A Cinema of Our Own

What Britain Needs to Learn About Film

Where Did British Cinema Go?
Part 1

Where Did British Cinema Go?: How the UK Film Tax Credit Failed

The UK's film tax credit has no requirement that a certified 'British' film have anything to do with Britain. Mission: Impossible claimed £137.3 million under it. Domestic British productions — Trainspotting, Billy Elliot, This Is England — now account for 7% of UK film spend. This is how that happened.