Editing Film4 Productions

{{short description|British film production company}}
{{For|the television channel|Film4}}
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{{Infobox company
| name = Film4 Productions
| former_name = Channel Four Films<br>FilmFour<br>FilmFour International
| logo = Film4 logo 2018.svg
| logo_size = 170px
| logo_caption = Logo used since 2018
| type = Film production company
| foundation = 1982
| location = [[London]], [[England]], [[United Kingdom]]
| locations = 2
| owner = <!-- Per [[Template:Infobox company]], it states: "If the company is majority-owned by a single entity and as such is a subsidiary or division, omit the owner field and use the parent field instead." -->
| parent = [[Channel Four Television Corporation]]
| key_people = [[Tessa Ross]]
| products = [[film|Motion Pictures]]
| homepage = {{URL|https://www.film4productions.com/}}
}}
{{Channel Four Television Corporation|sidebar=yes}}
'''Film4 Productions''' is a British film [[production company]] owned by [[Channel Four Television Corporation|Channel 4 Television Corporation]]. The company has been responsible for backing many films made in the UK. The company's first production was ''[[Walter (1982 film)|Walter]]'', directed by [[Stephen Frears]], which was released in 1982. It is especially known for its gritty, [[kitchen sink realism|kitchen sink]]-style films and [[Historical drama|period drama]]s.

== History ==
In 1981, producer [[David Rose (producer)|David Rose]] left the [[BBC]] for Channel 4 where he was appointed the Commissioning Editor for Fiction by [[Jeremy Isaacs]], the channel's founding Chief Executive but became mostly identified with the [[Film on Four]] strand. With an initial overall budget of £6 million a year, '''Channel Four Films''' was to invest in twenty films annually for Film on Four.<ref name="Rothschild2008">{{cite book|last=Rothschild|first=Hannah|author-link=Hannah Rothschild (film maker)|url=http://25by4.channel4.com/chapter_25/article_2/print|title=Labour of Love, C4 at 25|date=2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090703121821/http://25by4.channel4.com/chapter_25/article_2/print |archive-date=3 July 2009}}</ref> The first film backed was [[Neil Jordan]]'s debut film ''[[Angel (1982 Irish film)|Angel]]'' (1982).<ref name=4at15>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=26 September 1997|pages=30–36|title=Hope & Glory|last=Tutt|first=Louise}}</ref> The first film shown as part of Film on Four was [[Stephen Frears]]'s ''[[Walter (1982 film)|Walter]]'' which was screened on 2 November 1982, the launch date of Channel 4. ''[[P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang]]'' screened the following day was also an early highlight.<ref name=BFI/> Originally, the company's films were intended for television screenings alone; the "holdback" system prevented investment in theatrical films by television companies because of the length of time (then three years) before broadcasters could screen them. An agreement soon concluded with the Cinema Exhibitors Association allowed a brief period of cinema exhibition if the budget of the films was below £1.25 million.<ref name=BFI>{{cite web|first=Michael|last=Brooke|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/1304135/index.html|title=Channel 4 and Film|website=BFI screenonline|access-date=}}</ref> Channel Four Films struck several deals with other film production companies including the [[BFI Production Board]], [[Goldcrest Films]] and [[Merchant Ivory]].<ref name=BFI/> By 1984, Channel Four Films were investing in a third of the feature films made in the UK.<ref name="Emmanuel">Susan Emanuel [http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=channelfour "Channel Four - British Programming Service"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101204182139/http://www.museum.tv/eotvsection.php?entrycode=channelfour |date=4 December 2010 }}, Museum of Broadcast Communications website; Susan Emmanuel "Channel Four&nbsp;— British Programming Service", in Horace Newcomb (ed) ''Encyclopedia of Television: Volume 1, A-C'', New York: Fitzroy Dearborn, 2004, p487</ref>

Channel Four's Business Development Department was formed in 1983 for TV and film sales<ref name=element>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=26 September 1997|page=30|title=The Four Element|last=Tutt|first=Louise}}</ref> and they also invested in foreign films including [[Wim Wenders]]' ''[[Paris, Texas (film)|Paris, Texas]]'' (1984) and [[Jan Svankmajer]]'s ''[[Alice (1988 film)|Alice]]'' (1988).<ref name=BFI/> In 1985 '''FilmFour International''' was created as a separate international film sales arm and to invest in foreign film, including [[Andrei Tarkovsky]]'s ''[[The Sacrifice (1986 film)|The Sacrifice]]'' (1986).<ref name=element/><ref name=4at15/><ref name=BFI/>

Channel Four Film's first big hit was Frears' third feature film for the cinema, ''[[My Beautiful Laundrette]]'', in 1985.<ref name=timeline/> Originally shot in [[16mm]] for Channel 4 it was met with such critical acclaim at the [[Edinburgh International Film Festival|Edinburgh Film Festival]] that it was acquired by [[Orion Classics]] and distributed to cinemas and became an international success.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.artforum.com/film/howard-hampton-on-my-beautiful-laundrette-54128|title=Laundry Days|website=www.artforum.com|date=3 August 2015 |language=en-US|access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/443819/index.html|title=BFI Screenonline: My Beautiful Laundrette (1985)|website=www.screenonline.org.uk|access-date=2019-02-01}}</ref><ref name=4at15/>

In 1987, FilmFour International agreed a licensing deal with Orion Classics to handle US distribution of two more FilmFour features, ''[[Rita, Sue and Bob Too]]'' and ''[[A Month in the Country (film)|A Month in the Country]]''.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=18 February 1987|title=Film Four Pic Pair To Orion Classics|pages=4, 46|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]}}</ref> By 1987, Channel 4 had an interest in half the films being made in the United Kingdom.<ref>David Rose quoted by Dorothy Hobson in ''Channel 4: The Early Years and the Jeremy Isaacs Legacy'', London: I.B Tauris, 2008, p.64</ref>

