Useful film export links
Film Export UK (FEUK)
Film Export UK is the trade body representing UK sales companies.
Cinando
Cinando.com is the database dedicated to cinema industry professionals. It offers an extra large panorama of the film industry: contacts, profiles, film for sale, projects in development, and screening schedules during the main markets
European Film Promotion (EFP)
Established in 1997, EFP is the only existing international organisation active in the worldwide promotion and marketing of European cinema. The EFP network comprises 30 professional organisations from 31 European countries, each with extensive experience in marketing and promoting its own national cinema.
In addition to that primary activity, the organisations under the EFP umbrella also work together on promoting European cinema – and the talent behind it – throughout the world.
UK Trade and Investment (UKTI)
UKTI works with UK-based businesses to ensure their success in international markets. It also encourages the best overseas companies to look to the UK as their global partner of choice.
UK Trade & Investment has provided the UK's creative businesses with a head start in the drive to export services globally, by creating a marketing toolkit that provides a range of valuable resources.
UK Screen Association
UK Screen Association is the trade body which represents and promotes over 140 service companies working in film, commercials and television in the UK.
Directors UK
Directors UK, formerly DPRS, was launched in June 2008 as the single voice of British film and television directors. It is now both a collecting society and campaigning body with over 3,500 members.
Brit Films (British Council)
The British Council Film Department promotes contemporary and innovative UK film to audiences around the world, working in both lead and supporting roles on showcases, workshops, festivals, conferences, tours, residences and virtual projects.
It also collaborates with artists and other cultural organisations: building skills, capacity and cultural awareness, creating access to audiences and markets, and promoting international partnership and creative exchange.
It publishes britfilms.com provides a directory of International Film Festivals, and a directory of British film directors and the British Films Catalogue.
UK Media Desk / MEDIA and Media International
MEDIA is the EU support programme for the European audiovisual industry.
MEDIA co-finances training initiatives for audiovisual industry professionals, the development of production projects (feature films, television drama, documentaries, animation and new media), as well as the promotion of European audiovisual works
Europa Cinemas
Founded in 1992 with funding from the MEDIA programme and from the Centre National de la Cinématographie, Europa Cinemas is the first film theatre network focusing on European films.
Its objective is to provide operational and financial support to cinemas that commit themselves to screen a significant number of European non-national films, to offer events and initiatives as well as promotional activities targeted at Young Audiences and to screen digital European films.
Europa Cinemas is present in more than half of all European towns of more than 150,000 inhabitants.
Regional and National Screen Agencies
The nine Regional Screen Agencies create a clear film strategy for different regions in England. They provide funding for production, screen commissions, cinema exhibition, training, archives and education.
EM Media
Film London
Northwest Vision and Media
Screen East
Screen South
Screen West Midlands
Screen Yorkshire
South West Screen
Northern Film & Media
The three National Screen Agencies are responsible for developing film television and broadcast new media in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
