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Andrew Baker

CEO

Cantilever Group

About the Speaker

Andrew Baker is an award-winning Producer and founder of Cantilever Media, a UK based film and television production company.

Cantilever Media’s first animated theatrical feature film was ‘The Amazing Maurice’, based on the award-winning book by Sir Terry Pratchett.  The film stars Hugh Laurie, Emilia Clarke, David Thewlis, Himesh Patel, Gemma Arterton and David Tennant.  ‘The Amazing Maurice’  has won several awards including a British Animation Award, ‘Best Animation’ at Cartoons on the Bay, the ‘Audience Choice’ Award at the Nantes Les Utopiales and premiered in the USA at the Sundance Film Festival (2023). 
Andrew Executive Produced ‘Badjelly’ a 13 x 20’ 2D animated series based on Spike Milligan’s classic children’s story which launched on ITVX in October 2025 and is currently co-producing a number of animated family features including ‘Bollywoof’ with Newscope Films, ‘The Amazing Maurice 2’ co-produced with Ulysses Films (Germany), ‘Unstable’ co-produced with CarpeDiem Film & Tv (Canada); and ‘Wed Wabbit’ with Locksmith Animation.
 

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AVEC and Confidence in Co-producing
Conference

AVEC and Confidence in Co-producing

Tuesday, Dec 9, 2025
2:30 AM - 3:10 AM | America/Los_Angeles
Theatre 1
Sponsor (1)
BFI, Certification Unit

Speaker's Sessions (1)

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Conference
AVEC and Confidence in Co-producing
Tuesday, Dec 9, 2025
2:30 AM - 3:10 AM | America/Los_Angeles
Business & Leadership
Theatre 1
English

AVEC and Confidence in Co-producing

The audio-visual expenditure credits are now embedded, and we are one year on with the Enhanced AVEC, also known as the ITFC. In this session, we will give a brief overview of the value of the UK’s AVEC and enhanced AVEC before delving deeper into official coproductions. How they work? What are the benefits? How do I find international co-producing partners? Whilst also hearing from experts in tax credits and experienced co-producers in animation and features.
In association with BFI

 
Speakers (3)
Andrew Baker
CEO, Cantilever Group
Kamilla Hodol
Producer, Elation Pictures
Moderator (1)
Anna Mansi
Director of Video Games & Certification, BFI
Sponsors (1)
BFI, Certification Unit