Rose and Channel Four Films are credited by many as being a significant figure in the regeneration of British cinema and particularly remembered for films such as ''[[Wish You Were Here (1987 film)|Wish You Were Here]]'', ''[[Dance With a Stranger]]'', ''[[Mona Lisa (1986 film)|Mona Lisa]]'', and ''[[Letter to Brezhnev]]''. Channel Four Films also invested in early [[Working Title Films]] as well as most of the films of Frears, [[Ken Loach]] and [[Mike Leigh]].<ref name=4at15/>  Leigh told writer [[Hannah Rothschild (film maker)|Hannah Rothschild]] around 2008 that Film on Four had saved the British film industry: "This is a non-negotiable, historical fact of life and anybody who suggests that this isn't the case is simply either suffering from some kind of ignorance or has got some terrible chip."<ref name="Rothschild2008" />

Rose remained in his post as Commissioning Editor until March 1990.<ref name=timeline>{{cite news|first=Jason|last=Deans|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2002/jul/08/channel4.broadcasting|title=Timeline: FilmFour - where did it all go wrong?|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|date=8 July 2002|access-date=}}</ref> During his tenure at Channel 4, Rose approved the making of 136 films, half of which received cinema screenings.<ref>{{cite news|first=Jeremy|last=Isaacs|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/happy-birthday-to-the-leader-with-the-golden-touch-532406.html |title=Happy Birthday to the leader with the golden touch|newspaper=[[The Independent]]|date=8 November 2004}}</ref> Of the films Rose backed, 20 were from overseas sources, including work by directors [[Theo Angelopoulos]], [[Andrei Tarkovsky]] and [[Wim Wenders]].<ref name="Gdn20170215">{{cite news|last1=Purser|first1=Philip|last2=Isaacs|first2=Jeremy|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2017/feb/15/david-rose-obituary|title=David Rose obituary|work=The Guardian|date=15 February 2017|access-date=28 March 2021}}</ref> The company also helped British minority filmmakers including [[Po-Chih Leong]] (''[[Ping Pong (1986 film)|Ping Pong]]'' (1986)); [[Horace Ové]] (''[[Playing Away]]'' (1986)) and [[Hanif Kureishi]] (''My Beautiful Laundrette''; ''[[Sammy and Rosie Get Laid]]'' (1987)). This continued after Rose's departure with films directed by [[Gurinder Chadha]] (''[[Bhaji on the Beach]]'' (1993)) and [[Steve McQueen (director)|Steve McQueen]] (''[[Hunger (2008 film)|Hunger]]'' (2008)).<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Sight and Sound]]|date=May 2022|page=99|title=Ping Pong|last=White|first=George}}</ref>

[[David Aukin]] joined as head of drama in October 1990 and took over responsibility for Film on Four.<ref name=timeline/> He changed his title to head of film in 1997 which he remained until 1998.<ref name=4at15/>

The company had another big international success with Jordan's ''[[The Crying Game]]'' in 1992.<ref name=4at15/> In addition it was nominated for the [[Academy Award for Best Picture]] as was ''[[Howards End (film)|Howards End]]'' the same year. ''[[Damage (1992 film)|Damage]]'' also received an Academy Award nomination that year.<ref name=timeline/> Later in 1993, Leigh's ''[[Naked (1993 film)|Naked]]'' and Loach's ''[[Raining Stones]]'' were entered into competition at the [[1993 Cannes Film Festival]].<ref name=timeline/>

The following year, [[Mike Newell (director)|Mike Newell]]'s ''[[Four Weddings and a Funeral]]'' became the [[List of highest-grossing films in the United Kingdom|highest-grossing UK film of all time]] and [[Danny Boyle]]'s ''[[Trainspotting (film)|Trainspotting]]'' (1996) was also very successful.<ref name=4at15/>

In the 1990s, Channel Four partnered with [[The Samuel Goldwyn Company]] to create a distribution company to release Channel Four films and Goldwyn films in the UK but Goldwyn pulled out late on and in August 1995, '''Film Four Distributors''' was formed.<ref>{{Cite magazine|date=10 July 1995|title=Ch. 4 heads into distrib'n alone|page=|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|last=Dawtrey|first=Adam|url=https://variety.com/1995/film/features/ch-4-heads-into-distrib-n-alone-99130411/|access-date=8 September 2022}}</ref> Its first release was ''[[Blue Juice]]'' (1995) and its first major successes were ''[[Secrets & Lies (film)|Secrets & Lies]]'' and ''[[Brassed Off]]'' in 1996.<ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=8 November 1996|last=Duncan|first=Celia|page=22|title=Blowing Your Own Trumpet}}</ref><ref name=FFD>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Screen International]]|date=26 September 1997|page=31|title=The Four Man|last=Tutt|first=Louise}}</ref><ref name=4at15/>

In 1998, the company was re-branded as '''FilmFour''' with an annual budget of £32 million for 8 to 10 films.<ref name=timeline/> ''[[East Is East (1999 film)|East Is East]]'' (1999) becomes their biggest self-funded film.<ref name=timeline/> In 2000, the company signed a three-year deal with [[Warner Bros.]] to make seven films with budgets of more than £13 million but their first, ''[[Charlotte Gray (film)|Charlotte Gray]]'' (2001) was not the success they hoped for.<ref name=timeline/>

The company cut its budget and staff significantly in 2002, due to mounting losses, and was reintegrated into the drama department of Channel 4. The name "Film4 Productions" was introduced in 2006 to tie in with the relaunch of the FilmFour broadcast channel as [[Film4]].{{citation needed|date=February 2016}}

[[Tessa Ross]] was head of both Film4 and Channel 4 drama from 2002 to 2014.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2006/feb/06/channel4.broadcasting|title=Interview: Tessa Ross|work=[[The Guardian]]|first=Owen|last=Gibson|date=6 February 2006 |access-date=24 February 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/media/2014/mar/26/channel-4-tessa-ross-national-theatre|title=Channel 4 boss Tessa Ross appointed chief executive of the National Theatre|work=The Guardian|first=John|last=Plunkett|date=26 March 2014 |access-date=24 February 2016}}</ref>
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== Selected list of productions ==
This is a list of the most notable productions by Film4.

