MEDIA in the UK 2012

The Angels’ Share, directed by Ken Loach, received MEDIA Selective scheme funding in 2012.Image courtesy of Sixteen Films, photo by Joss Barratt

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Contents

Introduction 04

MEDIA Desk UK and Antennae activities in 2012 05

Distribution and exhibition 06Theatrical distribution 06Online distribution 10Exhibition 10Europa Cinemas 11

Production companies 12Development 12i2i Audiovisual 14Interactive projects 14TV Broadcasting 15

Skills development 16Film students 16Continuous Training 17

Markets and festivals 18Audiovisual Festivals 18Access to Markets 19Promotional Events 20European Film Awards 20Film Sales Support 21

New Technologies 22

Circulation of Films in the Digital Era 22

Amour,directed byMichael Haneke,received MEDIASelective schemefunding in 2012.Image courtesy ofArtificial Eye.

GreatExpectations, directed by Mike Newell,received MEDIADevelopment and Automaticscheme fundingin 2012. Image courtesy of Lionsgate.

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Introduction

2012 was a very good year for the UK. In total,British companies received just over €9 millionthrough the MEDIA Programme, which is €1.6 million more than in 2011. A further €7.6million was invested in the distribution of over 50 British films in other European countries.

Producers were awarded the largest share of the UK’s funding, with 33 companies receiving€3.6 million through successful applications fromall over the UK.

Several projects previously funded by MEDIA’s development schemes also completed productionin 2012, including Mike Newell’s GreatExpectations, Jeremy Thomas-produced Kon-Tiki and Neil Jordan’s Byzantium.

The MEDIA Programme also supported the theatrical releases of British films on the continent, with the largest amount of nearly

€1 million going to Quartet, followed by over€800,000 for Salmon Fishing in the Yemen and€600,000 for Working Title's I Give it a Year.

UK distributors released 20 European films withMEDIA support, including the multi-award winning Amour, A Royal Affair, The Hunt andLove is All You Need.

MEDIA is committed to supporting innovationand understands that business models in theaudiovisual industry must evolve following developments in digital technologies. In this vein,the UK’s Artificial Eye took advantage of newMEDIA funding, leading EDAD (European Day-and-Date): an international distribution initiativewhich will experiment with simultaneous releasesacross multiple territories.

With MEDIA due to expire at the end of the year, 2012 was also a year of negotiations on its successor programme, Creative Europe. While atthe time of going to print the final shape, scopeand budget of the new programme is still subjectto negotiations, we know that Europe, even in atime of severe financial crisis, hasn't given up on itsdiverse culture. The latest proposal, which nowreflects the EU budget cuts, still includes a 9%increase on current funding levels, which will allow

for the launch of a new financing facility toencourage commercial lending to the creativeindustries.

We live in a time when dancers make films,actors star in augmented reality games, cinemasscreen opera performances, and the boundariesbetween diciplines continue to blur. Such imaginative collaboration is greatly aided andencouraged by digital technologies. CreativeEurope will bring this converging creative worldcloser together, and I look forward to seeing theeffects of that increased proximity in the monthsand years to come.

AgnieszkaMoody,Director, MEDIA Desk UK© Grzegorz Lepiarz

€9.1 millionMEDIA funding received by UK companies in 2012

€7.6 millionMEDIA funding awarded

to UK films in 2012

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Throughout the year the UK’s MEDIA offices inLondon, Glasgow and Pontypridd were busy withthe day-to-day administration and promotion ofthe 17 funding schemes offered by the MEDIAProgramme. MEDIA Desk UK alone answered2,573 funding enquiries and conducted 128advice meetings with UK audiovisual professionals.

The Desk also produced a number of printed publications, issued monthly e-bulletins withMEDIA news from the UK and beyond, and managed the UK’s online presence through ourwebsite: www.mediadeskuk.eu

Importantly, the UK’s MEDIA Desk and Antennaeare part of a network of 44 MEDIA offices acrossEurope, and offer support on finding partners and connections in other European countries.

The UK offices also organise, support and attenda number of information and promotional eventsacross the country. In 2012 locations includedBristol, Glasgow and Londonderry.

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MEDIA Desk UK and Antennae activities in 2012

Aberdeen• Aberdeen roadshow, March

Birmingham • MEDIA at BFI ‘Film Forever’ roadshow

at MAC, November

Bristol• ‘Sucessful Co-production’ seminar,

part of Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival industry programme,September

• MEDIA Desk UK industry reception, part of Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival industry programme,September

• MEDIA at BFI ‘Film Forever’ roadshow at Watershed, November

Cardiff• Documentary Pitching workshop,

March• Wales Games Development show, June• Co-production seminar at the Producers

