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3718 articles available in total starting from 23/05/2002. Last article published on 31/07/2025.

British box office, inward investment up, production down

New figures released by the British Film Institute’s (BFI) Research and Statistics Unit reveal that audiences for British independent films have increased with the sector accounting for 13.5% of...  

31/01/2012 | Industry | UK

John Hurt to receive BAFTA honour

British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA) will honour veteran actor John Hurt with the Outstanding British Contribution to Cinema Award at the British Academy Film Awards ceremony on...  

27/01/2012 | Awards | UK

The Iron Lady, mamma mia!

Think of Margaret Thatcher and you will remember Bobby Sands' death following his hunger strike in LongKesh in 1981, the shutting down of the mines and the all-out strike which was so harshly...  

25/01/2012 | Films | UK

BFI backs 20 features with £13 million

The British Film Institute’s (BFI) Film Fund has awarded 20 independent features more than £13.2 million in funding since assuming charge as the country’s apex film body on April 1, 2011. Mike...  

25/01/2012 | Funding | UK

McAvoy, Bell, Broadbent wallow in Filth

Writer/Director Jon S. Baird (Cass) has commenced principal photography in Glasgow for Filth, based on the best-selling novel by Irvine Welsh (Trainspotting). The film will also shoot at other...  

23/01/2012 | Production | UK

The Artist wows London Critics

It was another awards night but the winner was inevitably the same as Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist continued its triumphant awards run at the 32nd London Film Critics Circle Awards. It won Film...  

20/01/2012 | Awards | UK

British industry makes Sundance push

The Sundance Film Festival (January 19-29) is underway and the British industry is present to raise the profile of films and talent and also to promote the country as a premier shooting location....  

20/01/2012 | Sundance 2012 | UK

£35 million bonanza for Scottish films

A new fund aims to raise £35 million to finance feature films with Scottish elements or to be shot or post-produced in Scotland. The Mackendrick Film Fund, named for Alexander Mackendrick...  

18/01/2012 | Funding | UK

Report charts possible future for British film

A report on the future of the British film industry chaired by former culture secretary Lord Smith and commissioned by current culture minister Ed Vaizey (pictured) was released on Monday. It...  

17/01/2012 | Industry | UK

The Artist dominates BAFTA nominations

Michel Hazanavicius’ The Artist continues its inexorable awards run, scoring a mighty 12 nominations for the 2012 BAFTAs. The film was nominated in the Best Film, Original Screenplay, Original...  

17/01/2012 | Awards | UK

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