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* ''[[12 Years a Slave (film)|12 Years a Slave]]'' (co-production with [[Regency Enterprises]], [[River Road Entertainment]] and [[Plan B Entertainment|Plan B]])
* ''[[127 Hours]]'' (co-production with [[Pathé]], [[Fox Searchlight Pictures]], Everest Entertainment, [[Cloud Eight Films]], [[John Smithson|Darlow Smithson Productions]] and [[Warner Bros. Pictures]])
* ''[[20,000 Days on Earth]]'' (co-production with [[British Film Institute]])
* ''[[24 Hour Party People]]'' (co-production with [[United Artists]], [[UK Film Council]], [[Revolution Films]] and [[Baby Cow Productions]])
* ''[[45 Years]]'' (co-production with [[British Film Institute]])
* ''[['71 (film)|'71]]'' (co-production with [[British Film Institute]], [[Screen Yorkshire]], [[Creative Scotland]] and [[Warp Films]])
* ''[[A Complete History of My Sexual Failures]]'' (co-production with [[Warp Films]], [[Screen Yorkshire]], [[Regional screen agencies|EM Media]], [[Madman Entertainment]] and [[UK Film Council]])
* ''[[A Field in England]]''
* ''[[A Life Less Ordinary]]'' (co-production with [[PolyGram Filmed Entertainment]] and [[20th Century Fox]])
* ''[[A Most Wanted Man (film)|A Most Wanted Man]]'' (co-production with [[FilmNation Entertainment]])
* ''[[A Month in the Country (film)|A Month in the Country]]'' (co-production with [[Euston Films]])
* ''[[A Room with a View (1985 film)|A Room with a View]]'' (co-production with [[Merchant Ivory Productions]] and [[Goldcrest Films]])
* ''[[A Zed and Two Noughts]]'' (co-production with [[British Film Institute]] and [[Artificial Eye (distribution)|Artificial Eye]])
* ''[[Amy (2015 film)|Amy]]'' (co-production with [[Universal Music]], Playmaker Films & Krishwerkz Entertainment)
* ''[[American Animals]]''
* ''[[American Buffalo (film)|American Buffalo]]'' (co-production with [[Capitol Films]])
* ''[[American Honey (film)|American Honey]]'' (co-production with Parts & Labor, Pulse Films, ManDown Pictures, [[British Film Institute]], and Maven Pictures)
* ''[[An Evening with Beverly Luff Linn]]'' (co-production with [[British Film Institute]])
* ''[[And When Did You Last See Your Father?]]'' (co-production with [[Sony Pictures Classics]], [[UK Film Council]], [[Regional screen agencies|EM Media]], [[Tiger Aspect]], [[Irish Film Board|Bórd Scannán na hÉireann/Irish Film Board]] and [[European Development Fund]])
* ''[[Angel (1982 Irish film)|Angel]]''
* ''[[Angels & Insects]]'' (co-production with [[The Samuel Goldwyn Company]])
* ''[[Another Year (film)|Another Year]]'' (co-production with [[Thin Man Films]])
* ''[[Attack the Block]]'' (co-production with [[Big Talk Productions]], [[StudioCanal]] and [[UK Film Council]])
* ''[[Backbeat (film)|Backbeat]]'' (co-production with [[PolyGram Filmed Entertainment]])
* ''[[Bad Behaviour (1993 film)|Bad Behaviour]]''
* ''[[Bandit Queen]]'' (co-production with [[Kaleidoscope Entertainment]])
* ''[[Beast (2017 film)|Beast]]'' (co-production with [[British Film Institute]])
* ''[[Beautiful Thing (film)|Beautiful Thing]]''
* ''[[Been So Long (film)|Been So Long]]'' (co-production with [[Netflix]] and [[British Film Institute]])
* ''[[Bent (1997 film)|Bent]]'' (co-production with [[Arts Council of England]])
* ''[[Berberian Sound Studio]]'' (co-production with [[Warp Films|Warp X Productions]], [[Screen Yorkshire]] and [[UK Film Council]])
* ''[[Bhaji on the Beach]]''
* ''[[Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk (film)|Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk]]'' (co-production with [[TriStar Pictures]])
* ''[[Birthday Girl (2001 film)|Birthday Girl]]'' (co-production with [[Miramax Films]], [[Mirage Enterprises]] and [[HAL Films]])
* ''[[Black Sea (film)|Black Sea]]'' (co-production with [[Focus Features]])
* ''[[Blue (1993 film)|Blue]]'' (co-production with [[BBC Radio 3]] and [[Arts Council of Great Britain]])
* ''[[Blue Juice]]''
* ''[[Blonde Fist]]''
* ''[[Brassed Off]]'' (co-production with [[Miramax Films]] and Prominent Features)
* ''[[Bread and Roses (2000 film)|Bread and Roses]]''
* ''[[Brian and Charles]]'' (co-production with [[British Film Institute]] and Mr Box Productions)
* ''[[Brothers of the Head]]'' (co-production with [[Regional screen agencies|Screen East]] and [[Regional screen agencies|EM Media]])
* ''[[Buena Vista Social Club (film)|Buena Vista Social Club]]'' (co-production with [[Road Movies Filmproduktion]] and [[Arte]])
* ''[[Buffalo Soldiers (2001 film)|Buffalo Soldiers]]'' (co-production with [[Good Machine]] and [[Miramax Films]])
