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16/10/2000
BILLY ELLIOTT WINS TWO NEW AWARDS
THE number one box office hit ‘Billy Elliot’, which was partly funded with Lottery money has won the ‘Golden Hitchcock’ and the 'Audience Award' at the 10th Festival du Films Britannique de Dinard, a French festival dedicated to British Films.
At the same time 'Billy Elliot' grossed £1.72 million last weekend, and has now taken a total of £4.55 million over its ten days on release.
The film is continuing its assault on the UK box office with figures over the weekend up 12 per cent on its opening weekend, with only four more cinema screens added.
At the same time 'Billy Elliot' grossed £1.72 million last weekend, and has now taken a total of £4.55 million over its ten days on release.
The film is continuing its assault on the UK box office with figures over the weekend up 12 per cent on its opening weekend, with only four more cinema screens added.
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27/08/2007
UK Cinema-Goers Go 'Ooh La La' For French Film
UK cinema-goers are becoming more continental in their cinema tastes according to the latest UK box office statistics released by the UK Film Council.
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TNT Sports Invests In PlayBox Neo's Channel-in-a-Box
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26/09/2024
Black Box® To Showcase Control Room Solutions At NAB New York
At NAB Show New York 2024, Black Box® is to showcase its cutting-edge control room solutions, featuring the Emerald® Unified KVM-over-IP product line
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10/10/2006
UK Films Rake In Million Of Dollars At The Box Office
The 20 biggest selling films based on stories or characters created by UK writers have taken almost $11 billion at the worldwide box office in the las
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The 20 biggest selling films based on stories or characters created by UK writers have taken almost $11 billion at the worldwide box office in the las
15/08/2005
British films excel at the cinema but scarce on television
Last year saw the second highest cinema admissions for 32 years, with British films accounting for a quarter of the box office (23%), an increase of 4
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12/11/2024
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OOONA Opens A New Office In Cyprus
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17/06/2024
ITV To Produce New Post Office Documentary Film
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25/04/2007
UK Film Council Unveil Top Ten Box Office Movies
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21/02/2007
Top UK Film Producers Launch 'Visible Films' Investment Structure
A trio of top film production companes, Ecosse Films, Recorded Picture Company and Samuelson Productions, have jointly developed a new approach to UK
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02/10/2007
BBC Controller Announces BBC Films Board
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24/11/2004
Film Council report shows cinema-going is on the up
'Harry Potter & The Prisoner of Azkaban' and 'Troy' were the British films most likely to be seen by UK cinema-goers in the first half of 2004, a new
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BBC Supports Two Films Honoured At Cannes Film Festival
BBC Film, the feature filmmaking arm of the BBC, has backed two films that have been honoured at this year's Cannes Film Festival including the winner
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