The Film and TV Production Restart Scheme is a new effort to support the creative sector. The scheme makes direct compensation available to eligible pre-existing and new productions that incurred losses due to the ongoing pandemic. Some of the costs the scheme covers include abandonment or filming delays from illnesses amongst the cast and crew.
Eligible productions will receive compensation for costs caused by covid delays up to a value of 20 per cent of the production budget. Abandonment of productions may also receive up to 70 per cent of the production budget. There will be a total cap of £5 million on claims per production.
The funding is available to all productions made by companies where at least half of the production budget is spent in the UK.
You must make an application via the appointed third party administrator, Marsh Commercial.
Download the claim form from their website. Once complete, please email your form along with all supporting documentation to mailto:restartschemeclaims@marshcommercial.co.uk.
You can backdate future claims on the scheme to 28 July 2020.
The registration deadline for this scheme is 23:59 GMT on 30 April 2022. Any claims will be able to be submitted up to 23:59 GMT on 30 September 2022 for losses incurred up until 23:59 GMT on 30 June 2022.
See: Film & TV Production Restart Scheme – Scheme Rules – GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)