Forum, October• Games Development South Wales

seminar, November

Derry/Londonderry• MEDIA at BFI ‘Film Forever’ roadshow

at the Playhouse, November

Dundee• Dundee Roadshow, March• Scottish Games industry recruitment

fair, March

Edinburgh• Edinburgh roadshow, March• Animation breakfast at Edinburgh

International Film Festival, June

Glasgow• Glasgow roadshow, February• ‘Funders, Followers, Fans’ documentary

event with Sheffield Doc/Fest, March

Inverness • Inverness roadshow, March

London• Creative Europe and Development

funding information session at the British Library, March

• ‘What's New in Distribution?’ seminar on MEDIA distribution schemes, April

• ‘Navigating Co-production’ seminar at the East End Film Festival, July

• ‘Collectively Engaged’ seminar on MEDIA support for interactive transmedia projects, in partnership withBody>Data>Space, at the European Commission’s Representation in the UK,September

• ‘Facing Windows’ seminar on distribution in partnership with Europa Distribution, part of the 56th BFI London Film Festival industry events programme, October

Newport• Development funding speed

networking event, March

Salford• MEDIA at BFI ‘Film Forever’ roadshow

at The Quays, November

Sheffield• MEDIA Co-production dinner at Sheffield

Doc/Fest in collaboration with the MEDIA Antennae in Scotland and Wales and Desks in Denmark, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden, Norway and Belgium, June

• MEDIA funding presentation at the Media Lunch Club, June

• MEDIA information session at the Children’s Media Conference, July

• MEDIA information session at Northern Business Incubator’s Summer School, July

Swansea• CEMAS Mobile App show, September

Distribution and exhibition

Theatrical distribution

MEDIA allocates more than half of its annual€100 million budget to helping European filmssee international releases. This is achievedthrough three funding schemes: Selective,Automatic and Sales Agents.

UK films funded through the Selective schemeIn 2012 seven UK films had their Europeanreleases enhanced by the MEDIA Selectivescheme. This resulted in a greater number ofprints, more generous marketing campaigns andultimately larger audiences. Dustin Hoffman’sdirectorial debut, Quartet, which stars a host oftime-honoured British acting talent, was awarded€836,500 by MEDIA to be released in 18 countries across Europe. Lasse Hallström’s SalmonFishing in the Yemen, Dan Mazer’s I Give it a Yearand Ken Loach’s adaptation of The Angels’ Sharealso secured large MEDIA awards: €783,300,€582,400 and €452,700 respectively. FollowingMEDIA Selective support for its release in 14European countries in 2011, Paddy Considine’sTyrannosaur also gained further support throughthe scheme for its release in France in 2012. The film continued to win numerous awardsincluding a BAFTA for Best Director.

Film No. of countries Award (€)

I Give it a Year 22 582,400

Quartet 17 836,500

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen 22 783,300

Shadow Dancer 14 338,000

Shame 1 1,800

The Angels’ Share 19 452,700

Tyrannosaur 1 18,000

3,012,700

Love is All YouNeed (Denskaldede frisør),directed by Susanne Bier,received MEDIASelective schemefunding in 2012.Image courtesy of Arrow Films.

A Royal Affair(En kongeligaffære),directed by Nikolaj Arcel,received MEDIASelective schemefunding in 2012.Photo by Jiri Hanzl.

The Hunt(Jagten), directed by Thomas Vinterberg,received MEDIASelective schemefunding in 2012.Image courtesy ofArrow Films.

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€3,012,700Total MEDIA Selective scheme funding

awarded to UK films in 2012

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UK distributors funded through the Selective schemeIn 2012 UK distributors released a range ofEuropean films on British screens with MEDIA funding that totalled €813,500. MEDIA-supportedfilms included The Hunt (Jagten), for which leadactor Mads Mikkelsen won the Best Actor award atCannes. Michael Haneke’s Amour, Cate Shortland’sLore and Leos Carax’s Holy Motors were distributedin the UK with MEDIA support by Artificial Eye,enjoying considerable success at the box officealongside critical acclaim.

Distribution company Film Award (€) UK Box Office (£)

Arrow Film Distributors Love is All You Need (Den skaldede frisør) 100,000 684,654

The Hunt (Jagten) 90,000 227,582

A Hijacking (Kapringen) 32,000 101, 122

Artificial Eye Amour 125,000 882,815

Beyond the Hills (Dupa Dealuri) 50,000 60,591

Holy Motors 60,000 243,320

Lore 40,000 291,635

Independent Film Sales Reality 8,000 38,847

Metrodome Distribution The Deep (Djupid) 62,000 UK release Jul 2013

A Royal Affair (En kongelig affære) 83,000 373,064

New Wave Films Caesar Must Die (Cesare deve morire) 12,000 34,105

Tabu 10,000 60,445

In the Fog (V Tumane) 10,500 10,557

Peccadillo Pictures Kuma 24,000 UK release Aug 2013

Soda Pictures Babycall 10,000 9,016

Barbara 40,000 198,076

Sister (L'enfant d'en haut) 24,000 17,209

Paradise: Love (Paradies: Liebe) 28,000 9,323

Play 5,000 UK release Jul 2013

813,500 3,233,038

€813,500Total MEDIA Selective scheme funding

awarded to UK distributors in 2012

“The MEDIA Programme often makes the difference to a distributor of our size. It givesus breathing space in a highly competitivelandscape and helps the films we haveacquired by generating a larger prints andadvertising budget, which in turn gives thefilm the best chance of succeeding in the UK.Without the promise of the fund on keyEuropean acquisitions, we would not able tobe as aggressive as we are in the marketplace.For example Love is All You Need was releasedon 110 copies and achieved nearly £700,000in box office.”

