Seven UK companies, including six VoD platforms, have received €2,203,119 ($2.5m) in grants from Creative Europe’s promotion of audiovisual works online scheme.
The platforms that secured funding are: Walter Presents, FilmDoo, Curzon Home Cinema, MUBI, BFI Player and Distrify.
In addition, The Polka Dot Factory received a grant to develop their app Cues, which aims to develop potential audiences for European films.
A total of 14 applications from the UK were submitted, with half selected for funding. The amount allocated to UK companies made up 23% of the scheme’s budget.
In the UK, MUBI received the biggest grant of €668,940. Curzon received €480,000 and the BFI Player received €376,117.
The scheme’s biggest grant went to marketing company Under The Milky Way, which received €900,000.
In July it was announced that four UK companies received combined funding of more than €700,000 from Creative Europe’s Slate Funding scheme. They were Aardman Animations, Number 9 Films, Lupus Films and Spring Films.
FULL LIST OF FUNDING BENEFICIARIES
|
Country |
Applicant organisation |
Maximum EU grant € |
|
FR |
FILMOLINE SAS |
300.000,00 |
|
ES |
COMUNIDAD FILMIN SL |
339.633,45 |
|
UK |
GLOBAL SERIES NETWORK LTD |
458.222,45 |
|
FR |
MUSEEC SAS |
280.000,00 |
|
UK |
FILMDOO LTD |
60.000,00 |
|
NL |
OUTTV MEDIA B.V. |
300.000,00 |
|
BE |
UNIVERSCINE BELGIUM |
220.000,00 |
|
UK |
CURZON CINEMAS LIMITED |
480.000,00 |
|
UK |
MUBI UK LIMITED |
668.940,00 |
|
CZ |
DOC-AIR ZS |
109.512,38 |
|
DE |
EYZ MEDIA GMBH |
400.000,00 |
|
PL |
ONET S.A. |
17.317,98 |
|
UK |
BRITISH FILM INSTITUTE ROYAL CHARTER |
376.117,00 |
|
AT |
FLIMMIT GMBH |
150.000,00 |
|
FR |
LE MEILLEUR DU CINEMA SAS |
220.000,00 |
|
NL |
STICHTING DOCSONLINE |
150.000,00 |
|
FR |
LA CINÉMATHÈQUE DES RÉALISATEURS |
225.000,00 |
|
UK |
DISTRIFY MEDIA LIMITED |
99.840,00 |
|
FR |
UNDER THE MILKY WAY INTERNATIONAL |
900.000,00 |
|
FR |
STUDIOCANAL |
300.000,00 |
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