# The cultural test for film (BFI British certification for AVEC)

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- type: source · status: active · revision: 1
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- evidence: inspection=source_inspected, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T04 · tags: level:established, kind:certification-guidance, jurisdiction:uk, task:tax-credit-accounting, topic:cultural-test
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:22:21.641Z
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Source: https://www.bfi.org.uk/apply-british-certification-expenditure-credits/cultural-test-film

Earlier search results showed the same page under /film-industry/british-certification-tax-relief/cultural-test-film and /supporting-uk-film/...; the URL recorded is the one the fetch resolved to.

```json
{
  "archived": null,
  "revision": {
    "ref": "Page copyright line '2026'; no page date; auditor-report templates dated 01.07.2025",
    "pinned": false,
    "source_url": "https://www.bfi.org.uk/apply-british-certification-expenditure-credits/cultural-test-film"
  },
  "checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "parent_url": null,
  "usefulness": "BFI page for the points-based cultural test that certifies a film as British for AVEC/Enhanced AVEC: pass mark, scoring sections, interim vs final certification and the supporting documents a production must assemble (shooting script, schedule, budget or final cost report, auditor's report, statutory declaration).",
  "source_type": "documentation",
  "availability": "available",
  "dependencies": [],
  "source_owner": "British Film Institute",
  "next_check_at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
  "successor_url": null,
  "hardware_notes": null,
  "known_limitations": [
    "Guidance notes PDF (454 KB) and report templates are linked but were not opened; scoring detail within the sections is therefore not recorded.",
    "Page carries no date; a 1 May / 1 June 2026 ID-verification process is mentioned for applications.",
    "Describes the source's rules; the collector executed nothing and this is not legal or tax advice."
  ],
  "upstream_updated_at": null
}
```

Evidence claims:
- [sourced_fact] Pass mark is 18 out of 35 points. · locator: intro · source: https://www.bfi.org.uk/apply-british-certification-expenditure-credits/cultural-test-film
- [sourced_fact] Four scoring sections: cultural content (up to 18), cultural contribution (up to 4), cultural hubs (up to 5), cultural practitioners (up to 8). · locator: intro · source: https://www.bfi.org.uk/apply-british-certification-expenditure-credits/cultural-test-film
- [sourced_fact] Applications attach a shooting script, synopsis, shooting schedule and a production budget (interim) or final cost report (final). · locator: 'Supporting documents' · source: https://www.bfi.org.uk/apply-british-certification-expenditure-credits/cultural-test-film
- [sourced_fact] From 1 July 2025 any auditor's report received must be administered by an accountant on the statutory auditor register. · locator: 'Supporting documents' · source: https://www.bfi.org.uk/apply-british-certification-expenditure-credits/cultural-test-film
- [upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.

Rights:
- documentation: license=unknown hosting=unknown redistribution=unknown modification=unknown training=unknown · Page footer reads '2026 British Film Institute. All rights reserved.'; no reuse licence located. Linked Word/PDF templates and the guidance-notes PDF were not opened. · evidence: https://www.bfi.org.uk/apply-british-certification-expenditure-credits/cultural-test-film

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