Film4 is the feature film commissioning department of Channel 4, known for co-financing films from innovative British talent like Slumdog Millionaire. Working Title Films, founded in 1983, has produced over 90 films that have grossed over $4.5 billion worldwide, including the Bridget Jones and Harry Potter franchises. The BBC Films arm has also produced successful British films such as Billy Elliot and The Men Who Stare at Goats.

1. Section B: British Film Institutions

2. Film4

3. Film4 Film4 is headed by Tessa Ross. Film4 Productions is the feature film commissioning department of Channel 4. The company develops and co-finances film productions and is known for working with the most innovative talent in the UK. “We develop and co-finance smart and distinctive feature films.” Film4 is a founding partner of the Warp X digital studio.

4. Film4 They have developed feature films like the Academy Award winning Slumdog Millionaire, Mike Leigh's Happy Go Lucky and Shane Meadows' This Is England. Recent film4 films include: The Lovely Bones, Four Lions and Nowhere Boy Film4 films currently in production are: One Day starring Anne Hathaway, Paddy Considine's debut feature Tyrannosaur, starring Peter Mullan and a new film version of Wuthering Heights directed by Bafta 2010 Best British Film winner Andrea Arnold.

5. Film4 The Film4 channel is available for free to everyone with digital TV. On-air every day from 11am. Available on: Channel 15 on Freeview, channel 315 on Sky, channel 428 on Virgin Media, channel 300 on Freesat In partnership with:

6. Film4 “We showcase a wide range of titles, including the best of British film-making, US independent films, Hollywood blockbusters, mainstream drama and comedy, guilty pleasures, foreign films and cult cinema. You'll also find special features, in-depth interviews and exclusive programming.”

7. Working Title Films

9. Working Title Films Working Title Films is a British film production company that was founded by Tim Bevan and Sarah Radclyffe in 1983. It produces feature films and several television productions. Eric Fellner and Bevan are now the co-owners of the company. NBC Universal is Working Title's parent company.

10. Working Title Films They have been one of the UK's most successful film production companies for over the past three decades, with more than 90 theatrical releases that have grossed more than $4.5bn (£2.8bn) worldwide. As of 2007, all of its films are distributed by Universal Pictures.

11. Working Title Films They have developed films such as Bridget Jones’s Diary, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Love Actually, Notting Hill, Pride and Prejudice and Atonement. Recent Working Title films include: Green Zone starring Matt Damon, Nanny McPhee starring Emma Thompson and Burn After Reading starring Brad Pitt, Frances McDormand and George Clooney. Working Title films currently in production are: Paul starring Simon PeggandJohnny English Reborn starring Rowan Atkinson

12. Working Title Films They have promoted a range of English talent such as Keira Knightly, Hugh Grant, Simon Pegg and Colin Firth. Their most recent success is the launch of WT2, an offshoot designed to produce smaller budget films. Its first film, Billy Elliot, was a huge success.

13. Working Title Films Although Working Title Films promote English talent and produce English Films, as of 2000 they have been owned by Universal Studios, an American film company, and have offices based in Los Angeles, making them not strictly a British company.

14. BBC Films BBC Films is the feature film-making arm of the BBC. It has produced or co-produced some of the most successful British films of recent years, including: Edge of Darkness (co-production with Warner Bros. and Icon Productions) StreetDance 3D (Co-Production with Vertigo Films) Nativity! The Men Who Stare at Goats The Duchess Billy Elliot (with Working Title Films)

15. Aardman Aardman, a British animation company has a deserved reputation as a world leader in model animation. Aardman's first full-length theatrical feature film was Chicken Run which was later followed by Wallace and Gromit: Curse of the Wererabbit and Flushed Away. All films produced by Aardman have been funded by Dreamworks, an American company.

16. Heyday Films Heyday Films is a British film production company, founded by producer David Heyman in London in 1997. Its first feature film production was Ravenous, directed by Antonia Bird. However, it is most notable for producing the Harry Potter film series, based on the novels of J. K. Rowling. Other films they have produced include Yes Man, I Am Legend and The Boy In Striped Pyjamas.

