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6 unusual facts about UK Film Council


B3 Media

Founded by producer Marc Boothe (producer of acclaimed British feature film Bullet Boy), it receives support and financial funding from various government and non government bodies, including: UK Film Council, Skillset, Arts Council of England and Film 4.

In recent years, B3 Media has collaborated extensively with the UK Film Council in running Blank Slate, a scheme designed to assist minority filmmaking talent.

Littlenobody

Most recently they have been awarded funding for their latest stop motion animated short I Wish I Were an Elephant from the UK Film Council, New Cinema Fund, Digital Shorts Scheme via regional screen agency Screen East.

Me and Her

Me and Her is a 2006 short film jointly commissioned by, the UK Film Council, Scottish Screen and Glasgow Media Access Centre.

UK Film Council

-- The British term uses "the" in the official title -->the British Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne in August 2010 to protest the decision to close the Council.

Funded films included Jane Campion's Bright Star; Oscar-winning filmmaker Andrea Arnold's second feature Fish Tank; Armando Iannucci's In The Loop; and Sam Taylor Wood's Nowhere Boy, written by Matt Greenhalgh.


Under the Mud

Although initially declined funding by BBC Films and Channel 4, the project received some pilot project support from the UK Film Council, and the filmmakers managed to secure a budget of £85,000 through a grant from pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline.


see also

Catherine Johnson

Catherine received the The UK Film Council script award at The Women in Film and TV 2008 Awards and also jointly with Judy Craymer and Phyllida Lloyd, The ITV achievement of the year award.