Alex Agran, Managing Director, Arrow Film Distributors

UK films funded through the Automatic schemeThe MEDIA Automatic scheme rewards distributors for the box office success of filmsfrom European countries other than their own(non-national films). Recipients can use fundingfrom this scheme to invest in minimum guarantees or to subsidise the distribution costsof new non-national European acquisitions. 51 UK films shared a total of €4,591,091 fromthe 2012 MEDIA Automatic scheme. The highestawards were granted to Paul W.S. Anderson’sThe Three Musketeers, with €314,345 support,followed by Stephan Elliott’s A Few Best Menwith €254,668 and David Cronenberg’s ADangerous Method with €247,548.

€4,591,091 Total MEDIA Automatic scheme funding

awarded to UK films in 2012

Film Award (€)

360 149,786

A Dangerous Method 247,548

A Few Best Men 254,668

All in Good Time 8,800

Another Year 1,747

Attack the Block 101,707

Broken 13,400

Coriolanus 97,627

Great Expectations 236,156

Hysteria 216,366

I Give it a Year 243,154

I, Anna 30,000

Kill List 16,000

Mr. Nice 4,889

NEDS 9,465

Now is Good 80,000

One Life 9,799

Only Lovers Left Alive 41,003

Perfect Sense 108,000

Quartet 112,052

Romeo and Juliet 15,943

Salmon Fishing in the Yemen 89,358

Shadow Dancer 22,500

Shame 180,792

Sightseers 1,600

Song for Marion 169,109

Streetdance 2 3D 137,473

The Angels’ Share 220,586

The Awakening 162,447

The Deep Blue Sea 74,204

The Dinosaur Project 56,357

The Double 174,331

The Inbetweeners Movie 30,270

The Iron Lady 69,170

The Story of Film: An Odyssey 38,715

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I Give It a Year,directed by Dan Mazer, received MEDIAAutomatic schemefunding in 2012.Image courtesy of StudioCanal.

Trishna, directed by MichaelWinterbottom,received MEDIAAutomatic schemefunding in 2012. Image courtesy ofArtificial Eye. © Marcel Zyskind

Distribution and exhibition

The Three Musketeers 314,345

The Trip 93,065

The Woman in Black 10,020

Tinker, Tailor, Soilder, Spy 136,741

Trishna 149,059

TT3D: Closer to the Edge 15,345

Tyrannosaur 18,000

UFO in Her Eyes 20,000

Valhalla Rising 2,800

W.E. 94,049

We Need to Talk About Kevin 30,645

Weekend 45,823

Welcome to the Punch 6,431

West is West 104,193

Wuthering Heights 124,949

You Instead 604

4,591,091

UK distributors funded through the Automatic schemeEvery year distributors across Europe report toMEDIA on cinema admissions for the non-national European films they released in the previous year. These admissions form the basisfor the calculation for MEDIA Automatic schemegrants. The funding can be used to pay minimumguarantees and distribution costs on new non-national European films.

On the basis of the 2011 admissions, the UK distributors were allocated the following awards:

Distributor Award (€)Cinefile 5,000New Wave Films 23,260Pathé Productions 66,673Peccadillo Pictures 11,506Picturehouse Entertainment 10,304Soda Pictures 20,615StudioCanal 206,217Artificial Eye 149,844Trinity Filmed Entertainment 21,878

515,297

Funding for UK sales agentsThe Sales Agents scheme allocates €1.5 million ayear and is linked to an agent’s performance in selling European films. The funding awardeddepends on the amount of cinema admissions generated by the films sold in the previous calendaryear, and can be used for acquisitions (sales guarantees) as well as the promotion and marketingcosts of non-national European films. Two UK sales companies took advantage of this scheme in 2012.

Sales Agents Award (€)HanWay Films Limited 109,577Pathé Fund Limted (Pathe Int.) 33,959

143,536

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€143,536 Total MEDIA Sales Agents funding

awarded to UK sales agents in 2012

"The value of MEDIA funding extends all the waydown the lifeline of a film. The various schemes thatthe MEDIA Programme offers can come into play atevery stage, from the conception of a title to gettingit projected onto screens across the continent.

At Number 9, we've seen MEDIA really impact thelife of a film from both ends of the spectrum:through key funding as early as development stage,yes, but also through helping to screen our titlesacross Europe.

