Public Funding for Filmchain Group Ltd

The independent film industry in the UK currently features an opaque maze of middlemen who operate in the space between content creators and content consumers. Big Couch has established its position in the European film and tech industries with the innovative finance algorithm for films entitled 'crewfunding'. Big Couch will develop the unique FAIR blockchain platform for revenue distribution in the independent film sector. The project explores how networks of blockchain-based smart contracts can lower friction, increase transparency and decrease settlement times. Big Couch will collaborate with Imperial College Centre for Cryptocurrency Research and Engineering and Imperial College Business School to address and overcome the technical challenges that currently exist with blockchain, to increase transparency, trust, productivity and cost savings to independent filmmakers.

We energise the film industry to produce more independent films and connect industry peers to get more home-grown projects off the ground. We enable talented producers and directors to recruit qualified crew in a smart, cost effective manner. Big Couch gathers a comprehensive database of recommended, well-connected freelancers and a strong selection of high quality projects. We want to offer a legal frame to all the back end contracts made between producers and crew and connect freelancers with work in a safe, transparent way. The innovation voucher will help us cover some of the legal costs of an ambitious legal frame work and develop our beta version web platform.