The BFI has allocated £1.65M to back 11 international co-productions that UK companies are making with overseas counterparts. The cash will come through the BFI’s UK Global Screen Fund and is financed through the UK government’s Department for Culture Media and Sport. The projects range from animated kids’ series Captain Onion’s Buoyant Academy for Wayward Youth, a co-pro between Northern Ireland’s ALT Animation, Scotland’s Wild Child Animation and Ireland’s Studio Meala, through to Rabbit Hayes, a UK minority co-pro feature film based on Anna McPartlin’s ‘The Last Days of Rabbit Hayes’ that brings Forty Foot Pictures together with Ireland’s Feline Films and the Netherlands’ Bind Film. Scotch Verdict (working title) is from Scotland’s Sylph Productions, Germany’s Heimatfilm and Switzerland’s Dschoint Ventschr Filmproduktion. Directed by Sophie Heldman, it is based on the true story of two women who founded a girls’ school in Edinburgh in 1810 and found themselves accused of having a romantic relationship. “This latest round of awards showcases the UK’s truly unique creative talent, with an extraordinary range of projects spanning film and television across documentary, animation and fiction, reaching 57 international co-productions with 34 territories supported by the fund to date,” said Denitsa Yordanova, Head of UK Global Screen Fund and International Funds.
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