Researching Film Companies

Film 4

Film4 Productions is a British film production company owned by Channel 4 film company. It is a large contributor to British Film making. The company cut its budget and staff significantly in 2002, due to increasing losses, and was re-integrated into the drama department of Channel 4. Because of this, social realism films are more likely to be taken on board because they are low budget and we feel this would represent our genre well. 


Studio Canal

This is a film distributor company working in the UK and Ireland. They release many films, some in a foreign language and independent British films in the UK. We felt that this would be a good choice, as it is a well-known brand in social realism films. One of the films released was called 'Au Revoir Les Enfants' which we think depicts our genre well. 




IFC

IFC (Independent Film Channel) is an American film distribution company based in New York. It mainly distributes independent films and documentaries. We decided that this could be a possible choice as IFC has distributed films such as 'Fish Tank' which follows the social realist genre that we are using in our trailer.