Togra for all-island producers
A walkthrough of how Togra runs a production company working on both sides of the border: both jurisdictions' funders, credits and statutory duties on one slate, for a company at home in Ireland and Northern Ireland or in Ireland and the UK.
What a all-island company gets
A company that chooses Ireland and Northern Ireland, or Ireland and the UK, as its home sees everything an Irish company sees and everything a UK company sees, side by side. Its projects work in euro with sterling alongside.
- S481 and the AVEC credit on one slate, each with its tracker, and the Irish and BFI Cultural Tests.
- Screen Ireland, Coimisiún na Meán, the BFI and NI Screen application bundles, with the European funds and Canada's alongside.
- Funder rounds from both sides of the border for a all-island project.
- A company profile with a euro and a sterling bank, Irish and UK VAT numbers, and employers' liability under the law of each side.
- Compliance that reads both jurisdictions' duties on the same project.
The producer's journey
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A company on both sides
The company profile holds a Republic of Ireland bank in euro and a UK bank in sterling for NI Screen drawdowns and AVEC, and both VAT numbers, with the Windsor Framework's XI prefix for Northern Ireland goods trade with the EU. Employers' liability cites both laws: the Employers' Liability (Compulsory Insurance) Act 1969 in Great Britain and the Employer's Liability (Defective Equipment and Compulsory Insurance) (Northern Ireland) Order 1972, each at £5M for any one occurrence.
Company profile: banks and VAT. 
Company profile: employers' liability under both laws. -
Applications on both sides
Funder applications carry every tab: Screen Ireland, Coimisiún na Meán and the Irish tax credits; the UK tax credit and the BFI, NI Screen and nations' bundles; the European funds; and Canada's. A all-island film can prepare its Screen Ireland and NI Screen applications from the same project record.
Funder applications: both jurisdictions' tabs. -
The funder calendar
A all-island project sits on both sides, so it matches both sides' rounds. With the starter set, the Screen Ireland production rounds, the NI Screen programmes and the UK funders loaded, the rounds that match the demo include Screen Ireland's alongside the BFI's and NI Screen's, with Eurimages.
Funder rounds matching the demo project. -
The BFI Cultural Test
The demo scores 27 of 35 on the BFI Cultural Test with its interim certificate issued, which supports the AVEC claim filed on its CT600. The S481 Cultural Test and the S481 tracker sit beside it for the Irish side.
BFI Cultural Test, 27 of 35. -
Compliance on both sides
The compliance view reads the Irish and UK duties together on the same project: the S481 credits, the UK credit, the DAC, Article 19 transparency, the BFI Diversity Standards and funder drawdowns. On the demo it raises seven items, from tagging the UK spend on the budget and setting up the DAC's CRO filing schedule to the two Diversity Standards still to meet.
Compliance scorecard.
Ireland and Northern Ireland, or Ireland and the UK
The two all-island homes work the same way except on the UK side.
- A company at home in Ireland and Northern Ireland has Northern Ireland as its UK side. Its AVEC spend is tagged as NI spend, which also feeds NI Screen's spend tests.
- A company at home in Ireland and the UK has the whole UK as its UK side. Its AVEC spend is tagged as UK spend, and its projects also match the nations' own funds: with the same rounds loaded, the demo matches twenty-one, adding Screen Scotland and Film London.
Also in the module, not shown here
- The S481 tracker, estimate and packs, and the AVEC tracker and CT600 periods, as on the Ireland and UK walkthroughs.
- A waterfall from the standard Screen Ireland order, the BFI's terms with its Locked Box, or NI Screen's recoupable loan.
- A BBC Northern Ireland commission and a Belfast studio booking on the demo.