Substantial investment through the National Lottery has funded training of technicians and screenwriting, while Film Four, the movie arm of the independent Channel Four broadcaster, and BBC Films have helped develop productions.
12 Years a Slave: British filmmaker Steve McQueen and starred London-born Chiwetel Ejiofor.
A BFI spokeswoman told AFP “These are British stories being told with a very British sensibility and audiences around the world are responding to that.”
“Philomena”, featuring Judi Dench as an Irish woman searching for her baby son who was given to an American family by nuns, is completely British-funded, while Somali pirates hijack drama “Captain Phillips” was directed by Britain’s Paul Greengrass.The BFI points to the studio facilities available at Shepperton — home of “Gravity” — and Pinewood, where the new “Star Wars” films are in production. The natural beauty of locations such as the Scottish Highlands is an obvious draw for filmmakers too.
“Definitely the amazing know-how, quality and sophistication of the British film industry made this film happen,” Cuaron director of Gravity said on the Oscars red carpet.
“I’m talking specifically about companies like Framestore or the amazing crew that I worked with.
One of the biggest factors has been tax relief for productions based in Britain, which has helped attract productions from California.
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