Festivals and Digitalization

Digital technology is forever changing and new opportunities are emerging all the time. How can film festivals get to grips with this rapidly changing scene and find what works for them? Virtually a Reality: Digitising Your Festival, supported by Film London at this year's LFF, is an opportunity for you to hear, think about and share how new technology can complement – or even transform – your festival.

Film - Creative Economy - Programmes - NESTA

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Digital Innovation in Film is a new initiative from NESTA and the UK Film Council, which is helping to drive growth in British independent film companies by encouraging them to take better advantage of new technologies.
How it works

The independent film companies have been paired up with specialist partners, who are helping them to develop the content, marketing and digital distribution potential of their films. Our two partner teams are Huge Entertainment, and MTM London and Illumina Digital.

Each company will receive a specially tailored programme of financial/business planning support to help them identify and deliver opportunities for new forms of distribution. The business support programme is designed to improve each company’s potential for growth and investment.
Take 12 Digital Innovation Guide

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We've pulled together our interim findings from Take 12 in our 'Take 12: Digital Innovation Guide'.

The guide is a collection of emerging lessons on how to exploit new digital technologies to drive growth in British independent film companies.
Successful film participants

Together with the UK Film Council, we’ve selected 12 independent film companies from 50 entries. The successful participants are at different stages in the business lifecycle, ranging from incorporating film production, through to distribution and sales."