* ''[[Bunny and the Bull]]'' (co-production with [[Warp Films|Warp X Productions]], [[Wild Bunch (film company)|Wild Bunch]], [[Optimum Releasing]], [[Screen Yorkshire]] and [[UK Film Council]])
* ''[[Career Girls]]''
* ''[[Carla's Song]]'' (co-production with [[Glasgow Film Office]] and [[Televisión Española]])
* ''[[Carol (film)|Carol]]'' (co-production with [[Number 9 Films]] and [[Killer Films]])
* ''[[Catch Me Daddy]]'' (co-production with [[British Film Institute]] and [[Screen Yorkshire]])
* ''[[Charlotte Gray (film)|Charlotte Gray]]'' (co-production with [[Ecosse Films]] and [[Warner Bros.]])
* ''[[Christmas Carol: The Movie]]'' (co-production with [[UK Film Council]])
* ''[[Cold War (2018 film)|Cold War]]'' (co-production with [[British Film Institute]] and [[Marin Karmitz|MK2]])
* ''[[Comrades (1986 film)|Comrades]]'' (co-production with now-defunct [[National Film Finance Corporation]])
* ''[[Croupier (film)|Croupier]]'' (co-production with [[Arte]] and [[Westdeutscher Rundfunk]])
* ''[[Cuban Fury]]'' (co-production with [[British Film Institute]])
* ''[[Damage (1992 film)|Damage]]'' (co-production with [[Le Studio Canal+]] and [[Canal+ (French TV channel)|Canal+]])
* ''[[Dance with a Stranger]]''
* ''[[Dancer in the Dark]]'' (co-production with [[Canal+ (French TV channel)|Canal+]], [[France 3 Cinéma]], [[Zentropa]] and [[Fine Line Features]])
* ''[[Dancing at Lughnasa (film)|Dancing at Lughnasa]]'' (co-production with [[Sony Pictures Classics]], [[Irish Film Board|Bórd Scannán na hÉireann/Irish Film Board]], [[Raidió Teilifís Éireann]] and [[Capitol Films]])
* ''[[Dead Man's Shoes (2004 film)|Dead Man's Shoes]]''
* ''[[Death and the Maiden (film)|Death and the Maiden]]'' (co-production with [[Capitol Films]], [[Canal+ (French TV channel)|Canal+]], [[TF1]] and [[Fine Line Features]])
* ''[[Death to Smoochy]]'' (co-production with Senator Film and [[Warner Bros.]])
* ''[[Deep Water (2006 film)|Deep Water]]''
* ''[[Dirt Music (film)|Dirt Music]]'' (co-production with [[ScreenWest]])
* ''[[Disobedience (2017 film)|Disobedience]]'' (co-production with [[FilmNation Entertainment]] and [[Element Pictures]])
* ''[[Dog Eat Dog (2001 film)|Dog Eat Dog]]'' (co-production with [[Tiger Aspect Productions]])
* ''[[Dogma (film)|Dogma]]'' (produced by [[View Askew]])
* ''[[Donkey Punch (2008 film)|Donkey Punch]]'' (co-production with [[Regional screen agencies|EM Media]], [[Madman Entertainment]], [[Screen Yorkshire]], [[UK Film Council]] and [[Warp Films|Warp X Productions]])
* ''[[Dream Horse (film)|Dream Horse]]'' (co-production with Cornerstone Films, [[Ingenious Media]], [[Raw TV|Raw]], [[Topic Studios]], FFilm Cymru Wales, [[Bleecker Street]], [[Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions]] and [[Warner Bros. Pictures]])
* ''[[Drowning by Numbers]]''
* ''[[Dust Devil (film)|Dust Devil]]'' (co-production with [[Miramax Films]])
* ''[[East Is East (1999 film)|East Is East]]''
* ''[[Eat the Rich (film)|Eat the Rich]]'' (co-production with [[Michael White (producer)|Michael White]])
* ''[[Elizabeth (film)|Elizabeth]]'' (co-production with [[PolyGram Filmed Entertainment]], Meridian and [[Working Title Films]])
* ''[[Enduring Love (film)|Enduring Love]]'' (co-production with [[Pathé]], [[UK Film Council]] and [[Ingenious Media|Ingenious Film Partners]])
* ''[[Ex Machina (film)|Ex Machina]]'' (co-production with [[Universal Pictures]] and [[DNA Films]])
* ''[[Experience Preferred... But Not Essential]]''
* ''[[Everybody's Talking About Jamie (film)|Everybody's Talking About Jamie]]'' (co-production with [[New Regency Pictures]], [[20th Century Fox]] and [[Warp Films]])
* ''[[Fever Pitch (1997 film)|Fever Pitch]]''
* ''[[Fighting with My Family]]'' (co-production with [[Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer]], [[WWE Studios]] and [[Seven Bucks Productions]])
* ''[[For Those in Peril (2013 film)|For Those in Peril]]'' (co-production with [[Warp Films|Warp X Productions]])
* ''[[Four Lions]]'' (co-production with [[Warp Films]], [[Wild Bunch (film company)|Wild Bunch]] and [[Optimum Releasing]])
* ''[[Four Weddings and a Funeral]]'' (co-production with [[PolyGram Filmed Entertainment]] and [[Working Title Films]])
* ''[[Frank (film)|Frank]]''
* ''[[Franklyn (film)|Franklyn]]'' (co-production with [[Recorded Picture Company]], [[HanWay Films]] and [[UK Film Council]])
* ''[[Free Fire (film)|Free Fire]]'' (co-production with [[British Film Institute]])
* ''[[Funny Games (2007 film)|Funny Games]]'' (co-production with [[Warner Independent Pictures]] and [[Tartan Films]])
* ''[[Gabriel and Me]]'' (co-production with [[Pathé]], [[Isle of Man Film]] and [[UK Film Council]])
