British Film

BFI Cultural Test:



please click on the link below:
https://www.bfi.org.uk/film-industry/british-certification-tax-relief/cultural-test-video-games/summary-points-cultural-test-film



British Film Commission:
http://www.britishfilmcommission.org.uk/



When is a film a British Film?


















Click on link below to read BBC article about whether a film is British:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-26048992

What makes 'Gravity' a British Film
https://www.cineworld.co.uk/blog/gravity-british-film


Overview of British Cinema

Click on the link below to read the overview of British Cinema
http://homemcr.org/article/bfi-film-academy-studying-british-cinema/


BFI Statistical Yearbook - full of facts and numbers about UK Cinema




 click on link below for BFI statistical yearbook:
http://www.bfi.org.uk/education-research/film-industry-statistics-research/statistical-yearbook

The Life and Death of the UK Film Council
(article by BFI)
http://old.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/feature/49647

Another article from Telegraph about the demise of UK Film Council
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/film-blog/7911109/UK-Film-Council-abolished.html

How many British Films secure a distribution deal
https://stephenfollows.com/full-costs-and-income-of-1m-independent-feature-film/

Too many films released each year say BFI
http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/too-many-films-are-released-each-year-says-british-film-institute-9626850.html


Article in Telegraph about film tax avoidance:
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2016/04/12/fight-over-film-tax-scheme-reaches-supreme-court/

British Cultural Test:
http://www.bfi.org.uk/film-industry/british-certification-tax-relief/cultural-test-video-games/summary-points-cultural-test-film







http://www.bfi.org.uk/supporting-uk-film/british-certification-tax-relief/cultural-test-film

Article in Financial Tines - HMRC accused of hypocrisy over tax avoidance stance:
https://www.ftadviser.com/2016/02/17/ifa-industry/tax-planning/hmrc-accused-of-hypocrisy-over-tax-avoidance-stance-XUeoTP0cShhxqlvEpgdJMP/article.html

To read full article click on the link below:
https://stephenfollows.com/are-films-with-public-funding-any-good/

From Raindance:10 Routes to Finance your Film

Click on the link below:
http://www.raindance.org/10-routes-to-finance-your-film/




Four Men Jailed for abusing tax relief fund


Click on the link below to read the full article:
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2013/jul/23/men-guilty-uk-film-tax-relief



To read the article click on the link below:
https://bfiwatch.wordpress.com/2012/07/18/film-finance-the-uk-tax-relief-controversy/