Co-Production & Incentives
Grimm Pictures, with Atlantic Way, provides a transatlantic pathway to co-production — connecting US and UK/Irish production through development, packaging, and access to government incentive structures.
"Atlantic Way develops with Grimm Pictures. Together they set a film up properly — packaged, structured, and ready to qualify for co-production."
Atlantic Way is a US-based development and packaging company. It develops projects together with Grimm Pictures and is the pathway through which films are properly structured and packaged for co-production — providing bridge development loans for pre-production where needed, and services and access to the Grimm producer. Atlantic Way is not a finance company.
Grimm Pictures itself is a pathway to finance, not a financier. Atlantic Way selectively develops — and may fund development on — projects that meet its own criteria; Grimm Pictures does not finance, guarantee, or underwrite production budgets directly. Our role is to structure the incentive pathway and support introductions to financiers and sales agents, covered by a production management fee agreed prior to production.
Access Point 1
Bankable Talent
Recognised cast and representatives improve sales estimates, buyer confidence, presale potential, and distributor conversations — creating the contracts that underpin production finance.
Access Point 2
Government Incentives
UK/Ireland structures create receivable-backed production value after certification, qualifying spend, audit, and lender review. Incentive access is a greenlight condition — not a speculation.
Access Point 3
Industry Relationships
Studio, sales, production, casting, and post/VFX relationships help convert developed IP into financeable packages — turning access into formal, bankable commitments.
Production Structure
US Development & Packaging
Atlantic Way
US-based development and packaging company. Atlantic Way develops with Grimm Pictures and is the pathway through which films are properly set up and packaged for co-production.
Eligible Producer
Grimm Pictures
UK/Ireland production company. Positioned for Section 481, IFTC, and AVEC (including post-production expenditure) across UK & Northern Ireland and Irish pathways.
Project Execution
SPV / DAC
Project-specific entity for production banking, incentive compliance, audit trail, and recoupment waterfall.
Connecting US development with government-backed incentive markets. The premise is simple: get the production right first, and let the incentive structure do its work.
The Opportunity
Grimm Pictures is building a slate of commercially focused, audience-driven films — each one designed to grow the company's profile, expand its market reach, and deliver measurable returns. The trajectory is intentional: every film we make is a foundation for the next.
Compelling stories. Audience connection. Strategic distribution. Sustainable growth. These are not aspirations — they are the operating principles behind every project we greenlight.
Why Co-Production
Government-Backed Incentive Frameworks
Productions are structured to qualify across multiple government incentive programmes — UK, Ireland, and the United States. These frameworks materially reduce the net cost of production, subject to project-specific eligibility and certification.
Structured Production Planning
Productions are planned alongside co-production arrangements and established industry partners, with budgets and schedules built to meet certification and delivery requirements from the outset.
Global Distribution Network
Sales and distribution are managed by professional sales teams across international territories. Revenue pathways and territory strategies are built into the structure from the outset, aligned with the production's genre and market positioning.
How to Partner
Co-production and partnership enquiries are welcomed from qualified production partners. All disclosures are made under strict confidentiality and only following receipt of required documentation.
United States
Atlantic Way
US Development & Co-Production
Requirements to Proceed
United Kingdom & Europe
Grimm Pictures
Grimm Pictures Ltd · NI687511 · Northern Ireland
Requirements to Proceed
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