BBC Film

* iFeatures (with Creative England, the British Film Institute and ScreenSkills)

**BBC Film** (formerly **BBC Films**) is the feature film-making arm of the BBC. It was founded on 18 June 1990, and has produced or co-produced some of the most successful British films of recent years, including *Truly, Madly, Deeply*, *Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa*, *Quartet*, *Chef*, *Salmon Fishing in the Yemen*, *Saving Mr. Banks*, *My Week with Marilyn*, *Jane Eyre,* *In the Loop*, *An Education*, *StreetDance 3D*, *Fish Tank*, *Nativity!*, *Iris*, *Notes on a Scandal*, *Stan & Ollie*, *Man Up*, *Billy Elliot* and *Brooklyn*.

BBC Film co-produces around eight films a year, working in partnership with major international and UK distributors. Rose Garnett is Head of BBC Film, responsible for the development and production slate, strategy and business operations.

The company was founded in 1990 by David M. Thompson as a wholly owned but independent film-making company, based in offices in Mortimer Street, London. A restructuring in 2007 integrated it into the main BBC Fiction department of BBC Vision. As a result, it moved out of its independent offices into BBC Television Centre, and Thompson left to start his own film production company. BBC Film has been based at Broadcasting House in London since 2013. The company changed its name to BBC Film in 2020, and it has been announced that the *Storyville* documentary strand has come under its remit.

## Productions

### pre-1999

* 1997 – *Twenty Four Seven*
* 1997 – *I Went Down*
* 1996 – *Jude*
* 1996 – *Twelfth Night: Or What You Will*
* 1995 – *I.D.*
* 1994 – *Captives* (co-production with Distant Horizon & Miramax Films)
* 1990 – *Truly, Madly, Deeply*
* 1994 – *The Hour of the Pig'*

- Immaculate

### 2000

* *Wonder Boys*
* *Wild About Harry*
* *Saltwater*
* *Maybe Baby*
* *Billy Elliot* (with Working Title Films)
* *Shadow of the Vampire* (with Saturn Films)

### 2001

* *Iris* (with Miramax Films and Intermedia Films)
* *Born Romantic*

### 2003

* *The Statement*
* *Kiss of Life*
* *The Mother*
* *Skagerrak*
* *Masked and Anonymous*
* *Code 46*
* *I Capture the Castle*

### 2004

* *Undone (short)*
* *The Accidental Perfectionist*
* *Bullet Boy*
* *Millions*
* *Red Dust*
* *My Summer of Love*
* *The Life and Death of Peter Sellers* (with Company Pictures)
* *Stage Beauty* (with Qwerty Films and Tribeca)
* *Trauma*

### 2005

* *The Undertaker (short)*
* *Opal Dream*
* *Imagine Me & You*
* *Mrs Henderson Presents*
* *A Cock and Bull Story*
* *Match Point*
* *Shooting Dogs* (co-production with UK Film Council)
* *Love + Hate*

### 2006

* *Notes on a Scandal*
* *Starter for Ten*
* *Scoop*
* *Shiny Shiny Bright New Hole in My Heart*
* *Fast Food Nation* (US 2006/UK 2007)
* *Confetti*
* *Shoot the Messenger*
* *Miss Potter*
* *As You Like It* (in association with HBO Films)

### 2007

* *Joe's Palace*
* *The Restraint of Beasts*
* *Four Last Songs*
* *Capturing Mary*
* *Eastern Promises* (distributed and co-presented by Focus Features)
* *Becoming Jane*

### 2008

* *Churchill at War*
* *Revolutionary Road* (co-production with DreamWorks Pictures)
* *Death Defying Acts*
* *The Duchess*
* *Brideshead Revisited*
* *The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas*
* *The Other Boleyn Girl*
* *The Edge of Love*
* *The Meerkats*

### 2009

* *Nativity!*
* *The Men Who Stare at Goats*
* *Tormented*
* *Frequently Asked Questions About Time Travel*
* *The Damned United* (co-production with Columbia Pictures)
* *In the Loop*
* *Bright Star* (co-production with Film Finance Corporation Australia, Pathé, Warner Bros., UK Film Council, and Screen Australia)
* *The Boys Are Back* (co-production with Film Finance Corporation Australia, Tiger Aspect Pictures, Miramax Films, and Screen Australia)
* *An Education*

### 2010

* *The First Grader* (co-production with National Geographic Entertainment, Videovision Entertainment, & UK Film Council)
* *Made in Dagenham*
* *Tamara Drewe*
* *Edge of Darkness* (co-production with Warner Bros. and Icon Productions)
* *StreetDance 3D* (co-production with Phase 4 Films, Vertigo Films, & British Film Institute)
* *Freestyle*

