No Password Required® — Development & Market Access for First Features
PLEASE NOTE: The programme is open to UK-based, early-career Global Majority-led production companies, or producers preparing to establish one, who are working towards their first feature as lead producer. We especially welcome producers based outside London. Travel and Accommodation will be covered for successful applicants based outside London, in the UK regions.
Deadline: 24 August at midnight
Key Programme Dates
28 September – 1 October 2026 (London) — Four-Day Residential Development Intensive
October 2026 (Online & London) — One-to-One Specialist Consultancies (scheduled individually)
28 October 2026 (London) — Access to Market Day
No Password Required is Supported by the BFI National Lottery Creative Challenge Fund, awarding National Lottery Good Cause funding.
What's on offer
A four-month advanced development and access-to-market programme for ten selected projects.
Creative and commercial support designed to turn strong feature scripts into professionally packaged, market-ready projects.
Support includes script consultancy, script breakdown, production scheduling, a detailed production budget and top sheet, finance plan development, sales estimates and chain of title guidance.
A four-day residential development intensive in London, tailored one-to-one consultancies with specialist industry professionals, and three hours of support from an Industry Champion.
Curated one-to-one meetings with international sales agents and distributors at Access to Market Day.
Participation fees for both the producer and writer are covered.
Travel and accommodation are covered for selected participants based outside London.
What they are looking for
Live-action narrative fiction feature projects with a developed screenplay.
Projects preparing to move towards finance and the international marketplace.
Features with production budgets of £3 million or less.
Projects where the lead producer holds the rights to produce the screenplay.
Projects that have secured no more than 40% of production finance, excluding the UK tax credit.
Who can apply
UK-based, early-career Global Majority-led production companies, or producers preparing to establish one.
Lead producers from a Global Majority background who are working towards their first feature as lead producer.
Applicants must be UK citizens or legal residents for tax purposes.
Applicants must be over 18 and not in full-time education.
Applicants must be available to attend the four-day residential intensive and Access to Market Day in person.
Producers based outside London are especially encouraged to apply.
What you need to include in your SMASH Pitch
Your SMASH Snapshot must include at minimum:
Logline
Format; Genre; Setting; Runtime
Brief Biog of key creatives
Synopsis with all major plot points — set up; inciting incident; rising conflict; mid story twist; crisis; climax and resolution.
Creative vision
Visual references (poster/concept art optional)
Budget range
Cast ideas (that would work with your budget)
Comparables (recent TV or Film at your budget level that capture a similar feeling or energy)
Any projects submitted without this information will not be accepted.
How to Apply
Create your FREE SMASH Pitch at app.mysmash.media.
Build your Snapshot with the required elements above.
Hit 'Share Project' and select No Password Required® from the Call Out page.
Submit before 24 August at midnight.
Protect your IP
At SMASH, protecting your creative work is at the heart of everything we do. Every project uploaded to the platform is automatically timestamped and securely stored, giving you a verifiable digital record of ownership. Your pitch is only shared when you choose, and with the people you choose — ensuring your ideas remain yours, always. We call it Pitch Protection, and it's how we make sure creators can share their work with confidence, knowing their IP is safe and traceable.
Key Dates
Submission Deadline: 24 August at midnight
28 September – 1 October 2026 (London) — Four-Day Residential Development Intensive
October 2026 (Online & London) — One-to-One Specialist Consultancies (scheduled individually)
28 October 2026 (London) — Access to Market Day
Important Notes
It's FREE to create and submit a SMASH Pitch.
Selected participants must attend the four-day residential intensive and Access to Market Day.
Industry experts may not commission your project directly but will provide feedback, connections, and guidance.
One-to-one specialist consultancies take place in October 2026, online and in London.
Participation fees for both the producer and writer are covered, and travel and accommodation are covered for selected UK participants based outside London.
Questions? Contact: cupid@mysmash.media
About No Password Required
No Password Required maps Black and Global Majority-owned production companies in Europe and conducts film business focused research on the barriers these production companies face in accessing the European screen industries. Developing a feature film requires far more than writing a great script.
Building a project that is ready for finance and the international marketplace requires specialist expertise, commercial insight and protected development time.
No Password Required brings these elements together in one programme, combining creative development, commercial packaging and direct industry access to help producers move their projects closer to production.
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