Kent Development Fund

(Kent Film Office)Tanya Oliver

Director of Strategic Development & Public Access

Kent Film Offer

• £13m direct income to Kent

• Plus indirect income to Kent

• Tourism

• Film Friendly Agreement

• Road Closure Bill

• Fabulous locations

• Wider Creative Industries

• Maidstone Studios

Kent Development Fund

• Film worth £4.3 bn to UK economy• Creative Industries – one of only growth industries• Link to Digital Age

Region/Country Amount of funding available Funding supplied by

East Midlands £6 million European Development Fund

Isle of Man £50 million Isle of Man Government

Screen Yorkshire £1.2 million per annum Regional Development Agency/Lottery Funding

West Midlands £4 million over 2 years Regional Development Agency/European Development Fund/Government Office for West Midlands

Screen East £2.3m in the year 2007/2008 European Structural Funds

Scottish Screen £2.7m annually Government Funding

North West Vision £1 million in 2008 European Development Fund

Northern Film & Media £1 million for network Television over 2007/2008 European Regional Development Fund

Wales £7 million Welsh Assembly

Northern Ireland £12 million Invest Northern Ireland

Ireland £11.1 million Government Funding

Germany £60 million over 3 years German Federal Film Fund

The Challenge

• Funding in other parts of the UK

• London

• Pinewood

• Road closure ability

• BBC strategic policy

• Limited resources

The Solution

• Strengthen Kent Offer

• Pilot for Movie Map – The Other Boleyn Girl

• Pilot for Development Fund

• £75k – “The Calling”

• £200 Development Fund

• Launched at Edinburgh Festival

• Aimed at: TV programmes that have the potential to return on an annual basis Investing in films that will raise the profile of the county Investing in local talent

And Next….

• Marketing the Kent Film Offer

• Expanding or exploring work on:– Training– Moviemap– Tourism (set-jetting)– Opportunities for young people