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Film London is delighted to announce the return of the Film London Production Finance Market 2025 (PFM). Set to take place on 7th & 8th October, at The Thistle in London’s Marble Arch, applications are now open.
The 2024 edition of PFM saw 61 feature film projects presented with a total production value of around €290.38 million. The Market attracted over 190 attendees from across the globe, facilitating 862 meetings with delegates from 12 different countries.
Now in its 19th year, the Production Finance Market 2025 will welcome attendees to make those all-important creative and business conversations face to face.
Various projects from the 2024 edition have already reported offers made and financiers boarded as a result of the PFM. Previous New Talent Strand project Cactus Pears (2022) premiered at Sundance this year and won the Grand Jury Prize, World Cinema Dramatic. Other festival successes for New Talent Strand projects include: Grand Theft Hamlet (2023) winner of SXSW Grand Jury Award, Best Feature Documentary, Last Swim (2020) premiered at Berlin 2024 and won the Generation 14+ Crystal Bear Award, and The Ceremony (2021) premiered at the Edinburgh International Film Festival, 2024 and won the Sean Connery Prize for Feature Filmmaking.
Independent films are an essential part of the UK production ecosystem, providing the space to air fresh voices, and the recent introduction of the new tax credit for films with budgets up to £15m is an important piece of the financing jigsaw. Film London’s Production Finance Market – now in its 19th year – has continued to evolve and respond to the current needs of the industry. PFM is perfectly situated to foster conversations and stimulate more international investment and international co-production for some truly great projects, enforcing London’s reputation as a centre for the global film and screen content business.Adrian Wootton OBE, Chief Executive of Film London
Film London’s Production Finance Market is an annual two-day financing event for independent film held during the BFI London Film Festival. The market connects filmmakers and financiers from across the globe through one-to-one meetings as a way to navigate potential business partners and investment. The main strand accommodates feature film projects from established producers, including Animation, with budgets above €1m, while the New Talent strand specifically targets filmmakers on their first feature. Documentaries are also welcome to apply and films reflecting a range of diverse perspectives and stories are positively encouraged.
The 2025 edition will continue its international partnerships with EAVE, Australia/NZ with Melbourne, Hessen Film, The Netherlands Film Commission, IFF@TIFF/Ontario Creates, Tallinn Black Nights and South Africa’s National Film & Video Foundation. Further partnerships to be announced.
The Market is supported by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), the Mayor of London, the BFI (awarding National Lottery Funding), and takes place during the BFI London Film Festival. Applications for the PFM close on 7th July 2025.
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Ahead of PFM, new talent applicants can register to attend a PFM New Talent Roundtable. The Zoom meetings will be held every Tuesday at 2pm throughout the PFM application window answering questions potential applicants have about how to apply. To register, visit: