Digital Film Archive Fund

The Digital Film Archive Fund is a UK Film Council Lottery fund set up to increase public access to regional screen heritage. The South West has £276,000 available to award over two years from 2008 to 2010 to support innovative programmes which will ensure wider access to screen heritage. Used strategically, the money will ensure that access to screen heritage is provided to as many people as possible through a variety of platforms (for example screenings, festivals, online, and public spaces). For more detailed information please click here.

What are we looking for
We are looking for applications for ambitious proposals from education projects working with specific target groups to large-scale screening programmes for general audiences. We are looking for projects which address two main objectives:

• Delivering widespread public access to screen heritage
  Ensuring that access is provided to as many people as possible through a variety of platforms (for example screenings, festivals, online, in public spaces) and through developing key strategic partnerships;
• Creating widespread public value from access to screen heritage and evidence supporting it
  Ensuring that the many public benefits of our screen heritage are recognised and evidenced. Demonstrating the public value which comes from using screen heritage content in different ways will encourage future investment and partnerships, supporting longer term stability for film archives.

Projects will need to be completed by March 2011. As a guideline, the maximum size of a grant will be £50,000 and the minimum £3,000. The average award will be between £15,000 and £30,000.

How to apply

Please note that the deadline for applications has now passed.

If you have been invited to submit a second stage application, please log into your account to access the application form.

Please click here to read the application guidelines.

Applications do not need to be completed in one sitting - you can save the form at any time and return to it at a later date by logging into your account. If you encounter any problems with the online applications service please contact us.

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