* ''[[Gangster No. 1]]'' (co-production with [[Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg]], [[Road Movies Filmproduktion]] and [[BSkyB]])
* ''[[Giro City]]''
* ''God on the Rocks''
* ''[[Gregory's Two Girls]]''
* ''[[Greed (2019 film)|Greed]]'' (co-production with [[Columbia Pictures]] and [[Revolution Films]])
* ''[[Hallam Foe]]'' (co-production with [[Ingenious Media|Ingenious Film Partners]], [[Glasgow Film Office]], [[Scottish Screen]] and [[Sigma Films]])
* ''[[Happy-Go-Lucky (2008 film)|Happy-Go-Lucky]]'' (co-production with [[Ingenious Media|Ingenious Film Partners]] and [[Summit Entertainment]])
* ''[[Hear My Song]]''
* ''[[Hero (1982 film)|Hero]]''
* ''[[Hidden City (film)|Hidden City]]''
* ''[[High Hopes (1988 film)|High Hopes]]''
* ''[[High-Rise (film)|High-Rise]]'' (co-production with [[Recorded Picture Company]], [[HanWay Films]] and the [[British Film Institute]])
* ''[[Hilary and Jackie]]''
* ''[[Holy Smoke!]]'' (co-production with [[Miramax Films]])
* ''[[How I Live Now (film)|How I Live Now]]'' (co-production with [[British Film Institute]], [[Magnolia Pictures]] and [[Passion Pictures]])
* ''[[How to Lose Friends & Alienate People (film)|How to Lose Friends & Alienate People]]'' (co-production with [[UK Film Council]])
* ''[[How to Talk to Girls at Parties (film)|How to Talk to Girls at Parties]]'' (co-production with [[HanWay Films]], [[See-Saw Films]] and Little Punk)
* ''[[How to Build a Girl]]'' (co-production with Tango Entertainment, [[British Film Institute]], Monumental Pictures, Protagonist Pictures)
* ''[[Howards End (film)|Howards End]]''
* ''[[Hunger (2008 film)|Hunger]]''
* ''[[Hush (2009 film)|Hush]]'' (co-production with [[Warp X]], [[Pathé]], [[Screen Yorkshire]], [[UK Film Council]] and [[Optimum Releasing]])
* ''[[Hyde Park on Hudson]]'' (co-production with [[Tinopolis|Daybreak Pictures]] and [[Focus Features]])
* ''[[In Bruges]]'' (co-production with [[Focus Features]])
* ''[[In the Shadow of the Moon (2007 film)|In the Shadow of the Moon]]'' (co-production with [[Discovery Channel|Discovery Films]] and [[Passion Pictures]])
* ''[[Institute Benjamenta]]'' (co-production with [[Pandora Film]])
* ''[[Invincible (2001 drama film)|Invincible]]'' (co-production with [[Fine Line Features]])
* ''[[Jimmy's Hall]]''
* ''[[Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten]]''
* ''[[Journeyman (film)|Journeyman]]''
* ''[[K-PAX (film)|K-PAX]]'' (co-production with [[Universal Pictures]] and [[Intermedia Films]])
* ''[[Kill List]]'' (co-production with [[UK Film Council]], [[Warp X]], [[Screen Yorkshire]] and Rook Films)
* ''[[Kinds of Kindness]]'' (co-production with [[Searchlight Pictures]], [[Element Pictures]] and [[TSG Entertainment]])
* ''[[Ladybird, Ladybird (film)|Ladybird, Ladybird]]''
* ''[[Last Night in Soho]]'' (co-production with [[Focus Features]] and [[Working Title Films]])
* ''[[Late Night Shopping]]'' (co-production with [[Scottish Screen]] and [[Glasgow Film Office]])
* ''[[Le Week-End]]''
* ''[[Lean on Pete]]'' (co-production with [[British Film Institute]])
* ''[[Life (2014 film)|Life]]'' (co-production with [[See-Saw Films]], [[Telefilm Canada]] and [[Screen Australia]])
* ''[[Life Is Sweet (film)|Life Is Sweet]]''
* ''[[London Kills Me]]'' (co-production with [[PolyGram Filmed Entertainment]] and [[Working Title Films]])
* ''[[Looking for Eric]]'' (co-production with [[Icon Entertainment International]] and [[Wild Bunch (film company)|Wild Bunch]])
* ''[[Lucky Break (2001 film)|Lucky Break]]'' (co-production with [[Paramount Pictures]] and [[Miramax Films]])
* ''[[Macbeth (2015 film)|Macbeth]]'' (co-production with [[StudioCanal]], DMC Film, [[Anton Capital Entertainment]], [[Creative Scotland]] and [[See-Saw Films]])
* ''[[Martha, Meet Frank, Daniel and Laurence]]''
* ''[[Mary Magdalene (2018 film)|Mary Magdalene]]'' (co-production with [[Universal Pictures]], Porchlight Films, [[Affirm Films]], [[Columbia Pictures]] and [[See-Saw Films]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/rooney-mara-drama-mary-magdalene-held-back/5121532.article|title=Rooney Mara drama 'Mary Magdalene' held back for next year's awards season|website=[[Screen International]]|first=Jeremey|last=Kay|date=21 August 2017|access-date=21 August 2017}}</ref>) 
* ''[[Me and You and Everyone We Know]]''
* ''[[Mister Lonely]]'' (co-production with [[Recorded Picture Company]])
* ''[[Moonlighting (film)|Moonlighting]]''
* ''[[Mr. Turner]]'' (co-production with [[British Film Institute]], [[Focus Features]] International and [[Thin Man Films]])
* ''[[My Beautiful Laundrette]]'' (co-production with SAF Productions and [[Working Title Films]])
