A £500 million scheme aimed at kick-starting UK film and TV production has been announced. Culture secretary Oliver Dowden said on Wednesday the fund will help companies unable to get coronavirus insurance. The scheme will be used to cover the costs of projects being delayed or abandoned due to issues relating to the virus. Full … Continue reading
An article by Wealth Briefing’s Head of Research Wendy Spires on the investment opportunities available in the UK creative industries sector, post COVID-19. https://www.wealthbriefing.com/html/article.php?id=187912#.XwhMXyhKg2x
Great Point has unveiled plans for the construction of a state-of-the-art film and TV production studio in Buffalo, New York. Earlier this year, Great Point signed a deal with Rich Holdings Inc. to purchase abandoned former factory land on Niagara Street for the proposed film studio. The facility will include two 20,000-square-foot stages and 70,000 … Continue reading
Setting up a production company during lockdown – skip to minute 27 of C21Media‘s latest weekly podcast to hear from Great Point Ventures’ backed entrepreneurs Tom & Emily Dalton about the challenges and opportunities that the current pandemic has thrown at their fledgling business, Factual Fiction. https://www.c21media.net/c21podcasts/covid-19-diaries-kasia-jablonska-chris-bonney-james-durie-emily-tom-dalton/
A year after the worldwide success of the Channel 5 film ‘Agatha and the Truth of Murder’, the North Yorkshire-based husband and wife team behind it – Emily and Tom Dalton – have received backing from Great Point to start a regional production company. FACTUAL FICTION will produce drama, documentary and specialist factual content. Read … Continue reading
City AM recently published the following opinion piece on the creative industries written by Dan Perkins, Managing Director of Great Point Investments. The original article can be found via https://www.cityam.com/britain-must-get-creative-to-shake-off-pandemic-blues/ On Sunday 10th May, Boris Johnson announced the first tentative steps to reopen the British economy after weeks of being in the deep freeze. The … Continue reading
The First Team is a new BBC TV series by the creators of The Inbetweeners. The sitcom follows the mostly off-the-pitch misadventures of three young football players at a fictional Premier League club. The stories focus on their friendship, and these boys from around the world are far less proficient with women, money and social … Continue reading
A well-balanced piece on the current state of the creative industries and the opportunities that lie ahead once production restrictions have been lifted by Peter Evans: “Demand across many industries has evaporated, but there is an almost insatiable appetite for TV and film content from consumers confined to their homes. When the economy starts to … Continue reading
Great Point has invested in Camden Productions, a new independent TV and film production company whose team has a track record of producing multi-award-winning scripted comedy and comedy-drama, including the smash hits This Country and Mrs Brown’s Boys. Our financial investment, as well as our industry expertise will help Camden take advantage of the ever-growing … Continue reading
Great Point’s first venture into interactive film is currently enjoying a hugely successful release across gaming platforms worldwide. THE COMPLEX , a completely live action, interactive sci-fi thriller, backed by an SEIS qualifying company managed by Great Point and filmed in the UK last year, is on release through PC, PS4, Xbox One and Nintendo … Continue reading