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21/07/2010 UK Film Council launches first fully digital Statistical Yearbook
Annual Statistical Yearbook published as searchable website for first time; UK box office reached record levels in 2009 - totalling £944 million; Inward investment up 111% year-on-year to reach record level of £753 million.
19/07/2010 One world, 24 hours, 6 billion perpectives
Join Ridley Scott, Kevin Macdonald and Youtube on 24 July and be a part of Life in a Day, an experimental user-generated documentary film shot in a single day.
30/06/2010 Nick Whitfield's Skeletons scoops Edinburgh's top prize
The Michael Powell Award for Best New British Feature Film at this year's Edinburgh International Film Festival goes to Skeletons, co-financed by EM-Media and Scottish Screen through Edge City Films.
The UK film industry contributes a total of over £4.5 billion a year to UK GDP and more than £1.2 billion to the Exchequer, according to an independent report published today by Oxford Economics.
1/06/2010 The National Lottery Awards: semi-finalists revealed
Actress Fay Ripley gives her support to this year's National Lottery Awards. The 70 semifinalists include the Beacon Hill Film project which was funded by the UK Film Council via First Light. Voting opens today (1 June) in this annual search to find the UK's favourite Lottery-funded projects.
26/05/2010 New sustainability standard developed for UK film industry
The UK Film Council and BSI, together with representatives from different parts of the UK film industry, are developing a new British Standard that will set out the requirements for improving the sustainability of the UK film industry.
25/05/2010 Streetdance 3D - the biggest ever opening weekend for a Lottery-funded film
UK Film Council-financed Streetdance 3D not only claimed number one spot in cinemas nationwide this weekend, but it also "popped and locked" its way into the history books to score the biggest ever opening weekend performance for any film backed by the UK Film Council in its 10 year history - bigger than even Bend it like Beckham and St Trinian's.
7/05/2010 British film at the Cannes Film Festival
Six UK Film Council-backed films and a further ten made with British involvement selected for screening; 190 British films for sale in the market; UK Film Centre supporting British delegates with a packed events programme.
27/04/2010 Toy Story 3 - To Edinburgh...and beyond!
The Edinburgh International Film Festival and The Walt Disney Company are delighted to announce today that Disney / Pixar's TOY STORY 3 will have a Special 3D Gala screening at this year's Festival on Saturday 19 June.
