Bringing a film to Scotland or the UK? We budget it, schedule it, get the tax relief and funding working, hire the crew and run it, from prep through delivery. Based in Glasgow.
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A French production from Good Chaos, Haut et Court and Versus, shot in Scotland. Matt Schichter was UK line producer and ran the Scottish shoot for the French team: UK budget and schedule, local crew, locations, cost reporting and UK spend.
The film premiered at Sundance in 2025.
Independent films with budgets up to £23.5m can claim the Independent Film Tax Credit: 53% on qualifying UK spend, on up to £15m of it. Bigger films claim the Audio-Visual Expenditure Credit at 34%. Your film needs a UK company and has to qualify as British, by cultural test or official co-production.
Caps and conditions apply. We model the real number for your film.Funding on top of UK tax relief, help getting you here to scout, and locations from cities to islands with experienced crews and studio space close to Glasgow and Edinburgh. More on Screen Scotland below.
Send us the script and we'll build a full UK budget and shooting schedule, in Movie Magic, with the tax relief and funding worked through. A complete budget and schedule is £3,000.
Details of the budget serviceThere's no US–UK co-production treaty, so US films usually shoot through a UK production company. Scared Goose can act as your UK service company, or you can set up your own UK company. That company claims UK tax relief on UK spend: 34% under the Audio-Visual Expenditure Credit, or 53% under the Independent Film Tax Credit for qualifying independent films budgeted up to £23.5m. The film has to pass the BFI cultural test, which many films shot here can.
Yes. The UK and Canada have an official co-production treaty, so a UK–Canada co-production can qualify as national in both countries and access both sets of incentives, such as Canadian federal and provincial tax credits alongside UK tax relief. Matt is Canadian and has produced in both countries.
The UK and Ireland, like most European countries, are both parties to the Council of Europe Convention on Cinematographic Co-production, which allows official co-productions between them. Irish co-producers can combine UK tax relief on the UK share with Section 481 on the Irish share. Service deals, where you shoot in Scotland through a UK company, work too.
The UK has co-production treaties with Australia, Brazil, Canada, China, France, India, Israel, Jamaica, Morocco, New Zealand, the Occupied Palestinian Territories and South Africa, and is party to the European convention. If there's no treaty, a UK production company can still claim UK tax relief on UK spend if the film passes the cultural test.
Every film is different, and treaty and tax relief rules have conditions. Send us the script and we'll map the right route for yours. Sources: Screen UK on treaties, BFI certification.
We have a great relationship with Screen Scotland, the national screen agency, and we'll help you make the most of what it offers incoming productions.
Screen Scotland's Screen Commission funds recces, helping bring producers and key crew over to scout locations, and can recommend accommodation deals across Scotland. Its locations team is free to use.
For large-scale features and high-end TV spending at least £2m in Scotland, through a UK-registered production company. Designed to bring bigger productions to Scotland, on top of UK tax relief.
Development and production funding for feature films and documentaries from Scotland-based filmmakers. Partnering with a Scottish production company like Scared Goose can open the door.
Funding decisions are Screen Scotland's own, and each fund has its own guidelines. Screen Scotland's Screen Commission →
Blazing Griffin in Glasgow, where we have a great deal on post-production.
EAM London for production accounting and Lee & Thompson for legal.
Great relationships with Film Finances and Paterson James.
Delivered to StudioCanal, Sky, Lionsgate, Magenta Light Studios and Fathom, and to sales agents Bankside Films and Protagonist Pictures. BAFTA Scotland and Production Guild UK member. Matt Schichter's full production credits →
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