The British film industry

Aims to support, develop and promote the art forms of the moving image - British academy of films and television arts.

An independent, non-government body which classifies and censors films, video as well as computer and console-based games released in the UK- BBFC

Promotes understanding and appreciation of Britain's rich film and television heritage and culture- BFI

Promotes understanding and appreciation of Britain's rich film and television heritage and culture.- UK Film Council

Government backed lead agency for film in the UK ensuring that the economic, cultural and educational aspects of film are effectively represented at home and abroad. - British council 

Film 4
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (2016)
Trespass Against us (2016) 

High-rise (2015) 
Suffragette (2015)
Youth (2015/I) 

Entertainment one
Burnt (2015/I) 
The last witch hunter (2015) 
Being AP (2015) 
Miss you Already (2015) 

Trumbo (2015)

Working title

The Program (2015/II) 
Legend (2015/I)
The Danish Girl (2015)
Everest (2015)
We Are Your Friends (2015)

Big Talk Productions

Brotherhood (2015)
Man up(2015/I) 
Houdini and Doyle(2015) 
Lives of the infamous Comedy Blaps (2014) 
Our Zoo (2014) 

Pathe

Pride (2014/I) 
Enemy (2013) 

Mandela: Long Walk To Freedom (2013) 

No One Lives (2012)127 Hours (2010)

Warp films

The Last Panthers (2015) 
Liam and Lenka (2014) 
The Midnight Beast: Quiz Night Beast (#2.6) (2014) 
The Midnight Beast: They Came Upon a Midnight Beast (#2.5) (2014) 
The Midnight Beast: Going Solo (#2.4) (2014)

European Economic Area (EEA)

The European Economic Area (EEA) provides for the free movement of persons, goods, services and capital within the internal market of the European Union (EU) between its 28 member states, as well as three of the four member states of the European Free Trade Association (EFTA): Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway. The Agreement is applied provisionally with respect to Croatia—the remaining and most recent EU member state—pending ratification of its accession by all EEA parties.

The EEA was established on 1 January 1994 upon entry into force of an agreement between the member states and the EU's predecessors, the European Economic Community and the European Coal and Steel Community. EFTA states which join the EEA participate in the EU's internal market without being EU members, adopting almost all the relevant EU legislation other than laws regarding agriculture and fisheries. The EEA's "decision-shaping" processes enable them to influence and contribute to new EEA policy and legislation from an early stage.

One EFTA member, Switzerland, has not joined the EEA, but has a series of bilateral agreements with the EU which allow it also to participate in the internal market.

British films can claim 25% tax relief from the government. This means the first 25% of any profit you make cannot be taxed. 

For Films to Qualify as a British film it must score 18/35 on the cultural test for 

Film. 

Avengers: Age of Ultron- This was filmed in 5 countries: Italy, South Africa, South Korea, United Kingdom and Bangladesh. The film was mayoralty filmed in the UK or EEA (4 points) Robert Downy Jr who playes Iron Man and Tony Stark is American. Thor played by Chris Hemsworth is Australian. Mark Ruffalo who played the Hulk is American. Chris Evans who played Captain American is American. Scarlett Johansson who played Black Widow is American. The cast is mainly American (0 points). The film was not based on a UK or EEA aubject matter put on Marvel comic books (0 points). The films were filmed in English dialogue (6 points). This film does not demonstrate British Creativity, diversity or heritage (0 points). SFX and VFX take place in American by a company called Perception NYC (0 points). Music Recording/Audio Post Production/Picture Post Production mainly all occurred in USA (0 point).  The Director Josh Whedon is American (0 points).  The writer Chris Lee is American (0 points).The producer Kevin Feige is American (0 points). The composers Danny Elfman and Brian Tyler are both American (0 points). Key staff were mainly American (0 points). Majority of the crew are also American (0 points). In conclusion Avengers: Age of Ultron scored 10 out of 35 meaning is it not a British film. 

Ex Machina- The film was set in mainly in many UK and Norway locations (4 points). Main cast members include Domhnall Gleeson who played celeb is Irish. Oscar Isaac who played Nathan is Guatemalan and Ava played by Alicia Vikander is Swedish meaning the main character are dominantly British and a part of the EEA (4 points). The film was based on a British and EEA subject matter of artificial intelligence which has close association with Alan Turing who is British. (4 points). Original dialogue was filmed in English language (4 points). The film demonstrates British creativity, diversity and heritage through using Alan Turing’s, Turing test to test an AI (4 points). Overall SFX and VFX Supervisor is Andrew Whitehurst who lives in London (4 points). The original music was by Geoff Barrow and Ben Sailburys, film editing was done by Mark Day who are all British (1 point). Director and script writer Alex Garland is British ( 2 point). The production companies of Ex Machina: Fim4 and DNA films are both British companies (1 point). Composers Geoff Barrow and Ben Salisbury’s are both British (1 point). Lead actors, Key cast and the Majority of the cast and crew are British (4 points) In conclusion Ex Machina scored 35 out of 35 meaning it is a British film. 

Mad Max: Fury Road- The film was set in Australia and USA (0 points). Tom Hardy who played Mad Max was born in England, Charlize Theron who played Imperator Furiosa was born in South Africa and Nicholas Hoult  who played Nux was born in England. The main and leading characters are dominantly British (4 points). Original dialogue was recorded in English language (6 points). This film does demonstrate British creativity  due to Tom hardy having to play Max who was formally played by Mel Gibson who is an American actor. The film frequently referred to former Mad Max films (4 points). John Seal did the majority of VFX and SFX, he is Australian (0 points).  Music was composed and performed by Junkie XL who was born in the Netherlands. Cinematography was by John Seale an Australian specialist. (0 points). The director and scriptwriter was George Miller who is Australian (0 points). The producer was Doug Mitchell who is also Australian (0 points). The lead actors are a mixed much of regional identies however the two of the main character are from the UK (1 point). The majority of the cast, crew are Australian (0 points) In conclusion Mad Max: Fury Road scored 11 out of 35 meaning it is not a British film. 

Other ways to be British

The ‘old’ rules for being British required a film to meet three of the following six criteria-

• A British director 
• A British Producer 
• A predominately British cast 
• A subject matter that informs of the British experience 
• British identity defined by the BFI in ‘sight and sound’ 
• (Co productions with British input count as British films) 

British films attract audiences through differentiating from Hollywood blockbusters. British films are popular to British audiences as they are more relatable and create a familiar atmosphere; other audiences such as in the USA and China also enjoy British films. Many different countries enjoy British films as some advertise and tell stories about our heritage. They also enjoy British films because of British actors, which includes the clothing and accents. Many popular British films include James Bond, Harry Potter etc. British films differ from Hollywood blockbusters as they attempt to explore differ issues.