* ''[[My Name Is Joe]]''
* ''[[Neds (film)|Neds]]'' (co-production with [[Scottish Screen]], [[UK Film Council]] and [[Wild Bunch (film company)|Wild Bunch]])
* ''[[Never Let Me Go (2010 film)|Never Let Me Go]]'' (co-production with [[DNA Films]] and [[Fox Searchlight Pictures]])
* ''[[Night on Earth]]'' (co-production with [[JVC Entertainment]], [[Victor Music Industries]], [[Le Studio Canal +]] and [[Pandora Film]])
* ''[[Nothing Personal (1995 film)|Nothing Personal]]'' (co-production with [[Irish Film Board|Bórd Scannán na hÉireann/Irish Film Board]])
* ''[[Nowhere Boy]]'' (co-production with [[UK Film Council]], [[Ecosse Films]] and [[The Weinstein Company]])
* ''[[On the Road (2012 film)|On the Road]]'' (co-production with [[American Zoetrope]], [[Marin Karmitz|MK2]], [[France Télévisions]], [[Canal+ (French TV channel)|Canal+]], [[Ciné+]], [[France 2]] Cinéma and [[Vanguard Films]])
* ''[[Once Upon a Time in the Midlands]]'' (co-production with [[UK Film Council]])
* ''[[One Day (2011 film)|One Day]]'' (co-production with [[Focus Features]], [[Random House]] Films and [[Color Force (film company)|Color Force]])
* ''[[Orphans (1998 film)|Orphans]]'' (co-production with [[Scottish Arts Council]] and [[Glasgow Film Office]])
* ''[[P'tang, Yang, Kipperbang]]''
* ''[[Paris, Texas (film)|Paris, Texas]]'' (co-production with [[Westdeutscher Rundfunk]])
* ''[[Peter's Friends]]'' (co-production with [[The Samuel Goldwyn Company]])
* ''[[Peterloo (film)|Peterloo]]'' (co-production with [[British Film Institute]], [[Amazon Studios]] and [[Thin Man Films]])
* ''[[Poor Things (film)|Poor Things]]'' (co-production with [[Searchlight Pictures]], [[Element Pictures]] and [[TSG Entertainment]])
* ''[[Prospero's Books]]'' (co-production with [[Canal+ (French TV channel)|Canal+]], [[Eurimages]], [[VPRO]], [[NHK]], [[Cineplex Odeon Films]] and [[Palace Pictures]])
* ''[[Purely Belter]]''
* ''[[Queen of Hearts (1989 film)|Queen of Hearts]]'' (co-production with [[Nelson Entertainment]], [[TVS Television]] and [[Cinecom]])
* ''[[Raining Stones]]''
* ''[[Red Monarch]]'' (co-production with [[Goldcrest Films]] and [[Enigma Productions]])
* ''[[Remembrance (1982 film)|Remembrance]]''
* ''[[Riff-Raff (1991 film)|Riff-Raff]]''
* ''[[Rita, Sue and Bob Too]]''
* ''[[Rocks (film)|Rocks]]''
* ''[[Room (2015 film)|Room]]'' (co-production with [[Element Pictures]] and [[No Trace Camping]])
* ''[[Saint Maud]]'' (co-production with [[British Film Institute]], Escape Plan Productions and [[StudioCanal]])
* ''[[Sammy and Rosie Get Laid]]'' (co-production with [[Working Title Films]])
* ''[[Secrets & Lies (film)|Secrets & Lies]]'' (co-production with [[Ciby 2000]])
* ''[[Series 7: The Contenders]]'' (co-production with [[USA Films]])
* ''[[Seven Psychopaths]]'' (co-production with [[British Film Institute]], [[HanWay Films]] and [[CBS Films]])
* ''[[Sexy Beast]]'' (Co-production with Kanzaman, [[Fox Searchlight Pictures]] and [[Recorded Picture Company]])
* ''[[Shallow Grave (1994 film)|Shallow Grave]]''
* ''[[Shame (2011 film)|Shame]]'' (co-production with [[Fox Searchlight Pictures]], [[UK Film Council]], [[See-Saw Films]], [[HanWay Films]] and [[Momentum Pictures]]/[[Alliance Films]])
* ''[[Shaun of the Dead]]'' (co-production with [[Big Talk Productions]], [[Working Title Films]], [[StudioCanal]], [[Universal Pictures]] and [[Rogue Pictures]])
* ''[[She'll Be Wearing Pink Pyjamas]]''
* ''[[Shopping (1994 film)|Shopping]]'' (co-production with [[Kaz Kuzui|Kuzui Enterprises]] and [[PolyGram Filmed Entertainment]])
* ''[[Sightseers]]'' (co-production with [[Big Talk Productions#Big Talk Pictures|Big Talk Pictures]])
* ''[[Sister My Sister]]''
* ''[[Slow West]]'' (co-production with the [[New Zealand Film Commission]] and [[See-Saw Films]])
* ''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]'' (co-production with [[Fox Searchlight Pictures]], [[Warner Bros. Pictures]], [[Pathé]] and [[Celador|Celador Films]])
* ''[[Starred Up]]'' (co-production with [[Creative Scotland]], [[Northern Ireland Screen]] and [[Sigma Films]])
* ''[[Stormy Monday (film)|Stormy Monday]]'' (co-production with [[Atlantic Entertainment Group]])
* ''[[Straightheads]]'' (co-production with [[Ingenious Media|Ingenious Film Partners]] and [[UK Film Council]])
* ''[[Submarine (2010 film)|Submarine]]'' (co-production with [[Red Hour Films]] and [[Warp Films]])
* ''[[Suffragette (film)|Suffragette]]'' (co-production with [[20th Century Fox]], [[Pathé]], [[BFI]], [[Ingenious Media]], [[Canal+ (French TV channel)|Canal+]], [[Ciné+|Cine+]] and Ruby Films)
