they would never get back to work, the Government’s Film & TV Production Restart Scheme provided the critical business support for the sector, enabling them to start or re-start their productions, keeping people in jobs and getting new content on UK screens.”
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