Northern Alliance - BFI

Filmmaker activity
On average, each filmmaker produced:
One film a year 2006-2008, rising to two a year in 2008/09, with
Expenditure of approximately £9,000 in the first film, rising to £16,000;
The average duration of these films increased from nine to 12 minutes;
84% of these films were shot digitally.
Exhibition and distribution
Of all of the 101 films in the sample, for the entire period reviewed:
32 screenings at A-list festivals were achieved;
Two high profile awards were won;
Six films were picked up for distribution;
15 were broadcast;
Two were included on reputable DVD labels;
11 are available online;
Only two respondents recorded any revenue from distribution deals, and
the average of these yearly amounts was £550;
Only two respondents recorded revenue from broadcast deals from shorts,
and the average of these yearly amounts was £863.
Career development
One respondent had previously made a feature;
Four have received feature development funding;
Seven have an industry related job;
Ten have received industry recognition;
Five have received public recognition.
Filmmaker interaction with the UK Film Council
Eight of the 21 respondents had received shorts funding from the UK Film
Council. This included:
Six Digital Shorts;
Two Digital Shorts Plus (One Digital Short and Digital Short Plus overlap);
One Completion Fund.
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