Who is the company?
Film4 is a British digital television channel available in the UK, it produces, distributes and exhibits films. It is owned by Channel Four Television Corporation, which screens the films, they also own Channel 4, 4seven, Film4, E4, More4 and 4music. The BFI Film Fund is the largest public film fund in the UK, each year they invest over £26m of Lottery funds to support film development, production and distribution activity in the UK. The budget is set to rise to £30m by 2017.
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What do the company produce?
Film 4 aim to fund 10 to 12 films a year, it co-operates with other companies such as, 4seven, Channel 4, E4, More4, 4Music, Heat, Kerrang!, Kiss, Magic, Smash Hits and The Box. Film4 has developed and co-financed many of the most successful UK films of recent years, films like Danny Boyle's Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours, Martin McDonagh's In Bruges. Steve McQueen's Hunger, Mike Leigh's Another Year, Chris Morris' Four Lions and Peter Mullan's NEDS and the Inbetweeners Movie which took over £14.7m in its first week of release in 2011. Film 4 aim to show films within any genre. Film Four productions have a reputation of producing British Social Realism films they base their films in real life, gritty locations with mostly unknown actor, their general rule is to not develop films for family audiences.
Where is the company based?
As Film 4 Production is a British film company, they are mainly funded in the UK, although they support international, including American independent film-makers by co-investing in innovative and interesting foreign films. Film 4 is also available in the Republic of Ireland and Switzerland.
Why is the company important to the UK film industry?
Film 4's Ethos is to develop new British Talent and be a leader of innovation in the British Film industry. They also aim to invest around £500,000 per film at a rate of around 20 films a year. They want to offer a platform for British and independent cinema by showing each one of Film Four Productions films on Channel 4 and Film 4.
1992-1997 was Film Four's main period of financial success, The Crying Game in 1992 took $62 million in US. Four Weddings and a Funeral, in 1994 took $240 million worldwide, and Trainspotting in 1996 took $16 million in Us and £12 million in UK.
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