Film and TV production in £5.6m boost for Fife and Tayside

Around 100 productions that came to the region during the 12 months leading up to the Covid-19 lockdown, according to FifeScreen+TayScreen.

The office recorded a total of 392 filming days at locations across the region, representing a value of £5.6 million to the economy, up 8% on the 2018-19 total of £5million.

FifeScreen+TayScreen manager Julie Craik said: “The figures in our annual report show that the region’s reputation as hugely attractive to production continued to be in excellent shape last year.

“Unfortunately, Covid-19 means it is inevitable that the figures for 2020-21 figures will be impacted. Lockdown during the early part of 2020 saw a pause in production that has had impacts that are being faced by every other sector.

“We have collaborated with the Scottish Locations Network, Screen Scotland, Film Offices UK and Creative England to develop a Covid-19 production code that is being applied across Scotland and the UK.

“I am delighted that we are starting to see signs of recovery and that crew and companies have adapted to new safety measures.

“New production enquiries are now coming in every day so as we see production getting busier again, we are hopeful that the region will be busy for the rest of this year and into 2021.”