* ''[[Sunshine (1999 film)|Sunshine]]'' (co-production with [[Alliance Atlantis]], [[Eurimages]], [[Telefilm Canada]], [[The Movie Network]], [[Kinowelt]], [[TV2 (Hungary)|TV2]], [[ORF (broadcaster)|ORF]] and [[Paramount Classics]])
* ''[[The Acid House]]''
* ''[[The Actors]]'' (co-production with [[Miramax Films]] and [[Irish Film Board|Bórd Scannán na hÉireann/Irish Film Board]])
* ''[[The Baby of Mâcon]]'' (co-production with [[UGC (cinema operator)|UGC]] and [[Canal+ (French TV channel)|Canal+]])
* ''[[The Belly of an Architect]]'' (co-production with [[Hemdale Film Corporation]])
* ''[[The Crying Game]]'' (co-production with British Screen, Eurotrustees, Nippon Film Development and Finance and Palace Pictures)
* ''[[The Debt Collector (1999 film)|The Debt Collector]]''
* ''[[The Deep Blue Sea (2011 film)|The Deep Blue Sea]]'' (co-production with [[UK Film Council]] and [[Artificial Eye (distribution)|Artificial Eye]])
* ''[[The Double (2013 film)|The Double]]'' (co-production with [[Alcove Entertainment]] and [[British Film Institute]])
* ''[[The Draughtsman's Contract]]''  (co-production with [[British Film Institute]])
* ''[[The Eagle (2011 film)|The Eagle]]'' (co-production with [[Focus Features]])
* ''[[The Emperor's New Clothes (2001 film)|The Emperor's New Clothes]]''
* ''[[The Favourite]]'' (co-production with [[Fox Searchlight Pictures]] and [[Element Pictures]])
* ''[[The Festival (film)|The Festival]]'' (co-production with [[Entertainment Film Distributors]])
* ''[[The Filth and the Fury]]'' (co-production with [[Jersey Films]])
* ''[[The Future (film)|The Future]]'' (co-production with [[Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg]])
* ''[[The Great Bear (film)|The Great Bear]]''
* ''[[The House of Mirth (2000 film)|The House of Mirth]]'' (co-production with [[Granada Productions]], [[Kinowelt]], [[Arts Council of England]], [[Showtime Networks]] and [[The Scottish Arts Council]])
* ''[[The Inbetweeners Movie]]'' (co-production with [[Bwark Productions]], [[Christopher Young|Young Films]] and [[Entertainment Film Distributors]])
* ''[[The Inbetweeners 2]]'' (co-production with [[Bwark Productions]])
* ''[[The Iron Lady (film)|The Iron Lady]]'' (co-production with [[Pathé]], [[UK Film Council]] and [[The Weinstein Company]])
* ''[[The King (2005 film)|The King]]''
* ''[[The Killing of a Sacred Deer]]'' (co-production with [[Element Pictures]], Newsparta Films & [[A24]])
* ''[[The Land Girls]]'' (co-production with [[PolyGram Filmed Entertainment]], [[Gramercy Pictures]], [[Intermedia Films]] and [[Canal+ (French TV channel)|Canal+]])
* ''[[The Last King of Scotland (film)|The Last King of Scotland]]'' (co-production with [[DNA Films]] and [[Fox Searchlight Pictures]])
* ''[[The League of Gentlemen's Apocalypse]]'' (co-production with [[Universal Pictures]] and [[Tiger Aspect]])
* ''[[The Little Stranger (film)|The Little Stranger]]'' (co-production with [[Pathé]], [[Canal+ (French TV channel)|Canal+]] and [[Element Pictures]])
* ''[[The Lobster]]'' (co-production with [[Irish Film Board]], [[Eurimages]], [[Netherlands Film Fund]], [[British Film Institute]], [[Canal+ (French TV channel)|Canal+]], [[Ciné+]], [[National Center of Cinematography and the moving image|CNC]], [[Institut Français]], Greek Film Centre, Element Pictures, Scarlet Films, Faliro House, Haut et Court and Lemming Films)
* ''[[The Look of Love (film)|The Look of Love]]'' (co-production with [[StudioCanal UK]], [[Revolution Films]] and [[Baby Cow Productions]])
* ''[[The Lovely Bones (film)|The Lovely Bones]]'' (co-production with [[DreamWorks Pictures]] and [[Paramount Pictures]])
* ''The Low Down'' (co-production with British Screen, Oil Factory and Sleeper Films)
* ''[[The Madness of King George]]'' (co-production with [[The Samuel Goldwyn Company]])
* ''[[The Miracle (1991 film)|The Miracle]]''
* ''[[The Motorcycle Diaries (film)|The Motorcycle Diaries]]''
* ''[[The Navigators (film)|The Navigators]]'' (co-production with [[Road Movies Filmproduktion]], [[Westdeutscher Rundfunk]] and [[Arte]])
* ''[[The Neon Bible (film)|The Neon Bible]]'' (co-production with [[Artificial Eye]])
* ''[[The Personal History of David Copperfield]]'' (co-production with [[FilmNation Entertainment]])
* ''[[The Pillow Book (film)|The Pillow Book]]'' (co-production with [[Canal+ (French TV channel)|Canal+]])
* ''[[A Pin for the Butterfly]]''
* ''[[The Ploughman's Lunch]]'' (co-production with [[Goldcrest Films]] and [[Michael White (producer)|Michael White]])
* ''[[The Pope Must Die]]'' (co production with [[Miramax Films]], Palace Pictures and [[Michael White (producer)|Michael White]])
