The numbers
Total investment: £12,869,580
Number of films: 19
Number which were debut films: 10
Number which were second films: 4
Our average investment: £750k
Average production budget: £3.3m
On average our investment accounted for 22% of the total production budget
The numbers for directorial debuts
Total investment in debuts: £6,222,000
Our average investment: £755k
Average production budget: £2.1m
On average our investment in debut features accounted for 35% of the total production budget
| Filmmaker identifies as | Writers | Directors | Producers |
|---|---|---|---|
Female | 47% | 53% | 53% |
Underrepresented ethnicity | 21% | 21% | 5% |
LGBTQ+ | 26% | 37% | 21% |
Disabled | 5% | 0% | 0% |
| Filmmaker identifies as | |
|---|---|
| Female | 50 |
| Underrepresented ethnicity | 30 |
| LGBTQ+ | 50 |
| Disabled | 0 |
The films
After Love
Director-writer: Aleem Khan
Producer: Matthieu de Braconier
Ammonite
Director-writer: Francis Lee
Producers: Iain Canning, Fodhla Cronin O’Reilly
Censor
Director: Prano Bailey-Bond
Writers: Prano Bailey-Bond and Anthony Fletcher
Producer: Helen Jones
Herself (fka Owned)
Director: Phyllida Lloyd
Writers: Clare Dunne, Malcolm Campbell
Producers: Rory Gilmartin, Ed Guiney, Sharon Horgan
Limbo
Director-writer: Ben Sharrock
Producer: Angus Lamont
Little Joe
Director: Jessica Hausner
Writers: Jessica Hausner and Geraldine Bajard
Producers: Bertrand Faivre, Gerardine O’Flynn, Bruno Wagner, Martin Gschlacht, Jessica Hausner, Philippe Bober
Lynn + Lucy
Director-writer: Fyzal Boulifa
Producer: Camilla Bray
Misbehaviour
Director: Philippa Lowthorpe
Writers: Gaby Chiappe, Rebecca Frayn
Producers: Suzanne Mackie, Sarah Wheale
Molly
Director-writer: Sally Potter
Producer: Christopher Sheppard
Saint Maud
Director-writer: Rose Glass
Producers: Andrea Cornwell, Oliver Kassman
Scheme Birds (doc)
Director-writers: Ellen Fiske, Ellinor Hallin
Producers: Ruth Reid, Mario Adamson
Sorry We Missed You
Director: Ken Loach | Writer Paul Laverty
Producer: Rebecca O’Brien
Summerland
Director-writer: Jessica Swale
Producers: Guy Heeley, Adrian Sturges
Surge
Director: Aneil Karia
Writesr: Aneil Karia, Rita Kalnejais, Rupert Jones
Producers: Julia Godzinskaya, Sophie Vickers
The Last Tree
Director-writer: Shola Amoo
Producers: Myf Hopkins, Lee Thomas
The Power
Director-writer: Corinna Faith
Producers: Rob Watson, Matthew Wilkinson
The Show
Director: Mitch Jenkins | Writer: Alan Moore
Producers: Mike Elliott, Jim Mooney, Tom Brown
Two For Joy (completion)
Director-writer: Tom Beard
Producers: Emma Comley, Sadie Frost
Rocks (formerly untitled Girls film)
Director: Sarah Gavron
Writers: Theresa Ikoko, Claire Wilson
Producers: Faye Ward, Ameenah Ayub Allen
Footnotes
[1] The BFI Doc Society Fund supported an additional 18 documentary features.
[2] Does not include £1,017,050 from Doc Society for 18 documentary features, plus £654,629 enhancements to existing productions.
[3] Average investment for debuts does not include funding for Documentary or Completion funding – therefore the amount £755k is the average investment in eight films.
[4] Figures derived from self-declared data taken from monitoring forms.
[5] Credits in alphabetical order.