Details of who we awarded BFI NETWORK funding to in England

Including production funding for shorts, early development feature funding and More Films for Freedom (all supported by BFI National Lottery funding)

You can find more information about the projects funded by our BFI NETWORK partners on their websites: Northern Ireland Screen, Screen Scotland and Ffilm Cymru Wales.  

Before 2024/25, the statistics against our Black and Global Majority target are UK-wide.

The language we’ve used for inclusion targets since we started reporting reflects best practice at the time and we’ve ensured this data is comparable (where possible).

2024 to 2025

Those identifying as 

Writer 

Director 

Producer 

Target 

Black and Global Majority 

38% 

33% 

47%

40% London 

 45%43%32% 30% outside London

Disabled 

50% 

62% 

46% 

18% 

Women (gender binary) 

39% 

31% 

65% 

50% 

Sexual identity (other than heterosexual) 

49% 

50% 

40% 

10% 

Working class background 

40% 

36% 

30% 

39% 

Caring responsibility 

28% 

27% 

25% 

Returning to work 

2% 

0% 

0% 

2023 to 2024

Those identifying asWriterDirectorProducerTarget
Black and Global Majority
38%
43%
26%
30%
Disabled
29%
29%
30%
18%
Female (gender binary)
52%
57%
56%
50%
Sexual identity (other than heterosexual)
38%
38%
26%
10%
Working class background
24%
10%
11%
39%
Caring responsibility
19%
19%
30%
-
Returning to work
0%
0%
0%
-

2022 to 2023

Those identifying asWriterDirectorProducerTarget
Black and Global Majority
36%
40%
24%
20%
Disabled
15%
17%
15%
12%
Female (gender binary)
41%
45%
59%
50%
Sexual identity (other than heterosexual)
32%
26%
25%
10%
Caring responsibility
25%
24%
19%
-
Returning to work
7%
5%
2%
-

2021 to 2022

Those identifying asWriterDirectorProducerTarget
Ethnically diverse
35%
23%
16%
20%
D/deaf and disabled
17%
15%
15%
12%
Female and non-binary
50%
48%
68%
50%
Sexual identity (other than heterosexual)
24%
19%
34%
10%
Caring responsibility
21%
21%
24%
 
Returning to work
3%
4%
4%
 

2020 to 2021

Those identifying asWriterDirectorProducerTarget
Ethnically diverse
33%
26%
24%
20%
D/deaf and disabled
19%
14%
9%
11%
Female and non-binary
46%
44%
67%
50%
Sexual identity (other than heterosexual)
24%
15%
22%
9%
Caring responsibility
31%
37%
27%
 
Returning to work
7%
5%
1%
 

2019 to 2020

Those identifying asWriterDirectorProducerTarget
Ethnically diverse
33%
28%
18%
20%
D/deaf and disabled
10%
10%
8%
7%
Female and non-binary
56%
54%
58%
50%
Sexual identity (other than heterosexual)
13%
17%
23%
9%
Caring responsibility
29%
26%
19%
 
Returning to work
2%
3%
0%
 

Our figures are derived from the most up-to-date data available. This is self-identified data taken from monitoring forms which are voluntarily completed, so we can’t always guarantee a 100% return rate.