### 2011

* *The Awakening*
* *Brighton Rock*
* *West Is West*
* *Jane Eyre*
* *Coriolanus*
* *My Week with Marilyn*
* *Project Nim*
* *The Iron Lady*
* *Salmon Fishing in the Yemen*
* *We Need to Talk about Kevin*

### 2012

* *Quartet*
* *Shadow Dancer*
* *Spike Island*
* *Blood*
* *Good Vibrations*
* *Great Expectations*
* *In the Dark Half*
* *A Running Jump*

### 2013

* *Philomena*
* *Saving Mr. Banks* (co-production with Walt Disney Pictures)
* *Dom Hemingway*
* *Alan Partridge: Alpha Papa*
* *Walking with Dinosaurs*

### 2014

* *Chef*
* *Mrs. Brown's Boys D'Movie*
* *A Little Chaos*
* *A Long Way Down*
* *The Invisible Woman*
* *What We Did on Our Holiday*

### 2015

* *Far from the Madding Crowd*
* *The Falling*
* *Woman in Gold*
* *Suite Française*
* *Testament of Youth*
* *Mr. Holmes*
* *X+Y*
* *Bill*
* *Brooklyn*
* *The Lady in the Van*

### 2016

* *David Brent: Life on the Road*
* *Absolutely Fabulous: The Movie*
* *Florence Foster Jenkins*
* *Swallows and Amazons*
* *Denial*
* *My Scientology Movie*
* *A United Kingdom*

### 2017

* *Viceroy's House*
* *City of Tiny Lights*
* *The Sense of an Ending*
* *Their Finest*
* *Lady Macbeth*
* *Victoria & Abdul*
* *Mindhorn*

### 2018

* *On Chesil Beach*
* *Yardie*
* *The Children Act*
* *The Happy Prince*
* *Out of Blue*
* *In Fabric*
* *Happy New Year, Colin Burstead*

### 2019

* *Blue Story*
* *Dirty God*
* *Little Joe*
* *Stan & Ollie*
* *Sorry We Missed You*
* *Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans*
* *The Aftermath*
* *The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind*
* *The Souvenir*
* *The White Crow*
* *Monsoon*
* *Judy*

### 2020

* *Never Rarely Sometimes Always*
* *The Nest*
* *Surge*
* *His House*
* *Mogul Mowgli*
* *Misbehaviour*
* *The Roads Not Taken*
* *Ammonite*
* *Supernova*
* *Lynn + Lucy*

### 2021

* *The Mauritanian*
* *Can't Get You Out of My Head* (TV series)
* *People Just Do Nothing: Big in Japan*

### Upcoming

* *Aisha*
* *Ali & Ava*
* *Benediction*
* *Ear for Eye*
* *God's Creatures*
* *The Eternal Daughter*
* *The Phantom of the Open*
* *The Power of the Dog*
* *The Souvenir Part II*
* *Tuesday*

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 BBC Documentary Arm Storyville moves under BBC Film remit (26 October 2020).
2. ↑ IFeatures.
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 A bold new vision for BBC Films.
4. ↑ Film London, BFI, and BBC's Microwave Commissions Films from Female & Non-Binary Directors.
5. ↑ BBC Films: Outstanding Contribution to British Cinema in 2015. *British Academy of Film and Television Arts* (28 January 2015).
6. ↑ Rose Garnett appointed director of BBC Films. *Screen Daily* (27 February 2017).
7. ↑ David Thompson to leave Head of BBC Films role to launch new company. BBC (14 September 2007).
8. ↑ BBC News' television output moves to new studios at Broadcasting House. BBC (18 February 2013).
9. ↑ BBC – The Other Boleyn Girl – BBC Films.
10. ↑ BBC Films unveils upcoming slate at Cannes. BBC.
11. ↑ https://www.bbc.co.uk/bbcfilms/film/my\_scientology\_movie
12. ↑ BBC – A United Kingdom – BBC Films.
13. ↑ Upcoming Films.
14. ↑ Lodderhose, Diana (17 February 2016). eOne Boards Steve Coogan-John C. Reilly's Laurel and Hardy Biopic 'Stan & Ollie'.
15. ↑ Grater, Tom (June 1, 2021). First Look At Letitia Wright In Drama 'Aisha' Co-Starring Josh O'Connor; Cornerstone Boards Sales.

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