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Seven bosses on £100,000-plus at body replacing axed Film Council

01.12.10
British Film Institute has seven staff on pay packages of more than £100,000 — despite excessive salaries being one of the Government’s reasons for axing the UK Film Council... more

Culture ministers question Film Council over ‘briefings war’

17.08.10
Culture minister Ed Vaizey challenges the head of the UK Film Council to answer claims it is using its taxpayer funding to fight abolition... more

Film Council axe is a ‘smokescreen for cuts’

09.08.10
Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt accused of using six-figure salaries at the UK Film Council as a 'smokescreen' for his cuts... more

Surge in audiences helps film industry defy recession

21.07.10
The film industry in Britain has bucked the recession with the second-biggest audience in 40 years and record inward investment, a new report reveals... more

Slumdog Millionaire ready for a bite of Oscars

09.02.09
Slumdog Millionaire looks set for an inexorable sweep to Oscars glory after storming the Orange British Academy Awards... more

Film

08.10.08
Given the financial hurricane that devasted the City last month, that 2008 is shaping up to be a good year for British film and our leading directors and actors ... more

British film boom: Industry in 60 per cent hike in takings thanks to Keira and Harry Potter

21.07.08
Keira Knightley and JK Rowling have helped the British film industry enjoy its best year, earning a record £1.65 billion around the world.... more

UK films make great box office with £1.6bn record

21.07.08
Keira Knightley and JK Rowling have helped the British film industry enjoy its best year, earning a record £1.65 billion around the world... more

Britain's £1.5bn box office record

21.07.08
Keira Knightley and JK Rowling have helped the British film industry enjoy its best ever year, earning a record £1.6 billion around the world.... more

A burnished time warp

06.02.08
Fox & Anchor is a sympathetic and lovely renovation of a historic old boozer, and Londoners should be grateful.... more

Box office boost for British films

13.11.07
Home-grown films accounted for more than a quarter of the UK box office this year, according to new figures.... more

Bond joins Pirates in top 10 film list

24.04.07
Casino Royale and Pirates of the Caribbean: Dead Man's Chest have secured a place in the top ten highest grossing films at the British box office.... more

Londoners buy a quarter of all cinema tickets

23.04.07
A quarter of all cinema admissions in the Britain were in London last year with Casino Royale, the latest James Bond, the most popular film.... more

Brits sweep the Globes

16.01.07
The Brits are celebrating their biggest ever haul of Golden Globes. Helen Mirren led the way at the Beverly Hills ceremony seen as a forerunner to the Oscars.... more

Hollywood bows down to Potters

15.01.07
The British movie industry is seeing increased levels of investment thanks to movies such as the Harry Potter series and the current Beatrix Potter biopic.... more

Fears for film industry without TV licence rise

10.11.06
Film industry chiefs have warned that Britain will struggle to produce hits if the Government does not increase the BBC's licence fee.... more


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