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17/05/2006
UK industry sets the pace at Cannes Film Festival
The British film industry is flying high at this year’s Cannes Film Festival with four films selected for official competition and a further 98 films selling in the market.
In addition, the newly established tax regime for UK filmmakers will be generating international business for new British film projects.
Ken Loach’s 'The Wind That Shakes the Barley' and Andrea Arnold’s feature debut film 'Red Road', both National Lottery-funded feature films through the UK Film Council’s New Cinema Fund, are in the running for the main competition prize, the Palme d’Or. In addition, Richard Linklater’s 'Fast Food Nation', produced by the UK’s Recorded Picture Company and also supported by the Lottery through the UK Film Council’s Development Fund, is In Competition along with the British animated short, 'Film Noir' by Osbert Parker.
The place for anyone in Cannes seeking information on British films, screening times, talent, distributors, sales companies, etc, during the festival, is the UK Film Centre, open from Wednesday May 17 – Saturday May 27.
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In addition, the newly established tax regime for UK filmmakers will be generating international business for new British film projects.
Ken Loach’s 'The Wind That Shakes the Barley' and Andrea Arnold’s feature debut film 'Red Road', both National Lottery-funded feature films through the UK Film Council’s New Cinema Fund, are in the running for the main competition prize, the Palme d’Or. In addition, Richard Linklater’s 'Fast Food Nation', produced by the UK’s Recorded Picture Company and also supported by the Lottery through the UK Film Council’s Development Fund, is In Competition along with the British animated short, 'Film Noir' by Osbert Parker.
The place for anyone in Cannes seeking information on British films, screening times, talent, distributors, sales companies, etc, during the festival, is the UK Film Centre, open from Wednesday May 17 – Saturday May 27.
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