Free tools for production teams

A free 45 minute review of how your production company handles budgets, actuals, forecasting, approvals and reporting. Practical findings and three concrete improvements, no sales pitch.

Free film budgeting software in your browser: start with a template, import an existing budget or start from scratch. Add your costs and the totals stay up to date. Download as Excel, CSV or PDF. No account needed. Prefer a spreadsheet? Get the free film budget template.

Places to shoot and studio space to hire across Europe. Search by what you need, see everything on a map with photos and links, and put up to three locations side by side. Or browse them by country and type of place.

Load two versions of a budget and see what changed per line, per section and in total, with charts and filters. Nothing is uploaded: the page runs entirely in your browser.

Production incentives of 32 European countries and regions side by side: headline and net value on your own spend, minimum spend, caps, funding risk and when the money arrives.

Film festivals, markets, series events and film & TV technology shows across Europe: dates, focus, industry programme and submissions, on a map and side by side.

Hireable studios, production companies and post-production houses across Europe: specialism, services, facilities and credits, on a map and side by side. Find a co-producer, a service company or a grading suite.

Production management, budgeting, scheduling, accounting, asset management and post-production tools, compared on published facts only. Tubes is in there like everyone else.

Interesting public posts from across film and television that we come across on LinkedIn, briefly summarised: budgets and financing, AI in production, festivals and markets. The views belong to the original authors.