Details of who we awarded production funding to

For features or immersive projects from the BFI National Lottery Filmmaking Fund (formally BFI Film Fund)

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 

17% 

50% 

40% 

40% London 

 

25% 

25% 

22% 

30% outside London 

Disabled 

25% 

13% 

50% 

18% 

Women (gender binary) 

27% 

27% 

36% 

50% 

Sexual identity (other than heterosexual) 

30% 

20% 

23% 

10% 

Working class background 

0% 

0% 

50% 

39% 

Caring responsibility 

50% 

70% 

54% 

Returning to work 

0% 

0% 

8% 

 - 

2023 to 2024

Those identifying asWriterDirectorProducerTarget
Black and Global Majority
33%
44%
9%
30%
Disabled
11%
22%
9%
18%
Female (gender binary)
56%
56%
45%
50%
Sexual identity (other than heterosexual)
11%
22%
45%
10%
Working class background
33%
44%
9%
39%
Caring responsibility
56%
44%
64%
-
Returning to work
0%
0%
0%
 -

2022 to 2023

Type of role
Those identifying asWriterDirectorProducerTarget
Black and Global Majority
25%
25%
17%
20%
Disabled
0%
0%
17%
12%
Female (50:50 gender binary)
63%
50%
75%
50%
Sexual identity (other than heterosexual)
38%
38%
25%
10%
Caring responsibility
13%
25%
58%
-
Returning to work
0%
0%
0%
 -

2021 to 2022

Type of role
Those identifying asWriterDirectorProducerTarget
Ethnically diverse
33%
32%
16%
20%
D/deaf and disabled
10%
11%
0%
12%
Female and non-binary
48%
53%
72%
50%
Sexual identity (other than heterosexual)
24%
26%
8%
10%
Caring responsibility
48%
26%
60%
-
Returning to work
0%
0%
4%
-

2020 to 2021

Type of role
Those identifying asWriterDirectorProducerTarget
Ethnically diverse
21%
25%
18%
20%
D/deaf and disabled
7%
8%
0%
11%
Female and non-binary
36%
25%
41%
50%
Sexual identity (other than heterosexual)
7%
0%
12%
9%
Caring responsibility
21%
25%
18%
 
Returning to work
7%
0%
0%
 

2019 to 2020

Type of role
Those identifying asWriterDirectorProducerTarget
Ethnically diverse
36%
36%
14%
20%
D/deaf and disabled
0%
0%
0%
7%
Female and non-binary
45%
55%
64%
50%
Sexual identity (other than heterosexual)
27%
27%
14%
9%
Caring responsibility
9%
9%
43%
 
Returning to work
0%
0%
7%
 

2018 to 2019

Type of role
Those identifying asWriterDirectorProducer
Ethnically diverse
21%
36%
5%
D/deaf and disabled
5%
0%
0%
Female and non-binary
47%
55%
53%
Sexual identity (other than heterosexual)
26%
27%
21%

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.