BEACONS

APPLICATION FORM

BASIC INFORMATION

Date of Application:
Project Title:

CONTACT DETAILS

Name of Applicant:
Name of Company:
Date of Incorporation:
Type of Company
(e.g. Limited by Guarantee):
Address:
Telephone Number:
Email Address:
Website:
Links to directors’ previous work:
NB: One example must be uploaded to the BFI NETWORK website: http://network.bfi.org.uk
Other (Vimeo, YouTube, WeTransfer etc)
You may, if you wish, provide links to previous work from other members of the creative team (i.e. writer and producer) if it is relevant.
Please provide a short description / logline of the story of your proposed film
(100 words or fewer):

Please provide the following information about your short film:

Fiction / Documentary / Animation / VR / Other (please specify)
Genre (e.g. drama, comedy, thriller, sci-fi etc)
When is your film set?
Where is your film set?
Is the film based on existing material (novel, play etc) ?
Are you the rights holder?
(If yes please attach copy of underlying evidence, if no, please have the rights holder countersign)

TALENT ATTACHED

Please indicate whether they are resident in Wales and or born in Wales, and ensure you have attached a curriculum vitae.

Job Title / Name / Resident / Born / CV
Writer
Director
Producer

Other Crew / HoD’s Attached

(Including collaborations with other art/media/technology professionals in Wales)

Job Title / Name / Resident / Born / CV
Executive Producer
Director of Photography
Editor
Production Designer
Composer

FINANCES

What is the approximate budget of your short film?
How much funding are you requesting from the Beacons short film fund?
OPTIONAL: Do you have any financial partners / co-funding involved in development or production of your project at this stage?
If yes, please provide details in the following format.
Source
Amount
Cash / in kind
Secured?

APPLICATION CHECKLIST

Please enclose (as detailed in the guidelines)
Script (up to 30 minutes in length. For fiction projects, please send a script draft - no outlines or treatments. Animations may send a storyboard, documentaries should send a detailed ‘scriptment’ outlining as far as possible how it is envisaged the story will unfold. Scripts must be in industry standard format, e.g. Final Draft - as PDF or Word doc. Electronic copies only. We cannot accept hard copies except by prior agreement with the Talent NETWORK Manager)
A CV for each member of the creative team
Visual links, in particular to the Director’s previous work (BFI NETWORK profile page, Vimeo, YouTube or similar)
CVs of Talent Attached
Personal Statement from the key Welsh talent (Writer, Director and/or Producer) to include:
-  The stage you are at currently in your professional career and your feature film ambitions.
-  The reasons how and why you would benefit from a Beacons Short Film award.
-  The creative vision for your project and how you intend to render that vision on screen.
-  Style/genre/tone. You might wish to mention filmmakers who inspire you, themes you want to explore. What makes this story original and compelling?
Producers should attach a budget detailing the funding required. (See attached budget template). We are keen to encourage filmmakers from diverse backgrounds. To that end we invite applicants to budget appropriately for hardship and/or access costs to overcome possible diversity barriers.
Evidence of rights ownership or counter signature of the rights holder.

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SIGNATURES AND DECLARATIONS

Please Note:

The information you supply may be held on computer. It may be used to process applications, awards and to prepare statistics.

All National Lottery organisations share information so that they can co-ordinate related applications and recognise discrepancies. Additionally please note that Ffilm Cymru Wales may be required to provide details referring to applications under the Freedom of Information Act.

Ffilm Cymru Wales reserves the right to cancel any application and require repayment of funds if false or incomplete information is supplied.

Please sign to confirm the following

(N.B. The signatory must be the same individual named in Question 3 of the application form):

I confirm that all information provided on this application, and in any material submitted in support of it, is truthful and accurate.

I confirm that all other applications to other distributors of Lottery awards have been declared.

I undertake to inform Ffilm Cymru Wales fully and immediately of any changes affecting this application or related materials.

I confirm I have the authority to make this application on behalf of the applicant organisation.

Name
Signature
Position
Date

CONTACT DETAILS

If you have any queries, or if you would like to discuss any aspect of your project prior to application, please contact:

Jonny Reed, BFI NETWORK Co-Ordinator

02920 766931

BUDGET

(Please complete as appropriate)

Beacons Short Film Fund / Total Budget / Third Party
Non Lottery Contribution
OPTIONAL / Applicant:
Contribution (Please indicate amount, and if cash or in kind)
OPTIONAL / BFI NETWORK:
Amount you are requesting from BEACONS (maximum£15,000)
Writer
Director
Producer
Actors
DOP
Camera & equipment hire
Art department
Make up
Costume
Sound
Composer/Music
Editor
Post production
VFX
Other (please specify)
Total:

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