FLAMIN Productions is now open for applications until 31 March 2025.

Part of Film London Artists’ Moving Image Network (FLAMIN), FLAMIN Productions aims to support the most exciting, innovative and challenging moving image projects with development and production finance.

FLAMIN Productions is the only scheme of its kind in the UK. It commissions new, important and substantial moving image artworks that are ambitious in premise and approach, with an emphasis on projects that have strong potential for national and international exhibition and distribution.

In 2025, FLAMIN Productions will be investing production funding through an award of £40,000 for one project.

Later this year, FLAMIN Productions will be launching a new Finishing Fund, awarding up to £10,000 each for two moving image projects that require post-production funding, with two application windows in 2025. Details will be announced in April 2025.

The Award

The selected artist will receive:

• £40,000 Production Funding for a new moving image work (inclusive of artist fees)
• £1,000 Development Fee towards artist time during the development phase
• £1,000 to cover development support or advice from external collaborators
• Support from FLAMIN team and other Film London staff for advice and guidance at all stages of development and production

Application Process

• Stage 1: A short online application from which up to 6 artists will be selected.
• Stage 2: Up to 6 artists invited to submit a more detailed application and project description, and will be invited to attend an interview. They will each be given a fee of £200. Interview questions will be shared in advance.

Key Dates

• 5pm, Monday 31 March 2025
  • Deadline for Stage 1 applications. We are unable to accept any applications received after this time.

• Tuesday 6 May 2025
  • Shortlist of 6 artists will be invited to submit to Stage 2

• 5pm, Tuesday 27 May 2025
  • Deadline for Stage 2 applications

• Week commencing Monday 02 June 2025
  • Interviews with shortlisted applicants

• Selected film projects need to be completed by December 2026 or before

Eligibility Criteria

• Applicants who have been making moving image work and practicing professionally within the art world for over five years since graduation or equivalent. (Applicants do not need to have engaged in higher education to be eligible for the programme).
• Applicants with a track record of producing moving image work that has been exhibited or distributed and reached significant audiences.
• Applicants whose main address is in England.
• Applicants cannot be students at the time of applying and not intending to be students during the development and production period (including full-time and part-time education and PhD research).
• Projects must be at concept stage or in development (the fund is not suitable for production-ready projects or projects part-way through production).

Note: FLAMIN Productions supports visual artists, who have chosen film as their medium, to make new moving image artworks. Though these creative works may be shown in a variety of contexts, including cinemas, the scheme does not support mainstream or genre-led film-making. Film London delivers other commissioning and support schemes for feature film and short film and these may be more appropriate for some projects. Please speak to the FLAMIN Team for advice on eligibility.

Assessment Criteria

Stage 1

We are looking for:

• The most innovative moving image projects which have the potential to push the boundaries of the art form.
• Unique, stand-alone projects with potential and likelihood to reach audiences across a variety of venues and locations (e.g. not site-specific works). Interest from an exhibitor is only required at this initial application stage if you are proposing to develop an installation work.
• Artists whose previous moving image work demonstrates a creative, engaging and distinctive approach to the medium.
• Artists who have the appropriate experience to undertake a project of this scale.
• Moving image works that demonstrate a significant step forward in the artist’s approach towards their practice.

Stage 2

• Projects with strong potential for significant distribution or exhibition (projects must have a confirmation of interest in writing from a distributor or exhibitor at this stage).
• Ambitious, challenging projects that could benefit from the development support and finance offered by FLAMIN Productions, involving significant production-heavy costs and processes (e.g. collaborator fees, technical and equipment costs, animation, edit and post-production).
• Projects with an approach and scale that is feasible within the timeframe.
• Projects must be feasible within the proposed budget and have potential for at least 10% of the overall budget coming from other sources.

How to apply

Stage One applications must be made through the online form at the following link:

Apply here

Application deadline: 5pm, Monday 31 March 2025

The full list of application questions can be found in the Pre-fill application form below.

Useful documents

Click on the links below to download the Guidelines, FAQs (Frequently Asked Questions) and Pre-fill application form documents, which are available in PDF and Word file formats.

Guidelines - PDF | Word doc
FAQs - PDF | Word doc
Pre-fill application form - PDF | Word doc

We advise that you prepare your application using the 'Pre-fill application form', which lists all the questions (with word counts) asked in the online form on Wufoo. The Wufoo platform doesn't allow you to save your progress in the application, so we recommend you prepare your answers in the pre-fill application Word document then copy and paste them into the online form.

Previously commissioned artists

Commissions will form part of a group of works supported through this scheme since 2009 by artists including: Graeme Arnfield, Zarina Bhimji, Sebastian Buerkner, Suki Chan, Phil Coy, Jasmina Cibic, Billy Dosanjh, Steven Eastwood, Michelle Williams Gamaker, Beatrice Gibson, Charlotte Ginsborg, Patrick Goddard, Patrick Hough, Onyeka Igwe, Blaise Kirschner & David Panos, Hilary Koob-Sassen, Mark Leckey, Simon Martin, Ursula Mayer, Noor Afshan Mirza & Brad Butler, Roz Mortimer, Uriel Orlow, Gail Pickering, Elizabeth Price, Laure Prouvost, Rachel Reupke, Ben Rivers, Larissa Sansour, Grace Schwindt, Paul Simon Richards, Sarah Turner, Emily Wardill and Jane & Louise Wilson.

Visit the related links below to find out more about previous FLAMIN Productions projects.

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