Rockwater Media Ventures
RM Ventures is an associated company to Rockwater Media. It has been launched to specifically provide equity financing for smaller, low-budget film projects.
Our Objectives
We are fully aware of the difficulty that the majority of producers in the UK are having to raise money for their projects. We also know that production costs in general have risen enormously – often without seeing the results of those increases on the screen.
We are also aware that there are some amazing films being created on micro budgets utilising compelling screenplays, fantastic talent and skilled crew!
As a result, in 2026, we are creating a fund to start financing (or part-financing) projects with a maximum contribution of around £250k.
We urge producers to contact us with their ideas!
Criteria
- A focus on proven genres and formats to maximise the commercial prospects of the programme.
- A commercial “hook” (e.g. be based on a book, a previous film, a true-life event, a well-known person).
- An excellent script with limited cast and a small number of locations.
- Be relatively simple in structure and on screen.
- Be commercially viable with a defined audience (e.g. cinema, TV, YouTube, TikTok etc.).
- If a full-length feature intended for a theatrical release, satisfy the conditions to qualify for the AVEC.
Our Team
William Campbell
Production and Distribution
William has over thirty-five years of experience in multimedia production and distribution. As head of video and TV at Virgin and then joint MD at Lifetime Productions, he commissioned or produced over a hundred lifestyle and sports programmes for video and DVD and was involved in many TV productions.
Since 2005, he has been developing and producing Apps, TV programmes and feature films and his last film, Tango One – based on the best-selling book by Stephen Leather – was distributed worldwide by Universal Pictures. In 2023 he completed the production of ‘Lucky!’ – a multi-million pound, 8-part series on the history of Formula 1 with Bernie Ecclestone, directed by BAFTA-winning Manish Pandey.
Currently, he has four feature films and two TV series in various stage of development .
Adrian Munsey
Production and Distribution
With a career in media stretching back to the early 1980s, Adrian is an accomplished and critically-acclaimed director, producer, composer, musician and
media entrepreneur. He has written, produced or directed 68 documentaries and two feature films for a range of broadcasters including the BBC, ITV, Universal, Sky Arts and BBC America.
In the last five years, Adrian has directed and produced 17 documentaries, with subjects ranging from Wonderland to Rudyard Kipling and E.M Forster. He is currently directing a four-part series on Spies for Sky Arts. Adrian is also a published composer. His work includes film scores and CD releases (Incognito, Requiem and Agnus Dei).
adrian@adrianmunsey.com
Matthew Higdon
Legal
After a Master’s degree in intellectual property law, Matt started his career as a finance lawyer at Clifford Chance. He went on to found M Law LLP in 2003 to focus on media law and from there the firm expanded to encompass technology, sport and film.
He has a particular interest in the structured finance of IP assets and over the past two decades has represented major media organisations, sports organisations, tech companies and film/TV entities.
Clients include Charlton FC, Hand Made Films, Honda F1, Jiva Maya, Lovefilm.com, Novel Entertainment, Qi, Arts Alliance Ventures, IKEA, Red Dwarf, Sunderland FC, Hinduja, AFP, Hachette Filipacchi and Spandau Ballet.
Matthew Clarke
Finance
Matthew Clarke trained and practised as an international finance lawyer at Linklaters from 1988-1996 working in London, New York and Hong Kong.
From 1996-2001 he was a director at the merchant bank Robert Fleming & Co. Limited and at JP Morgan Chase, specialising in equity and debt capital raisings including IPOs.
In 2002 he established Merlin Partners LLP, an FCA regulated corporate finance firm which has raised in excess of £2 billion of capital for a variety of disruptive businesses.
Matthew was a founder of Clear Bank and has been an advisor to the founders of Oxbury Bank and Balance.
He has sat on the boards of many businesses including being Chairman of the AIM listed Mediterranean Oil and Gas plc.
Address:
c/o m law llp. 83 Marylebone High St. London. W1U 4QW
Phone:
+44 7768 904591
Email:
wcampbell@rockwatermedia.co.uk