Monday, 1 February 2010

Research Task: The Development of Short Film

Maya Vision International is a film and television production company founded in 1983. They specialise in producing original documentaries and dramas for film and television and have a scheme called 'The short film completion fund'. They are well known for working with many founders and broadcasters such as ITV, the BBC, Channel 4, Five, UK Film Council and PBS.
There 'Short film completion fund' works with the UK Film Council and awards funding to films that either show an outstanding potential through planning and paper work or ones that have started production but haven't got the funds to finished. They have recently expanded their funding total to a huge number of £70,00 per year available to those showing the commitment needed to create an outstanding short. Now in its 10th edition the team have supported over 80 films which have gone on to win over 15o awards world wide.
Here is one short which this funding scheme was involved with and one of the competition it took by storm.

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