MEDIA's Automatic grant helped GreatExpectations to reach cinemas in Belgium,Switzerland, Spain, The Netherlands and Slovenia.

By financing a film's distribution Europe-wide, the benefits of MEDIA support are once againreflected back to us as producers. It helps ourwork to be exported across borders, getting it infront of new and international audiences, building our profile, and showcasing our national filmic identity."

Stephen Woolley, Producer, Number 9 Films

€515,297 Total MEDIA Automatic scheme funding

awarded to UK distributors in 2012

Online distributionVoD and DCDSince 2007 MEDIA has been supporting online content distribution via the VoD/DCD scheme, whichfunds video-on-demand platforms and the digitaldelivery of film to cinemas. In 2012 over €6.7 millionwas invested in platforms that offer European content to audiences worldwide. Three UK operatorssuccessfully secured MEDIA VoD/DCD funding,including the new online initiative from CurzonCinemas, which was awarded €400,000.

Company Project Award (€)Curzon Cinemas Curzon on Demand 400,000Distrify Muvies.com 337,103

737,103

ExhibitionEuropa Cinemas is a MEDIA-funded networkwhich screens significantly more European films,and in particular non-national European films,than most cinemas. The average percentage ofEuropean programming in Europa Cinemas during 2012 was 63%. The network has becomea trusted brand that clearly signposts access toEuropean cinema for film-goers.

There are 54 member cinemas in the UK, andfour of these joined the network in 2012:Gloucester Guildhall (Gloucester), The Courtyard(Hereford), Plymouth Arts Centre (Plymouth) andReading Film Theatre (Reading). The 54 cinemasshared €883,500 between them in 2012.

Recipient Award (€)

54 cinemas in the UK 883,500

883,500

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Distribution and exhibition

€883,500Total MEDIA funding awarded to

Europa Cinemas UK members in 2012

“The support and funding we have receivedfrom the MEDIA programme, and in particularfrom our membership of the Europa Cinemasnetwork, has been a vital component in allowingus to develop a really diverse and exciting filmprogramme at the Showroom. We have builtaudience trust in our range of European filmsover an extended period, which would havebeen difficult to achieve without the network.Showcomotion, our annual film festival foryoung people, has consistently presented thebest European children’s films to a family audi-ence in Sheffield. It was only possible to buildthe festival to the present level with MEDIAinvestment in the early development stages.”Ian Wild, Chief Executive, Showroom cinema and exhibition centre

Untouchable(Intouchables), directed by Olivier Nakache andEric Toledano, was the best performingfilm in the EuropaCinemas network inthe UK and acrossEurope in 2012.

€737,103 Total MEDIA VoD/DCD scheme funding

awarded to UK services in 2012

Aldeburgh Cinema, Aldeburgh • Barbican Cinema, London• BFI Southbank, London • Broadway, Nottingham • Cambridge ArtsPicturehouse, Cambridge • Cameo, Edinburgh • Chapter, Cardiff• Chelsea Cinema, London • Chichester Cinema at New Park, Chichester• Ciné Lumière, London • Cinema City, Norwich • Cornerhouse,Manchester • Curzon Mayfair, London • Curzon Soho, London• DCA Cinema, Dundee • Derby Quad Cinema, Derby • Duke of York’sPicturehouse, Brighton • Eden Court Theatre, Inverness • Filmhouse,Edinburgh • Forum Cinema, Northampton • Glasgow Film Theatre,Glasgow • Gloucester Guildhall, Gloucester • Hyde Park Picturehouse,Leeds • ICA Cinema, London • Ipswich Film Theatre, Ipswich• Light House, Wolverhampton • Ludlow Assembly Rooms, Ludlow

• mac birmingham, Birmingham • Phoenix Cinema, London • Phoenix Picturehouse, Oxford • Phoenix Square, Leicester• Picturehouse at FACT, Liverpool • Pictureville, Bradford • Plymouth ArtsCentre, Plymouth • Queens Film Theatre, Belfast • Reading Film Theatre,Reading • Renoir, London • Richmond Filmhouse, Richmond • Rio Cinema,London • Riverside Studios, London • Saffron Screen, Saffron Walden• Shortwave, London • Showroom, Sheffield • Stoke Film Theatre,Stoke-on-Trent • Strode Film Theatre, Street • The Barn Cinema,Dartington • The Courtyard, Hereford • The Gate, London• The Gulbenkian Theatre, Canterbury • The Lexi Cinema, London• Tricycle Cinema, London • Tyneside Cinema, Newcastle • WatermansArts Centre, Brentford • Watershed Media Centre, Bristol

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Barbican Cinemas 2 and 3, London © Sidd Khajuria

Chapter, Cardiff The Cameo, Edinburgh Derby QUAD cinema, Derby © Graham Lucas Commons

The Lexi Cinema, London

UK cinemas in the Europa Cinemas network

Development

In 2012 UK production companies secured€1,757,565 worth of MEDIA DevelopmentFunding.