17. British Actors Though many of these actors are British and even began playing roles in British Films, many of them are now taking on, or even went straight to having roles in American films. For example, Cillian Murphy is well known for his part in 28 Days Later, but since then has starred in films such as The Dark Night and Inception. Similarly, Ricky Gervais who both starred in and directed the UK TV series The Office, then went on to direct and star in The Invention of Lying and Ghost Town which were mainly American films. Colin Firth Hugh Grant Daniel Craig Gerard Butler Ricky Gervais Jude Law Simon Pegg Cillian Murphy

19. British Actresses Emily Blunt Keira Knightley Kate Winslet Emma Thompson Tilda Swinton Thandie Newton Kate Beckinsale Helena Bonham Carter Like British Actors, many actresses have also started in British films and then later moved onto bigger films in America. For example, Keira Knightley starred in Bend it Like Beckham and Love Actually before moving onto films such as Pirates of the Carribean and King Arthur.

21. Defining British Film Category A: films made with British, money, personnel and resources. Category B: films co-funded with money from Britain and from foreign investment, but the majority of finance, cultural content and personnel are British. Category C: films with mostly foreign (but non USA) investment and a small British input, either financially or creatively. Category D: films made in the UK with (usually) British cultural content, but financed fully or partly by American companies. Category E: American films with some British involvement.

22. Slumdog Millionaire Category D tells the story of Jamal Malik, a young man from the Juhu slums of Mumbai who appears on the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Directed by Danny Boyle and Loveleen Tandan Produced by Christian Colson Written by Simon Beaufoy Based on Q & A by Vikas Swarup Starring Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Madhur Mittal, Anil Kapoor, Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, Tanay Chheda, Irfan Khan, Rubina Ali, Tanvi Ganes Lonkar, Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail and Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala Studio Celador Films and Film4 Distributed by Pathe Pictures (UK) and Fox Searchlight Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures (US) Budget $15 million Gross revenue $377,910,544

23. RocknRolla Category D Directed by Guy Ritchie Produced by Steve Clark-Hall, Susan Downey, Guy Ritchie and Joel Silver Written by Guy Ritchie Narrated by Mark Strong Starring Toby Kebbell, Mark Strong, Tom Wilkinson, Gerard Butler, Tom Hardy, Idris Elba and Thandie Newton Studio Dark Castle Entertainment Distributed by Warner Bros. Budget $18 million Gross revenue $25,739,015

24. This is England Category A a 2006 British drama film written and directed by Shane Meadows. The story centres on young skinheads in England in 1983. Produced by Mark Herbert Written by Shane Meadows Starring Thomas Turgoose, Joe Gilgun, Andrew Shim, Vicky McClure, Stephen Graham and Rosamund Hanson. Studio Film4 and Warp Films Distributed by Optimum Releasing Budget £1.5 million Gross revenue £1,539,372

25. Notting Hill Category B a 1999 British romantic comedy film set in Notting Hill, London Directed by Roger Michell Produced by Duncan Kenworthy Written by Richard Curtis Starring Julia Roberts, Hugh Grant, Emma Chambers and Rhys Ifans Studio: PolyGram Filmed Entertainment and Working Title Films Distributed by Universal Pictures Budget $42 million Gross revenue $363,889,678 It earned $116,089,678 as its overall domestic gross.

26. Atonement Category B Directed by Joe Wright Produced by Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner andPaul Webster Screenplay by Christopher Hampton Based on Atonement by Ian McEwan Starring: James McAvoy, Keira Knightley, Romola Garai, Saoirse Ronan, Vanessa Redgrave, Juno Temple and Benedict Cumberbatch Budget $30 million Gross revenue $129,266,061 The film was released in the United Kingdom and Ireland on 7 September 2007, and has grossed £11,557,134. The film has now grossed $50,927,067 in the US