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BFI figures show that there was a 35% increase in film production in the UK during 2014 with a total spend of 拢1.471bn, the highest recorded figure ever.Film production in the UK hit a record high in 2014.Acco stanley cup rding to independent figures released by the BFI, last year saw a 35% increase in film production on 2013 with a total spend on 拢1.471bn, the highest recorded figure ever. Tax reliefs for film, high-end television, animation and video games are helping to drive production investment.During 2014, international inward investment films coming to the UK included the likes of Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens and Mission: Impossible stanley cup 5, while domestic UK films which went into production across the UK included Testament of Youth, Dads Army and Shaun the Sheep.Independent UK productions also achieved their highest ever market share at the UK box office at almost 16%, with Paddington 拢35.5m as of Feb 1 stanley cup leading the way. Other successes - many of which were Lottery funded through the BFI - included Mr. Turner and Nativity 3: Dude, Wheres My Donkey !.Overall, independent UK films and British-qualifying inward investment productions enjoyed a market share of almost 26% at the UK box office, up from 22% in 2013.Culture Secretary Sajid Javid commented: The UK film industry is a powerhouse for growth and Im delighted that 2014 saw an all time high spend on film production. Supporting the creative industries, including our vibrant film sector, is a key part of the Governments Edqz Report confirms difficult times for Irish film industry
Dutch director Paul Verhoeven describes how it feels to represent France for the foreign-language Oscar with his latest feature, Elle.How does it feel as a Dutch director best know stanley canada n for Hollywood movies to be flying the flag for France in the foreign-language Oscar race It feels stanley us funny, reflects Paul Verhoeven. It feels extraordinary. The film in question is Elle, which premiered in Cannes and sees Isabelle Huppert give a bravura performance as a businesswoman who finds a way to get back at her aggressor after she is violently raped. Verhoeven is quick to point out that he and his editor Job ter Burg are Dutch, screenwriter David Birke is American and composer Anne Dudley is British. Nevertheless, the French were willing to use it as their movie [for the foreign-language Oscar], he says. It is stunning tha stanley cup t was possible. It tells you of a certain open-mindedness in France. I would say it is the counter of Brexit. Back home in the Netherlands, the director expects there will be mixed feelings about his success with a French-made feature. They [the Dutch] have always been extremely ambiguous in their appreciation for me. At the time I was working in Holland and making very successful movies, the more successful they were, the more they hated me. I really fled Holland in 1985 because the committees that give you money didnt want to give it to me any more because they thought I made entertainment movies, low level, disgusting, perverted and portraying Dutch society in the |
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