Slate FundingSix UK production companies shared almost €1 million MEDIA funding to support slates ofprojects, including Daybreak Pictures, RevolutionFilms, Wildgaze Films & Film and MusicEntertainment.

Production company Genre(s) Award (€)

Daybreak Pictures Fiction 188,510

Dinamo Productions Animation 150,000

Film & Music Entertainment Fiction/Documentary 166,392

Revolution Films Fiction 190,000

Wellington Films Fiction 143,622

Wildgaze Films Fiction 119,410

957,934

€1,757,565 Total MEDIA Development funding awarded

to UK production companies in 2012

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Production companies

“The funding that Revolution Films hasreceived from MEDIA has been a vital lifeline inthe current economic climate. It has allowed usto continue developing and evolving as anindependent company. I think MEDIA leads theway in how to best help the sustainability offilm production companies in Europe. Longmay it continue.”

Andrew Eaton, Producer, Revolution Films

Hyde Park on Hudson,directed by Roger Michell, was developed withMEDIA funding andcompleted in 2012.Image courtesy ofNicola Dove© 2012 FocusFeatures LLC. All rights reserved.

Byzantiumdirected by Neil Jordan, was developed with MEDIA funding andreleased in 2013.

Kon Tiki,directed by Joachim Roenning and Espen Sandberg,was developed withMEDIA funding andnominated for theAcademy Award forBest Foreign Film in2013. Image courtesy of Carl Christian Raabe © Recorded PictureCompany.

Single Project FundingThe Single Project funding scheme awarded support to 19 UK production companies for thedevelopment of animation, documentary anddrama projects in 2012, including CutlassProductions’ animation Royo and Bopp, WarpFilms’ fiction Tommy Simpson: Put Me Back OnMy Bike, and Old Street Films’ documentary TheHottest Place on Earth.

Production company Project Category Award (€)

Altered Image Films Lust for Life Fiction 60,000

Amber Film and Photography Collective Unredacted Documentary 10,900

Aprroaching Fish Productions Three Way Week Fiction 50,000

Bard Entertainments The Last Poet Documentary 20,000

Cutlass Productions Royo and Bopp Animation 24,999

Faction Films Gaddafi's Girls Documentary 50,000

Fiction Factory Mathias/Hinterland Fiction 45,000

Ipso Facto Films This Beautiful Fantastic Fiction 40,000

King Rollo Films Pecanpals Animation 53,462

Miraj Films The Hurricanes Fiction 25,000

Mosaic Films Nothing to Envy Animation 80,000

Old Street Films The Hottest Place on Earth Documentary 25,000

Pathchwork Productions Nitrate Fiction 24,921

Rainmark Films Two The Mitfords Fiction 60,000

Red Bird Media Special Documentary 26,884

The Salt Company Dolphin: A 3D Adventure Documentary 60,000

Thin Man Films Mike Leigh Turner Project Fiction 60,000

Warp Films Tommy Simpson: Put Me Back On My Bike Fiction 50,000

Webra Multimedia Schoolday Documentary 33,465

799,631

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“The Single Project development funding wereceived from MEDIA has enabled King RolloFilms to put together a trailer and bible inrecord time - a lifeline for us as a smaller company with big ambition and passion forour project. Thanks to the grant, we have beenable to work with co-creators of the highestquality, delivering a project that is ready formarket. None of this would have happenedwithout the advice and continued support ofMEDIA Desk UK.”Leo Nielsen, Managing Director, King Rollo Films

Bel Ami, directed by Declan Donnellanand Nick Ormerod,was developed withMEDIA funding andreleased in 2012.Image courtesy ofStudioCanal.

i2i Audiovisual

One UK producer successfully applied to theMEDIA i2i Audiovisual scheme which helps withthe costs of financing a film project. RuairiRobinson’s Sci-Fi thriller The Last Days on Mars,which received funding from the scheme in2012, has gone on to see its world premiere atthe 2013 Cannes Film Festival Directors'Fortnight, whilst producer Andrea Cornwell wasselected for European Film Promotion’s MEDIA-funded initiative, Producers on the Move.

Production company Project Award (€)

Qwerty Films Ltd The Last Days on Mars 50,000

50,000

Interactive projects

MEDIA provides funding for the development ofinteractive projects that complement an existingtraditional audiovisual project, or a project in development. In 2012 the Interactive Projectsscheme invested €85,075 in a single UK interactive media company: Nexus Productions.

Developer Project Award (€)

Nexus Productions Radio Jones: Roboteer 85,075

85,075

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Production companies

The Last Dayson Mars, produced by Qwerty Films,received MEDIA i2i Audiovisual funding in 2012. Photograph by NickWall.

Radio Jones:Roboteer, developed by Nexus Productions,received MEDIAfunding forInteractive Projectsin 2012.

