Scottish Screen allocates National Lottery funds in Scotland to develop feature scripts, help move them into production and to invest in feature production. It invests in shorts, low budget and medium budget features.

Funding for developing scripts and productions is often delivered through partnering film schemes in order to provide wide opportunities for filmmakers. Such partner schemes include;

Archive Live - a new scheme to promote the creative use of materials held in the Scottish Screen Archive

Bridging the Gap - a film scheme for creative documentary

Cineworks - Scotland's entry level short film scheme

Fast Forward Features - for the creation of feature length drama

New Found Land - a television production scheme

New Found Films - to support two feature-length dramas

Tartan Shorts - Scotland's most established short film production scheme

Tartan Smalls - for production of new work for children

This Scotland - a digital documentary production scheme.

Scottish Screen allocates about £3m per year for film production through National Lottery funds under the following schemes;

Feature Production Funding (including Twenty First Films)

Short Film Production Funding

Company Development Funding

Project Development Funding

Script Development Funding

Short Film Award Scheme

Distribution and Exploitation Support.

Further details about all of the schemes, including current deadlines and applications forms, can be downloaded from the Scottish Screen website.

See also Information Department, Scottish Screen and Scottish Screen Archive.