WAQ74054 (e) Tabled on 09/08/2017

Will the Cabinet Secretary confirm how many projects have, to date, received funding from Wales Screen Fund, when each project received funding, how much each project received, and whether each project has paid that funding back yet?

Answered by Cabinet Secretary for Economy and Transport | Answered on 15/08/2017

Since the introduction of the 2015-20 Wales Screen Fund notification, 21 productions have been awarded a total of £9,475,643 funding, details of which are attached. One project was committed on a repayable basis. These projects have achieved over £75m spend on Welsh Goods and services.

Financial Year of Offer Name of Production  Company Production Title Value of Offer 
2014/15 DNA Films/FX The Bastard Executioner  £2,500,000
2014/15 YJB Films Jack to a King  £  100,000
2014/15 Hartswood Television Ltd Lady Chatterleys Lover  £  125,000
2014/15 Trampires Ltd The Trampires  £  673,784
2014/15 Tiger Aspect (D&F) Ltd Decline and Fall  £  100,000
2014/15 Touchpaper Coming up  £    80,000
2015/16 Sherlock TV Limited Sherlock Season 4  £  240,000
2015/16 Heel Stone Pictures Ltd Crossing the Border  £  201,504
2015/16 Turner Productions Will Season 1  £1,500,000
2015/16 Pinewood The Collection  £   600,000
2015/16 Red & Black Films Don't Knock Twice  £     75,000
2015/16 Vertigo Britannia VFX  £1,100,000 *
2016/17 Toggle Top Toggle Top  £     75,513
2016/17 Cloth Cat Animation Luo Bao Bai  £   225,000
2016/17 Riverstone Pictures (Showdogs) Ltd Showdogs  £   361,842
2016/17 Vox Pictures Keeping Faith  £   328,000 **
2016/17 Green Bay Media Mountains and Life  £     30,000
2016/17 New Pictures Requiem  £   400,000
2016/17 XYZ/Severn Screen Apostle  £   360,000
2017/18 BTK 2016 Ltd Born to Kill  £   200,000
2017/18 World Productions Kiri  £   200,000
 
 



*Production changed location to Europe therefore claim will be substantially smaller at £55k

** Offer made on Repayable basis. The project has not yet entered its repayment period.

 

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