UK Global Screen Fund: International Business Development
British Film Institute
What it funds
UKGSF International Business Development provides non-recoupable grants for international growth strategies that span three or five years. The funding will support UK companies to develop and expand their turnover and scale of Intellectual Property (IP) creation, exploitation or acquisition.
Who can apply
UK Global Screen Fund: International Business Development | BFIUKGSF International Business Development is open to independent UK screen companies with a track record in creating, acquiring, and/or exploiting IP in at least one of the following categories: feature films – fiction, documentary, animation – for theatrical and/or online release programmes – fiction, documentary, animation – for broadcast television, video-on-demand services or other forms of online release interactive narrative video games for commercial digital platforms, generating revenue from the public consumer market
How to apply
UK Global Screen Fund: International Business Development | BFI
Last checked against the official source: 20 Jul 2026. Scheme parameters are set by the funder and can change — verify before applying, or let us do it for you.
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