“The Last Days on Mars was an ambitious project from the start: the goal being to bringin an internationally competitive, high spec filmon a modest budget. The i2i Audiovisual funding from MEDIA simplified and streamlined things and, crucially, contributedto our financial solvency so we could maintainthe production's momentum. More than just asubsidy, the funding represented an opportunity for us: to focus, to move the project forward, and to deploy funds wherethey were most needed. We are looking forward to an end of year, worldwide release.We are very proud of the film and feel that thewarm and enthusiastic reaction from audiencesand buyers alike is vindication that we haveachieved our goal. We are very grateful toMEDIA's i2i funding for its vital role in this."Michael Kuhn, Qwerty Films

TV Broadcasting

MEDIA also helps to produce television programmes for international distribution. In 2012 UK television producers received over €1.8 million to co-finance international animation, documentary and drama programmes. These included Tigerlily Films’ documentary The Lovers and the Despot,Rebuilding Noah's Ark by Blink Entertainmentand children’s animation programme, Boj andBuddies, by Pesky Productions.

Production company Project Award (€)

Pesky Productions Boj and Buddies 500,000

Blink Entertainment Rebuilding Noah's Ark 218,803

Urban Canyons Samurai Headhunters 275,766

Luna W Limited Exercise of Life 265,653

Fiction Factory Hinterland/Mathias 500,000

Tigerlily Films The Lovers and the Despot 63,684

1,823,906

The Lovers andthe Despot, produced by Tigerlily Films,received MEDIA TVBroadcasting funding in 2012.

€1,823,906 Total MEDIA TV Broadcasting funding

awarded to UK producers in 2012

€85,075Total MEDIA Interactive Projects funding

awarded to UK companies in 2012

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Boj and Buddies, by Pesky Productions,received MEDIA TVBroadcasting fundingin 2012. Image courtesy ofDavid Hodgson.

SamuraiHeadhunters, produced by Urban Canyons,received MEDIA TVBroadcasting funding in 2012.

“Cross-media is the word on everybody’s lipsbut it is difficult to come across funding thatengages with this meaningfully. MEDIA’sInteractive scheme is innovative and up-to-datewith the industry’s needs. Our MEDIA granthas proven invaluable in allowing us to develop the Radio Jones: Roboteer conceptconfidently and broaden the world of our animated creation to a wider, digital, interactive space.”Chris O'Reilly, Writer and Producer, Nexus Productions

Film students

MEDIA recognises the fundamental role that training plays in the film industry and annually invests around €2 million in encouraging networking and shared projectsamong the students of various European filmschools. In 2012 the Initial Training scheme waskeenly utilised by three UK film schools, and theLondon Film School received funding for twocourses: the sixth edition of the European LowBudget Film Forum and the second year of theirmarketing and distribution skills course, MakingWaves.

Organisation Training scheme Award (€)

Edinburgh Napier University ENGAGE V 150,000

London International Film School European Low Budget

Film Forum 67,500

London International Film School Making Waves 67,500

University of Wales, Newport Transform@lab 83,129

368,129

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Skills development

“MEDIA Initial Training support for ENGAGEhas been invaluable in allowing us and ourpartners in Ireland, Estonia and Finland to helpyoung filmmakers take their first steps towards international collaboration.

MEDIA has backed us since 2008 and throughthis we have been able to connect more than150 new writers, producers and directors fromacross Europe, enabling them to experiencethe process not just of developing film andtelevision projects, but also building a networkof emerging professionals that they will drawon in years to come.

With this scheme, MEDIA funding has helpedus to set a great many industry professionalson an ambitious path.

Our graduates can be found everywhere fromscreening their films at this year’s Berlin FilmFestival, to co-ordinating distribution for theBritish Film Institute, or winning the bestscreenplay award in Athens.”

Robin MacPherson, Director, Edinburgh Napier University

€368,129 Total MEDIA Initial Training funding

invested in UK projects in 2012

Transform@lab,a course run by theUniversity of Wales,Newport, received MEDIAInitial Training funding in 2012.Photo by Hannah Trott.

Continuous Training

Each year MEDIA supports more than 60 international professional training programmes,which teach industry skills ranging from marketing to script development and new technologies to finance.

2012 saw five UK training providers successfullysecure MEDIA funding for their initiatives including, for the first time, ENTER Training for Financiers, run by Peacefulfish.

Organisation Training scheme Award (€)

Independent Cinema Office Developing Your Film Festival 2013 - 2014 43,604

National Film and Television School Inside Pictures 2013 212,716

Peacefulfish ENTER - Training for Professionals 60,044

Power to the Pixel The Pixel Lab 210,000

Seize the Media Transmedia Next: Storytelling in the 21st Century 50,000

576,364

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“MEDIA has co-financed our ENTER trainingseries and funded the ‘Training Financiers forthe Content Industry’ course in 2012. With thissupport we have been able to match MEDIA’sown goal, improving the competitiveness ofthe European film industry, by helping thosethat are not yet active in the sector to identifyfinancing and investment opportunities and tobetter evaluate risks.

