Channel 4 and Create Central digital development

25 January 2023

We are looking for indies with a passion for digital content who are dedicated to nurturing content creators/film makers and want to help develop their big, bold ideas.

This is a joint scheme between Channel 4 and Create Central to support the creative sector in the region and nurture talent.

If you think you have the capacity to house a funded development scheme for content creators and would like to mentor them and their ideas then this opportunity is for you!

One indie will be selected to parent the scheme and be paid a fee of up to £5K to house idea submissions.

We will be calling for submissions from individual content creators/film makers who are relatively new to digital commissioning with Channel 4 and who could benefit from the experience and guidance of an established independent production company in developing their ideas through to a potential taster/pilot or beyond.

The selected indie will then gather submissions and present these to the C4 digital commissioning team for selection. We will select up to five ideas and they will remain paired with our selected indie to make a non-tx pilot/taster or fuller treatment.

Each project will be given a small development fund. Deadline to apply is 24 February 2023.

This project is part of Channel 4 and Create Central’s collaboration to support and grow the West Midlands' TV production sector.

The partnership has been formed to forge stronger relationships between West Midlands' indies and Channel 4 Commissioning to create more opportunities for creative talent in the region.

Create Central is providing co-funding for this initiative with the support of the BFI, awarding funds from the National Lottery.