Film Distributors - Research

Finding funding for a film in the UK is not as difficult as it might appear. There are many organisations that are willing to give up and coming directors a chance to make the next big hit, or just an arty film only to be shown at film festivals. These companies include well known companies such as Film 4 and the UK film council, as well as lesser known funding companies such as Efilmfund. For those making less prestigious films or short films, it is common for them to find finding online such as at:

www.reelmind.com/idealive/
www.filmdeveloper.com/Efilmfund/
www.Hollywoodinvestors.com/
Film 4 is a company that is well known in the UK to invest heavily on new British talent and has pioneered short films such as Honeymoon and New Love as well as some well renowned films like Slumdog Millionaire and The Lovely Bones.
The director of Slumdog Millionaire, Danny Boyle, had his first ever film, Shallow Grave, funded by Film 4 in 1994. This film then went on to win 14 awards including a BAFTA. Although he was already a director for multiple TV shows, his first venture into film was helped by Film 4, and their investment into this British talent shows what a difference a strong source of funding can make.
Momentum Pictures is a distributer in the UK and established in 1960 and has been most active in the last decade, with its distribution of over 200 films from 1999 to 2010. Generally the films that they distribute are more for local film festivals and for theatrical purposes, but there are many films that it has distributed that have made Momentum Pictures become more known to the public. An example of one such film is Equilibrium (2002) the Action/Thriller movie which was nominated for 2 awards. After this, Momentum Pictures continued to work on films that were Action, Thriller or a mixture of the two, such as Teeth (2007).

Slumdog Millionaire:
















The Lovely Bones:

Equilibrium:



















Teeth:

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