ALT Are you developing a drama series for kids in Northern Europe or the UK? ➡️ The Northern Star Project is open for submissions. “Five major European broadcasters – the BBC (UK), DR (Denmark), NPO (Netherlands), NRK (Norway), and VRT (Flanders) - have come together as The Northern Star Project, to find new children’s live action scripted drama series that speak authentically to all young northern European viewers, regardless of their home country.” The project is for: ✅ independent production companies with a base in the UK, Norway, Flanders, Netherlands or Denmark ✅ children’s live action scripted drama series ✅ target audiences of ages 7-9 or 10-12 ✅ multiple episodes of 30 minutes duration or less, 150 – 240 minutes total ✅ innovative ways of storytelling and new technologies 📍Submission deadline: 30 September, 2025 I’ll post the project link in the comments. ⬇️ (Disclaimer: I have no affiliation to the programme, just spreading the word.)

ALT BFI home Watch and discover Open submenu Learning and training Open submenu Funding and industry Open submenu Become a MemberShop Funding and industryGet funding and supportCreate films, TV or new formats of storytellingDiscovery and Impact feature funding BFI Filmmaking Fund - Discovery and Impact feature funding Awarding National Lottery funding to support original live action and animated feature filmmaking. These guidelines were updated on 13 August 2026. Who can apply Producers can apply for the following: Discovery feature funding provides awards of up to £1,000,000 for projects with debut directors and a production budget between £1,000,000 and £3,500,000 Impact feature funding provides awards of up to £1,250,000 for projects with: experienced directors with production budgets above £1,000,000 debut directors with production budgets above £3,500,000