Sean Connery fund allocates £1m for new filmmakers

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Sean Connery fund allocates £1m for new filmmakers
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A fund set up in memory of the late actor announces new grants to Scottish film and television projects.

The late actor's son Jason Connery said: "Before he was a globally recognised movie star, my dad was a lad from Fountainbridge, and he never once forgot that whilst talent might be distributed equally, opportunity is not.

"We hope that young people with an appetite for visual storytelling and a curiosity about the many behind-the-scenes jobs that make movies possible, will reach out to our grantees and get involved."Foundation Trustee Jason Connery, second left, said his father never forgot his roots

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