Monday 7 December 2015

Kill list production and distributer companies

Production companies- 
  • Warp X- Warp X-
A British film production company, sister to Warp films based in 
Sheffield, UK with further offices in Nottingham and London. The company was founded in 2005 and produces feature films. Warp X was founded in 2005 and produces feature films. It is a digital film studio that produces feature films in the UK with budgets usually between £400,000 and £800,000.The studio serves as a format for new film directors to create movies for the first time on a lower budget scale with less expectation for high box office revenues on their initial feature foray. The film studio began with support from organizations including Warp films, Film Four, the UK Film Council, EM Media and Screen Yorkshire. The intent of the film studio's creation was to add energy and vitality to the film industry in Britain.
  • Studio Canal-
StudioCanal (a.k.a. Le Studio Canal+, Canal Plus, Canal+ Distribution, Canal+ Production, and Canal+ Image) is a French-based Production (as StudioCanal S.A.) and distribution (as StudioCanal Images S.A.) company that owns the third-largest film library in the world. The company is a unit of the Canal+ Group, owned by Vivendi.
  • Film Yorkshire (Screen Yorkshire)-
Following a major review of the film infrastructure in the UK during 2000, the UK Film Council set up nine Regional Screen Agencies, one in each regions of England, to deliver support for film-making, exhibition and related media activities. Regional Screen Agencies have a complex role spanning cultural, economic and social objectives. Each agency has interpreted the brief from the UK Film Council in its own way. Typically, this focuses on the provision of operational activities such training schemes, administration of funding for activities such as film festivals and film education, and the operation of investment funds and local services designed to make a region an attractive place for film-makers to bring investment funds.
  • Film Four-
Film4 is a British digital television channel available in the UK, owned and operated by Channel Four that screens films. Film4 Productions is a British film production company owned by Channel Four television cooperation. The company has been responsible for backing a large number of films made in the UK.
  • UK Film Council-
The UK Film Council (UKFC) was a non-departmental body set up in 2000 to develop and promote the film industry in the UK. It was constituted as a private company limited by guarantee, owned by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, and governed by a board of 15 directors. It was funded from various sources including the National Lottery. In its own words, the aim of the UKFC was:
"To stimulate a competitive, successful and vibrant UK film industry and culture, and to promote the widest possible enjoyment and understanding of cinema throughout the nations and regions of the UK. The UKFC had a mandate that spans cultural, social and economic priorities." Arguably the most visible activity of the UKFC was its direct funding for feature and short films.
  • Rook films-
WARP X/ROOK FILMS (KILL LIST) LTD was founded on 2010-06-16 and has its registered office in Sheffield Digital Campus. The organisation's status is listed as "Active". Warp X/rook Films (kill List) Ltd is a Private Limited Company registered in with Companies House and the accounts submission requirement is categorised as TOTAL EXEMPTION SMALL

Distribution companies-
  • Optimum Releasing (UK)-
StudioCanal UK (formerly Optimum Releasing) is a film distribution company working in the UK and Ireland. The company releases many films, including foreign language films, anime releases such as Studio Ghibli's films, and independent British, Irish, and American films in the United Kingdom and sometimes Ireland.
  • IFC Midnight (US)
IFC Films is an American film distribution company based in New York city, an offshoot of IFC owned by AMC networks. It distributes Independent films and documentaries under the IFC Films, Sundance Selects and IFC Midnight brands. It operates the IFC centre.


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