* ''[[The Red Violin]]'' (co-production with [[New Line Cinema]], [[Lionsgate]], [[Telefilm Canada]] and [[CITY-TV]])
* ''[[The Riot Club]]'' (co-production with [[Universal Pictures]], [[British Film Institute]], [[HanWay Films]] and [[Pinewood Studios|Pinewood Pictures]])
* ''[[The Selfish Giant (2013 film)|The Selfish Giant]]'' (co-production with [[British Film Institute]])
* ''[[The Scouting Book for Boys]]'' (co-production with [[Celador]] Films, [[Regional screen agencies|Screen East]] and [[Pathé]])
* ''[[The Spirit of '45]]''
* ''[[The Stone Roses: Made of Stone]]'' (co-production with [[Warp Films]])
* ''[[The Straight Story]]'' (co-production with [[StudioCanal]] and [[Walt Disney Pictures]])
* ''[[The Supergrass]]'' (co-production with [[The Comic Strip]] and [[Michael White (producer)|Michael White]])
* ''[[The Woman in the Fifth]]'' (co-production with [[UK Film Council]], [[Canal+ (French TV channel)|Canal+]], [[Orange Cinéma Séries]] and [[Artificial Eye (distribution)|Artificial Eye]])
* ''[[The Woodlanders (1997 film)|The Woodlanders]]'' (co-production with [[Pathé]] Productions and [[Arts Council of England]])
* ''[[This Is England]]'' (co-production with [[UK Film Council]], [[Optimum Releasing]], [[Screen Yorkshire]] and [[Warp Films]])
* ''[[Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri]]'' (co-production with [[Fox Searchlight Pictures]] and [[Blueprint Pictures]])
* ''[[To Kill a King (film)|To Kill a King]]'' (co-production with [[Natural Nylon]] and [[HanWay Films]])
* ''[[Touching the Void (film)|Touching the Void]]'' (co-production with [[Channel 4]], [[UK Film Council]], [[John Smithson|Darlow Smithson Productions]] and [[PBS]])
* ''[[Trainspotting (film)|Trainspotting]]''
* ''[[T2 Trainspotting]]'' (co-production with [[TriStar Pictures]], [[Cloud Eight Films]] and [[DNA Films]])
* ''[[Trance (2013 film)|Trance]]'' (co-production with [[Pathé]], [[Fox Searchlight Pictures]] and [[Christian Colson|Cloud Eight Films]] and [[Indian Paintbrush (company)|Indian Paintbrush]])
* ''[[Trespass Against Us]]'' (co-production with Potboiler Productions)
* ''[[Trojan Eddie]]'' (co-production with [[Irish Film Board|Bórd Scannán na hÉireann/Irish Film Board]])
* ''[[True Blue (1996 film)|True Blue]]''
* ''[[True History of the Kelly Gang (film)|True History of the Kelly Gang]]'' (co-production with [[Film Victoria]] and [[Screen Australia]])
* ''[[Tyrannosaur (film)|Tyrannosaur]]'' (co-production with [[Warp X]], Inflammable Films, [[UK Film Council]], [[Screen Yorkshire]], EM Media, and [[Optimum Releasing]] (as StudioCanal UK))
* ''[[Under the Skin (2013 film)|Under the Skin]]'' (co-production with [[British Film Institute]], [[FilmNation Entertainment]], [[Scottish Screen]], [[Nick Wechsler (film producer)|Nick Wechsler Productions]] and [[A24 Films]])
* ''[[Una (film)|Una]]'' (co-production with [[Bron Studios]], Jean Doumanian Productions, and WestEnd Films)
* ''[[Velvet Goldmine]]'' (co-production with [[Newmarket Capital Group]], [[Miramax Films]], [[Killer Films]] and [[Zenith Entertainment]])
* ''[[Venus (2006 film)|Venus]]'' (co-production with [[UK Film Council]] and [[Miramax Films]])
* ''[[Very Annie Mary]]'' (co-production with [[Canal+ (French TV channel)|Canal+]])
* ''[[Walking and Talking]]'' (co-production with [[Miramax Films]], [[Zenith Productions]], [[Pandora Film]], Mikado Films (France), Electric, TEAM Communications Group, [[PolyGram Filmed Entertainment]] and [[Good Machine]])
* ''[[Walter (1982 film)|Walter]]''
* ''[[Waterland (film)|Waterland]]''
* ''[[Welcome to Sarajevo]]'' (co-production with [[Miramax Films]]'')
* ''[[When the Wind Blows (1986 film)|When the Wind Blows]]'' (co-production with [[Stephen J. Friedman (producer)|Kings Road Entertainment]])
* ''[[Widows (2018 film)|Widows]]'' (co-production with [[20th Century Fox]], [[Regency Enterprises]] and [[See-Saw Films]])
* ''[[Wild West (1992 film)|Wild West]]''
* ''[[Wish You Were Here (1987 film)|Wish You Were Here]]''
* ''[[With or Without You (1999 film)|With or Without You]]'' (co-production with [[Miramax Films]] and [[Revolution Films]])
* ''[[Wittgenstein (film)|Wittgenstein]]'' (co-production with the [[British Film Institute]])
* ''[[Wuthering Heights (2011 film)|Wuthering Heights]]'' (co-production with [[HanWay Films]], [[Ecosse Films]], [[UK Film Council]], [[Goldcrest Films]] and [[Screen Yorkshire]])
* ''[[You Were Never Really Here]]'' (co-production with [[Why Not Productions]], [[British Film Institute]] and Page 114)
* ''[[Zastrozzi, A Romance]]'' 
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