Pride: Production Research Notes

Director: Matthew Warchus.
Producer: David Livingstone.
Cinema Release: September 2014, UK.

The film, which won the Bafta for writer Stephen Beresford and producer David Livingstone for outstanding debut by a British writer, director or producer, was a sleeper hit last year making over £4m at the UK box office. There is no known budget for this film as there was funds from BFI and BBC Films.

Pathé, BBC Films, the BFI and Calamity Films announced today that the Proud Films production PRIDE will start principal photography on 7 October 2013. The film will shoot for 8 weeks in London and in Wales.
The film is produced by David Livingstone for Proud Films and Executive Produced by Pathé’s Cameron McCracken and BBC Films’ Christine Langan. Natascha Wharton is lead executive for the BFI Film Fund. BFI is committed to ensuring all Lottery supported films reflect the diversity of the
UK.
The three ticks assessment requires applicants to demonstrate commitment to diversity across three areas of their production, ranging from the make up of the workforce to the stories and characters on screen, with at least one tick needed in a minimum of two areas for a project to be eligible for BFI production funding:
On-screen diversity: diverse subject matter, at least one lead character positively reflecting diversity, at least 30% of supporting and background characters positively reflecting diversity;
Off-screen diversity: diverse key creatives (director, screenwriter, composer, cinematographer), at least two Heads of Department from diverse backgrounds, production crew and production company staff (both with a range of targets across different diverse groups);
Creating opportunities and promoting social mobility: paid internships and employment opportunities for new entrants from diverse backgrounds, training placements for people from diverse backgrounds, demonstrable opportunities for former trainees or interns to progress within their careers.

Projects will be independently assessed against the three ticks criteria by the BFI’s Certification Unit, which also administers the cultural test for film, games, high end television and animation projects. With a minimum of two ticks required to be eligible for support, film projects receiving three ticks will be promoted using a BFI diversity logo, will be profiled as good practice case studies, and their producers will be promoted on the BFI website. To incentivise good practice, each year an exemplary producer in receipt of three ticks will be given a Lottery award to fund a diversity opportunity or work placement within their company for 12 months.Production companies for Pride are :
Calamity Films (Main production company for this film)
BBC Films (presents)
Pathe (presents)
Proud Films (presents)
BFI (British Film Institute) (presents)
Cine+ (in participation with)
Canal+(in participation with)

Pride is a co-production between Calamity Films and Pathe, with funding from BBC Films and the BFI.