MEDIA’s Continuous Training initiative meansthat, as film professionals we can help thefinance sector meeting demand and needsfrom our industry.”

Thierry Baujard, CEO, Peacefulfish

€576,364 Total MEDIA Continuous Training funding

invested in UK courses in 2012

Power to the Pixel’sThe Pixel Labreceived MEDIAContinuous Trainingfunding in 2012. © Peter Himsel

The National Film and Television School’s Inside Picturescourse received MEDIAContinuous Trainingfunding in 2012.

The IndependentCinema Office’sDeveloping YourFilm Festivalworkshop receivedMEDIA ContinuousTraining funding in2012. Image courtesy of theMotovun Film Festival.

Audiovisual Festivals

MEDIA helps to expand audiences for Europeanfilm by supporting festivals devoted to showcasing European audiovisual content. The funded festivals take place all over Europe.Two UK festivals were awarded MEDIA grants in2012: Bristol Encounters and Leeds InternationalFilm Festival.

Organisation Festival Award (€)

Leeds City Council Leeds International Film Festival 29,000

Encounters Festivals Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival 26,482

55,482

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Markets and festivals

EncountersShort Film and AnimationFestivalreceived MEDIAAudiovisual Festivalsfunding in 2012.

LeedsInternationalFilm Festival received MEDIAAudiovisual Festivalsfunding in 2012.

€55,482 Total MEDIA funding invested in

UK festivals in 2012

Access to Markets

MEDIA offers support to a wide variety of networking events, festivals and markets to promote European audiovisual works and facilitate the mobility of professionals. The support can take various forms, such as the MEDIA Stand, which offers reduced accreditation and hosting to European independent producers at major film markets in Berlin and Cannes.

Through its Access to Markets schemeMEDIA also offers funding to companies whichorganise industry events, markets, pitchingforums, etc.

In 2012 four UK organisations were awardedMEDIA Access to Markets funding for theirevents. These were: Power to the Pixel’s PixelMarket, Film London’s Production FinanceMarket, held during the BFI London Film Festival,Sheffield Doc/Fest’s MeetMarket, and the BritishDocumentary Film Foundation’s Good PitchEurope.

Organisation Event Award (€)

BRITDOC Foundation Good Pitch Europe 2013 75,000

Sheffield International MeetMarket 2012 129,721

Documentary Festival

Film London Production Finance Market 2012 88,733*

Power to the Pixel The Pixel Market 82,646*

376,100

* Estimate for second year funding based on 2011 figures.

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The MEDIA Standat MIPTV 2012 © Cecoforma

€376,100 Total MEDIA Access to Markets funding

invested in UK events in 2012

BRITDOCFoundation’s Good Pitch Europereceived MEDIAAccess to Marketsfunding in 2012.

“Power to the Pixel is delighted to have beenawarded MEDIA funding over the past four years.Through co-financing The Pixel Market and ThePixel Lab, MEDIA supports our network of professionals active in innovative, cutting-edgeareas such as cross-platform, digital and interactive media. For us, this represents a pivotalway to help media professionals optimise the visibility, the value and sales of their work. It creates a solid foundation of support as well as aunique and impressive showcase of some of theworld's most innovative media projects. Knowingthat MEDIA is behind us in creating this network,we can confidently let media companies and filmmakers out there know that we are here tohelp them - to improve their skills, to connect tonew collaborators, financiers and audiences, andto create a strong and unique voice in the industry."Liz Rosenthal, CEO and founder, Power to the Pixel

Promotional events

The MEDIA Access to Markets scheme also funds European Film Promotion (EFP), an umbrella organisation that facilitates workingrelationships between Europe’s national film promotion organisations. EFP organises manyevents, including Shooting Stars, a showcase ofEurope’s acting talent at the Berlin InternationalFilm Festival, and Producers on the Move, whichis held at the Cannes Film Festival.

The UK’s Shooting Star in 2012 was Riz Ahmed,who has starred in Ben Drew’s iLL Manors andChris Morris’ Four Lions. The UK producer selected to take part in Producers on the Move in 2012 was Tracy O'Riordan from MoonspunFilms. She recently worked on Clio Bernard’s The Selfish Giant which has won the 2013Europa Cinemas Label.

European Film Awards

Every year the 2,700 members of the EuropeanFilm Academy (EFA) vote to choose the winner ofits annual awards from 40-50 selected films. In2012 the 25th European Film Awards were heldin Malta. Michael Haneke’s Amour, which wasreleased in the UK by Artificial Eye with MEDIAsupport, took four prizes including European Filmand European Director.

