£335,000 boost for northwest film industry

North West Vision (NWV), the regional film and TV agency for England’s northwest, has awarded £335,000 of funding to strengthen the film industry in the region.
The annual HAFAD fund supports a variety of activities across the Northwest. This year six new organisations have received support for the first time, including the UK’s second Kurdish Film Festival and a scheme run by the North West Disability Arts Forum (NWDAF) for disabled and deaf filmmakers living in the area.
Funding will also assist the North West Film Archive (NWFA) to rescue and preserve film-moving images from around the Northwest, and provide a platform for issue-based films from Bangladesh and Pakistan.
Seventeen diverse organisations from across the region have received funding to support them with the running of film related projects, festivals and talent development schemes to help create a vibrant, diverse and dynamic film industry in the Northwest.
Alice Morrison, Chief Executive of North West Vision, said: “As the film and TV agency for the Northwest, we are not just concerned with supporting the region’s production industry; we also work to ensure that we give audiences more choice, develop and support creativity and skills across the industry, and encourage public participation in film. We are delighted to award such a wide range of distinctive film organisations and projects all of which we feel will ensure the people in the Northwest can participate or gain enjoyment from.”
The HAFAD fund (which distributes Regional Investment Fund for England RIFE from the UK Film Council) was established in 2005.
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