Attendees will enjoy an immersive and insightful experience, with activities including:

Co-Production Lab (May 2025) 

A four-week online program covering: 

• Incentives and rebates across territories 
• Legal frameworks for multi-territory co-productions 
• Combined funding from UK, Canada, Caribbean, and Africa 
• Co-production strategies 
• Co-producing storytelling

De-Colonising Co-Production Forum (June 14-18, 2025) 

A Market Access event in Barbados with: 

• Matchmaking for UK, South African, Canadian, and Caribbean producers 
• Access to buyers, distributors, and financiers 
• Focus on sustainable four-territory partnerships 

Pitch Showcase 

Producers present their co-production ready projects to a panel of Diaspora Experts.

• Foster strategic partnerships between Black and Global Majority UK producers and Caribbean heritage producers from the Caribbean, Canada, and Africa, leveraging shared cultural narratives and production capabilities. 
• Enable Black and Global Majority UK producers to access multiple funding streams through the Caribbean, Canada, and African co-production treaties, agreements, and incentives. 
• Enhance Black and Global Majority UK producers’ ability to enter international markets through Barbados’ strategic location and tax incentives. 
• Create pathways for Black and Global Majority UK content to reach audiences in the Caribbean, North America, and Africa. 
• Implement strategic and beneficial co-production frameworks spanning the UK and participating regions. 
• Leverage combined tax incentives and rebates across all participating territories to benefit UK producers. 
• Support UK’s Black and Global Majority storytelling while amplifying Global South voices in the international screen industry. 
• Generate cross-continental employment opportunities for UK-based producers in production. 
• Facilitate at least two UK-co-productions from the territories each year.

CCF facilitates vital connections between producers from the Caribbean, North America, Africa, and the UK, alongside international buyers, distributors, investors, and industry executives. These meetings foster global partnerships, expand co-production opportunities, and amplify Caribbean stories in the international market.

The forum aims to inspire new treaties between Canada, the Caribbean, and other global partners to boost co-production and diversify storytelling. It prioritizes empowering Black and Global Majority companies, fostering strong networks, and promoting knowledge exchange to address the critical need for representation in media.

By connecting diverse producers and providing access to decision-makers, the initiative enhances global collaboration, enriches cultural narratives, and strengthens market access for racialized creators, paving the way for innovative, inclusive projects.

Documentary, Feature Film and Television series producers from the UK, Canada, the Caribbean and South Africa who are of Black or Global Majority descent and have successfully produced at least one full length project domestically and are ready to make the leap into international co-production. They must have full or partial ownership stake in a functional production company that is at least 51% Black owned and a project in pre-development or development stages that has international potential.

Besides a complete application form, applicants may submit an updated resume, a pitch deck or any supporting material describing their project and a script draft or outline.

All applications will be assessed against the following criteria:

• Relevance of profile and track record of the applicant
• Relevance of profile and track record of the applicant’s company
• Co-production and networking potential of project and participant, benefit for the other participants
• Long term career goals / professional motivation for integration, contribution and collaboration with the film industry
• Personal motivation to participate in the program and to understand the mechanics of international co-production more deeply
• Extent to which the individual reasons for applying can be met by the program
• Suitable time schedule of the applicant in terms of other productions or obligations in the workshop year
• Suitable timing in terms of the applicant’s career
• Willingness to share and contribute to the workshop, engage in the other participants’ projects

The applicant’s project will be assessed against the following criteria:

• Potential for the international market and co-production
• Focus on narratives that represent the Global South and those with Global South heritage
• Projects that portray historically underrepresented groups such as women of colour, individuals with disabilities, members of the LGBTQ community e.t.c
• Artistic quality (professional standards, clarity, originality, technical writing craft etc.)
• Projects in line with CCF core values (tolerance, human rights, diversity etc) The CCF will NOT support projects of blatantly pornographic nature, projects advocating violence, or projects inciting a violation of human rights
• Suitable stage of development (early development, not having been over-exposed in terms of participation at co-production markets and other training programmes)

All supporting materials must be submitted as a PDF with the following naming convention: CCF2025-Applicant Name-Document Type e.g CCF2025-Anna Smith-Script