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 |
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*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.