Screen Scotland has relaunched its £1m Project Post Fund, an incentive scheme designed to attract large-scale post-production and VFX work to Scotland.
The move follows a successful pilot that backed nine major productions – including HBO’s The Penguin starring Colin Farrell – and aims to build on Scotland’s growing global reputation in post.
Grants of up to £100,000 are now available to live-action and animated features, high-end drama and returnable factual series that complete post-production or VFX work fully or partially in Scotland.
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Steven Little, Head of Production at Screen Scotland, said: “Scotland has a growing reputation in post-production, including visual effects (VFX), for film and high-end dramas. Project Post is a Screen Scotland designed initiative – backed by the Scottish Government – aimed at drawing international projects into Scotland to work with our excellent VFX/postproduction facilities and expertise.
“Importantly, Project Post is in addition to the UK-wide Audio-Visual Expenditure Credit (AVEC)… there has never been a better time to bring your post-production work to Scotland.”
Little also highlighted the fund’s flexibility, allowing projects to work across multiple Scotland-based post houses, from sound and picture to music and animation.
The Scottish Government has thrown its weight behind the relaunch, with Culture Secretary Angus Robertson adding: “Inward investment of the kind that this project will attract goes hand-in-hand with strengthening and developing Scottish-based crews and creative talent.”
During the pilot, productions supported included Spilt Milk and Leonora in the Morning Light (Brick and Mortar), Nisha Katona’s Home Kitchen (Serious Facilities), and The Penguin (FIX FX).
James Heath, producer at Randan Productions, said: “The Project Post Fund has been instrumental in helping us realise the full creative potential of both Spilt Milk and Leonora in the Morning Light… It’s made an enormous difference to our ability to deliver films we’re truly proud of and that can stand on the international stage.”
The announcement comes as momentum builds in Scotland’s creative sector. It follows Halon Entertainment’s plans to invest £28m in a new Glasgow studio, set to create 250 jobs.