The two UK films to receive nods from votingEFA members included Shame, which picked upboth the European Editor award for Joe Walkerand the Carlo di Palma EuropeanCinematographer award for Sean Bobbitt. TinkerTailor Soldier Spy was also successful, takinghome the European Production Designer awardfor Maria Djurkovic and the European Composeraward for Alberto Iglesias. The UK’s Dame HelenMirren received the European Achievement inWorld Cinema award.

In 2012 all films honoured at the European FilmAwards, as well as the ceremony itself, receivedsupport from the MEDIA Programme.

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Promotion and festivals

Shame, directed by Steve McQueen, won the EFA cinematography and editing awards in 2012.

EFP's Producers on the Move2012 in Cannes, including the UK'sTracey O'Riordan © Kurt Krieger

EFP's ShootingStars 2012 on thered carpet of theBerlianle Palast © Markus Nass

Film Sales Support

MEDIA also offers financial support for the promotion of films through European FilmPromotions (EFP)’s Film Sales Support scheme.Film Sales Support enables producers and salesagents to promote their films at key festivals andmarkets around the world, including SundanceFilm Festival in the USA and FILMART in Hong Kong.

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€64,367 Total EFP Film Sales Support funding

invested in UK companies and films in 2012

Sales company Film Event Award (€)

Protagonist Pictures Searching for Sugarman Sundance 4,864

What Richard Did Toronto 5,000

The Salt Company Grabbers Sundance 4,934

High Point Films The Perfect Stranger Shanghai 2,264

AV Pictures Jump Toronto 1,340

Bankside Films Everyday Toronto 2,075

ill Manors Toronto 3,521

Ealing Metro International Wasteland Toronto 3,551

HanWay Films London, The Modern Babylon Toronto 1,246

Great Expectations Toronto 5,000

Kon-Tiki Toronto 2,500

Nakba FilmWorks A World Not Ours Toronto 4,828

West End Films Byzantium Toronto 5,000

Love Bite American Film Market 5,000

Studiocanal (France) All in Good Time FILMART 1,273

Doc & Film International The Pervert's Guide to Ideology Toronto 5,000

Bac Films Distribution Shell Asian Film Market 1,377

Le Pacte The Patience Stone Asian Film Market 2,272

Celluloid Dreams Breathing Earth 1,664

The Comedian American Film Market 1,660

64,367

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Pilot Projects

The Pilot Projects scheme aims to ensure that the audiovisual industry adapts to market developments, particularly through the introduction and utilisation of information and communication technologies. Funding is provided for the pilot phase of projects aiming todevelop new ways of creating, distributing and promoting European audiovisual content.

Company Project Award (€)

Portal Entertainment Immersion Go: A Storytelling

Platform for the Digital Age 188,452

188,452

The Circulation of Films in the Digital Era initiative aims to investigate innovative strategies for the dissemination of Europeanfilms, so that they can cross national borders andreach wider audiences more easily.

In 2012 €2 million was allocated to threeEuropean projects that will test the potential benefits of the simultaneous cross-border releases of European films on a range of platforms such as cinema screenings, video-on-demand, DVDs, festivals or television channels.€695,500 was awarded to the EDAD (EuropeanDay-and-Date) project, led by UK distributor Artificial Eye.

Company Project Co-Beneficiaries Award (€)

Artificial Eye EDAD Gutek Films (PL),

Rezo Films (FR),

Match Factory (DE),

Golem (SP),

Cineart (BENELUX) 695,500

695,500

New technologies Circulation of Films in the Digital Era

€188,452 Total Pilot Projects funding invested

in UK companies in 2012

‘MEDIA has brought great advantages toArtificial Eye over the years, consistently backing us through its distribution schemesand funding Curzon on Demand. Now theEDAD project really shows MEDIA’s lastingvalue as it supports us in testing ideas for the future. We have been empowered to experiment with new possibilities for distribution, working with partners in Poland,France, Germany and Spain. The DigitalCirculation initiative makes room for researchand flexibility. As practitioners we rely heavilyon funds that support us in trialling new models, so we can draw informed conclusionson how best to forge ahead.’

Louisa Dent, Managing Director, Artificial Eye

MEDIA in the UK 2012 is a MEDIA Desk UK publication. For more information, please contact:

www.mediadeskuk.eu

MEDIA Desk UKAgnieszka Moody, Alice Goody-Lawrence and Francesca Walkerc/o BFI21 Stephen StreetLondon W1T 1LN020 7173 3221 england@mediadeskuk.eu

MEDIA Antenna WalesJudy Wasdell c/o Creative Industries, Welsh Government QED Centre, Main Avenue Treforest Estate Pontypridd CF37 5YR 0300 061 5637wales@mediadeskuk.eu

MEDIA Antenna ScotlandEmma Valentine c/o Creative Scotland 249, West George Street Glasgow G2 4QE 0141 302 1776 scotland@mediadeskuk.eu

Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival received MEDIA Audiovisual Festivals funding in 2012. Photo by Jon Craig