Film London is pleased to announce the line up for this year’s Film London Production Finance Market (PFM). The two day Market will see 117 producers and filmmakers and 68 financiers come together for a series of 1:1 meetings as a way to navigate potential business partners and investment. The event was opened with a keynote from John Graydon, senior partner at Saffery, who discussed how he was heavily involved in the formation of the first UK Tax credits, how they have impacted the industry, and now the latest iteration the IFTC and its opportunity to lift the independent film production industry, in conversation with Judith Chan, Executive Director in Media Banking for Coutts & Co.

The team behind Grand Theft Hamlet will also present a case study about the making of the film. Having attended PFM’s New Talent Strand in 2023, Grand Theft Hamlet premiered at SXSW this year and won the Grand Jury award for Best Documentary Feature, and will have its UK premiere at LFF next week.

The 2023 edition of PFM saw 60 feature film projects presented with a total production value of around €172.66 million. The Market attracted over 190 attendees, facilitating 840 meetings from across the globe with delegates from 15 different countries. Various projects, in addition to Grand Theft Hamlet, have reported offers made and financiers boarded. Festival successes for recent New Talent Strand projects include: Tish (2021) opened Sheffield Doc/Fest last year, Last Swim (2020) premiered at Berlin this year and won the Generation 14+ Crystal Bear and Augure (2019) premiered at Cannes last year and won the New Voice Prize at Un Certain Regard.

Adrian Wootton OBE, Chief Executive of Film London and the British Film Commission, said:

“Film London’s Production Finance Market is instrumental in connecting thousands of filmmakers and financiers, securing finance for some truly great projects and enforcing London’s reputation as a centre for the global film and screen content business.

“Independent films are an essential part of a balanced UK production ecosystem, providing the space to air fresh British voices. The introduction of a new tax credit for films with budgets up to £15m is a game-changer for our sector, with the potential to help independent film and stimulate more international investment and international co-production, and PFM is perfectly situated to foster those conversations and opportunities. We’re delighted to be joined by John Graydon and Judith Chan at this year’s PFM to discuss the ethos behind the tax credits, including the new IFTC. We’re also pleased to welcome the team behind Grand Theft Hamlet for a behind the scenes look at the making of the award winning documentary feature.”

Over the last decade, PFM has introduced 647 projects to financiers, studios and sales agents, with the total value of deals reaching over £254 million. Now in its 18th year, the Production Finance Market 2024 welcomes attendees to make those all-important creative and business conversations face to face.

Titles selected for this year come from the UK, Canada, Australia, the US, Germany, Austria, South Africa, The Netherlands, France, Brazil and Italy. Titles in the Main Market include:

• 48 Films, Shorelines
• Asterisk Films, Hotel Diana
• Auroral Pictures, A Man Apart
• B19 Media, Blindside
• Bêtes Sauvages, Amrit
• Blackwatch Media, The Light Pours Out of Me
• Bosena, Lucky Dog
• Buffalo Gals Pictures, The Evening Chorus
• Carver Films, Out of Bounds
• Codex Media, Operation Sprint
• Conquering Lion Pictures, Half-Blood Blues
• Delta Pictures, Starry Sky Above
• Electric Robot Films, Blood Sea
• Forty Foot Pictures, The Armadillo & The Hawk
• Future Pictures, The Long Ride
• Grack Films, Helicopter
• Hauled Productions, Hauled
• Hazimation/Finite Films & TV, Billy & The Goblin Rebellion
• Hypertrophic Entertainment, Rocketboy
• Independet Artists/Other Parties Productions, One Night in Kabul
• IndieFlip/Becoming Box Films, Anita
• JewelLabs Pictures, The Color of Flesh
• Known Associates Entertainment, Granny Lee
• Kundalini Pictures/On The Road India, Ratcatcher
• Mead Kerr, The Hate Factory
• Misfits Entertainment/Indefinite Films, Girl Next Door
• N279 Entertainment, Emerald Butterfly
• Neopol Film, Kellner & Zapf GbR, Paws
• Ostara Pictures, Mother Knows Best
• Pegasus, Almost Everything That Breaks Bianca
• Pukka Films, Besti
• Snowstorm Productions, Molly Vs The Machines
• StoryScope, Tadpole
• The Film Kitchen, Get Up Stand Up
• Tilt Media & Entertainment, Ray of Sunshine
• Troy TV, The Catch
• Umami Media, Over the Moon
• Urban Apache Films, The May Queen
• Vampires in the Sun, Mission Menelik
• Viking Brothers Entertainment, The Preacher & The Slave

New Talent Strand titles include:

• Audacious Productions, You, Me & the Crying Girl
• Bionica Filmes, The Eyes of Another
• Bridging the Gap Films, The Reykjavik Triangle
• Coconut Monk Films, Vietnam Whiplash
• Curiosity Junction, Beyond the Scar
• Cut To Productions, The Edit
• Funny Bone Pictures, Hue & Cry
• Graceless Productions, Cougar
• Huck, Gaza Sunbirds: Riding for a Dream
• Interakt, Solar
• Leo Nelki Productions, Spaceman in Kongo
• My Accomplice/Born Lost, Son of Lazio
• near/by film, Headless Trees
• Nois Ltd, Blackout
• Retroviseur, Lost for Words
• Story Oasis Development/Blended Films, Bullets and Perms
• Tedium Entertainment, Dead Air
• Triongl, Pijin
• Two Birds Entertainment, The Beetle
• Tyke Films, We Are Dancers

The PFM is an annual two-day financing event for film held during the BFI London Film Festival. The market connects filmmakers and financiers from across the globe. The main strand accommodates feature film projects with budgets above €1m, while the New Talent Strand supports budgets below €1m.

The 2024 edition introduces new partnerships with Ffilm Cymru, S4C and Creative Wales’ Sinema Cymru programme and Hessen Films - and continues its international partnerships with EAVE, MIFF 37 South, The Netherlands Film Fund and Film Commission, Ontario Creates IFF@TIFF, Tallinn Black Nights and South Africa’s National Film & Video Foundation whilst also continuing to work with its Spanish and Italian industry colleagues and others across Europe.

The Market is supported by the Department for Business and Trade (DBT), the Mayor of London, and the National Lottery through the BFI.