Distribution gets £1 million boost

by Naman Ramachandran

30/11/2011 - The British Film Institute (BFI) has announced an additional £1 million for its Prints and Advertising Fund, raising its total value to £4 million.

BFI CEO Amanda Nevill said, “As the UK’s rich and diverse film talent achieves success worldwide and our competitive tax system helps bring record levels of inward investment at home, it’s more important than ever for the BFI to ensure that momentum is maintained. By providing strategic, targeted support at the right time and in a way that industry needs, we are helping lay the foundations for film to spearhead the growth of Britain’s creative industries and help drive growth in the UK economy.”

P&A awards since April 1, 2011:

Coriolanus [trailer] (Lions Gate UK) £200,000;
Shame [trailer] (Momentum Pictures) £250,000;
Dreams Of A Life [trailer] (Dogwoof) £24,500;
Wuthering Heights [trailer, film focus] (Artificial Eye) £99,980;
The Deep Blue Sea [trailer, film focus] (Artificial Eye) £100,000;
The British Guide To Showing Off (pictured - Verve Pictures) £39,534;
Sket [trailer] (Revolver Entertainment) £150,000;
First Night (Britannia Film) £19,000;
Tyrannosaur [trailer] (Optimum Releasing) £100,962;
The Future [trailer] (City Screen) £35,000;
The Greatest Movie Ever Sold (The Works UK) £12,200;
Perfect Sense [trailer] (Arrow Film) £130,000;
We Need To Talk About Kevin [trailer, film focus] (Artificial Eye) £199,700;
Albatross [trailer] (CinemaNX Distribution) 100,087;
You Instead (Icon Film) £40,000;
Sound It Out (Glimmer Films) £18,034;
Troll Hunter [trailer, film focus] (Momentum Pictures) £220,000;
The Skin I Live In [trailer, film focus] (Pathé Productions) £250,000;
A Lonely Place To Die (Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment) £299,900;
In A Better World [trailer] (Axiom Films) £110,090;
Beautiful Lies (Trinity Filmed Entertainment) £150,630;
Just Do It – A Tale Of Modern Day Outlaws (Left Field Films) £35,000;
and Life In A Day [trailer] (World in a Day Films) £150,000.