14 film offices · 14 confirmed by a check of its own page · last pass 27 Sept 2026
Every row shows the date we last checked it and the page we checked it on. A row nobody has checked says so. Dates change: read the film office's own page before you pay or plan around it.
Northern Ireland1
Northern Ireland Screen
Northern Ireland's screen agency: funding, skills and training schemes, and advice on filming there, from locations and crew to permissions.
checked 27 Sept 2026 · source
National1
Filming in England (Creative England)
Creative England's national service for filming in England outside London: free support for feature films, and directories of locations and crew.
checked 27 Sept 2026 · source
East of England1
Screen Suffolk
The official film office for Suffolk and all its councils: filming permits, which even students and small crews need, plus locations and crew.
checked 27 Sept 2026 · source
London1
Film London
London's screen agency: free locations advice, guidance on getting permission from each borough's own film service, and funding and talent schemes.
checked 27 Sept 2026 · source
North East1
North East Screen
The North East's screen agency: a free film office for locations, crew and council contacts, a production fund, and training for people new to the industry.
checked 27 Sept 2026 · source
North West2
Liverpool Film Office
Liverpool City Council's film office, running since 1989: filming permits, locations, crew, a production fund and Action!, a free skills programme for new starters.
checked 27 Sept 2026 · source
Screen Manchester
Manchester City Council's film office: permits to film in the city, help finding locations, road closures, and a register of local crew and facilities.
checked 27 Sept 2026 · source
Scotland1
Screen Scotland
Scotland's screen body, part of Creative Scotland: film funding, talent schemes such as Sharp Shorts, and a free locations service run by its Screen Commission.
checked 27 Sept 2026 · source
South West2
Bristol Film Office
Bristol City Council's film office: permits to film on council land, which students need too, plus advice on locations and crew.
checked 27 Sept 2026 · source
Screen Cornwall
The screen agency for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly: a film office for permits, locations and crew, production investment, and training for local talent.
checked 27 Sept 2026 · source
Wales2
Ffilm Cymru Wales
The development agency for Welsh film: funding for short and feature films by Welsh and Wales-based filmmakers, and paid training placements for new crew.
checked 27 Sept 2026 · source
Wales Screen (Creative Wales)
The Welsh Government's filming service, part of Creative Wales: help finding locations and freelance crew in Wales; permits come from local councils.
checked 27 Sept 2026 · source
West Midlands1
Production Central WM
The West Midlands' production service, which replaced Film Birmingham: filming permits (students need one too), locations, road closures and local crew.
checked 27 Sept 2026 · source
Yorkshire and the Humber1
Screen Yorkshire
Yorkshire's screen agency: the Yorkshire Content Fund, training at every level, and a film office that helps with locations, permits and crew.
checked 27 Sept 2026 · source
A film office is free to ask. Go with the dates, a one-page synopsis, your insurance and a risk assessment (both are in the paperwork), and ask what a no-budget short can have for nothing: most councils have a rate for student and micro-budget films, and the regional agencies hold the BFI NETWORK funds. How to make the film on nothing is its own guide.