2007
11/02/2007 UK Film & TV industry attracts €70 million MEDIA funding
The British film and TV industry has benefited to the tune of almost 70 million euros over the past six years thanks to funding through Europe's MEDIA programme, it was revealed today.
9/02/2007 London Critics' Circle awards
British film talent led the field at last night's London Film Critics' Circle Awards.
23/01/2007 16 OSCAR® nominations for British films including lottery funded titles
Lottery funded titles Venus and The Last King of Scotland are among the British films to have received a total of 16 nominations for this year's Oscars®, in a year when British talent is fully in the spotlight.
The amount of money spent in 2006 on making films in the UK such as The Golden Age, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Atonement, and His Dark Materials: The Golden Compass jumped by 48% to £840.1 million making it the second best year ever, new figures from the UK Film Council reveal today.
15/12/2006 British films nominated for awards in UK and US
2006 is looking more and more like a bumper year for the British film industry with nominations for the US Golden Globes - seen as a precursor to the Oscars® - and the London Critics' Circle announced.
15/12/2006 Birmingham to lead the UK in Digital Media
Birmingham City Council today launched its ambitious plans to make the City the most advanced UK digital media hub, bringing together the public, private and voluntary sectors.
13/12/2006 The Wizard of Oz ensured wider distribution by Lottery funds
After being restored to its original glory and re-released for a new generation to enjoy, The Wizard of Oz, Victor Fleming's stunning technicolour musical, will receive a wider distribution across the UK through Lottery funding from the UK Film Council's Prints & Advertising Fund.
11/12/2006 Repeat Screening of the UK Film Council Completion Fund Films
The UK Film Council's Completion Fund provides finishing finance for short films showing outstanding potential. In the four years since its inception, this UK Film Council / New Cinema Fund initiative has supported and delivered nearly 40 short films that might otherwise not have been completed.
6/12/2006 Lottery funding brings Beatrix Potter to cinema-goers across the UK
The major new feature film, Miss Potter, about the legendary British children's author Beatrix Potter, comes to the big screen this week thanks to £1.2 million of National Lottery funding through the UK Film Council's Premiere Fund.
5/12/2006 UK Film Council appoints Colin Brown as British Film Commissioner
Colin Brown has been appointed British Film Commissioner, it was announced today.
