Warp Film is an independent British film company based in London and Sheffield. As an independent studio, it has more limited funding than major studios but seeks financing from various UK film councils and organizations. It stresses the importance of using short films to impress potential funders and get noticed. Some of Warp Film's biggest successes include This Is England, which won several awards, and Submarine, which had a small £1.2 million budget but made over £2 million in profits. However, some of its films like Bunny and the Bull and Grow Your Own were financial flops. Warp Film's success is attributed to securing funding from multiple UK sources and producing low-budget films that are acclaimed and commercially successful.

1. Warp Film

2. Ownership & Funding
Warp Film is an independent film company. Warp Films is an independent film
company so wouldn’t be able to include special effects to the same standard
as Working Title. In an interview about funding Warp Film said this:
‘When it comes to funding everyone loves a reason to say no: which is where
short films come in, you can go into a meeting and have something to show
potential funders. If you go to a festival and meet with a funder, they’re
probably doing twenty meetings a day over 2 weeks and only going to
commit to three films. The odds are stacked against you so need plenty of
tricks in your pocket to impress them. At the same time, it’s important not to
focus on things like BFI strategy and how many shorts they may fund, strategies
will keep on changing. Just keep going, there are plenty of ways to get
noticed.’
BBC Films- Film4- UK Film Council- Screen
Yorkshire- EM Media Box Office

3. Organisations they work with
Warp is one of the foremost and most
respected creative independent
companies, now composed of Warp
Records, Warp Films and Warp Music Videos
& Commercials. It is based in London,
England and Sheffield, with a further office
now in Melbourne, Australia. Since its
inception as a shop and record label in
1989, it has been a platform for innovative
and boundary-breaking talent.

4. Film successes
The film ‘My Wrongs’ won Best Short Film at 2003 BAFTA’s
and it became the first short film DVD dingle in the UK
market. The film was on a tight budget and was filmed in
22days it was nominated for a record eight British
Independent Film Awards. Wraps Films had a big success
with ‘ This is England’ it has gathered many awards. It has
gained awards from Best Film at the British Independent
Films Awards, the Special Jury Prize at the Rome Film
Festival and Best British Film at the BAFTA’s. The film has
had box office successes such as ‘Hush’, ‘ This is England’ ,
‘Four Lions’ and ‘Submarine’. Submarine had a £1.2
million budget and got a box office profit of £2.03 million.
On theopening weekend the film had made £244,476 and
been shown on 60 screens. And in the USA the film on the
opening produced $41,832 and that was shown on 4
screens.

5. Film flops
Bunny and the Bull –2009 – took $81,010
Grow Your Own –2007 – took £103,777 in the UK

6. What makes them successful
• Have funding from many UK sources
granting them the money they need to
make the films
• Have little spending budgets but then
produce films that are successful and
make a large amount of profit
• Have made many UK films that have
been acclaimed for being unique and
won many awards at film festivals and
award ceremonies such as the BAFTA’s