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3473 articles available in total starting from 23/05/2002. Last article published on 28/03/2024.

UK spending down by 30% in 2004

132 films were made in the UK in 2004, 41 less than in 2003, and total investments fell by 30% from £1.15 billion in 2003 to £807.90 million last year according to figures published today (January...  

21/01/2005 | Production | UK

11 nominations for Vera Drake

These nominations include Achievement in Direction for Mike Leigh, the Alexander Korda Award for Outstanding British Film of the year, Actress in a leading role for Imelda Staunton  

18/01/2005 | Bafta Awards | UK

Video market up 12% in spite of piracy

16 titles sold over a million copies in 2004 compared with nine in 2003. But the value of the black market of pirate DVDs was worth £400 to £500 ml  

14/01/2005 | Video | UK

Up 3.5% in 2004

With £838.7m gross in 2004, the UK box office has registered the highest level ever last year, beating the latest B.O. record of £812.2m held in 2002 according to the statistical agency Nielsen...  

10/01/2005 | Box Office | UK

The reign of the Lords and Masters

Anthony Minghella’s Cold Mountain only managed to transform 2 out of its 13 nominations into prizes, in a BAFTA award ceremony dominated by American productions  

16/02/2004 | BAFTAs 2004 | UK

Government toughens up on Tax relief schemes

The UK production sector is likely to be seriously hit by the government's decision to close down some of the country's major tax equity schemes in an attempt to tackle general tax avoidance from...  

11/02/2004 | Production | UK

BVI No 1 in 2003

Buena Vista International was the top distributor in the UK in 2003, with a 26.3% market share and a total gross of £218.3m according to figures released by Nielsen EDI. Headed by the...  

08/01/2004 | Distribution | UK

Momentum hires Marchand

The independent UK distribution company owned by Alliance Atlantis, Momentum Pictures, has just hired Xavier Marchand to head the company. The French executive will replace David Kosse, who left...  

08/01/2004 | Appointments | UK

Warm welcome for Cold Mountain

The release of Anthony Minghella’s epic film Cold Mountain on December 26th in counter-programming to the children films Peter Pan, Elf, Brother Bear and the last episode of The Lord of the Rings...  

30/12/2003 | Box Office | UK/Ireland

Slower November

Cinema-going in November was slightly slower than October with a total of 13.7m admissions (as opposed to 17.3m last month), but significantly down on the same month in 2002 when admissions were...  

18/12/2003 | Admissions | UK

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