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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Dalya Alberge

Rising costs pose threat to independent film-making in UK, says BFI

Geoffrey Rush, Colin Firth and Helena Bonham Carter in The King's Speech
Geoffrey Rush, Colin Firth and Helena Bonham Carter in The King's Speech (2010). Photograph: UK Film Co/Rex/Shutterstock

There are serious questions about the long-term viability of independent film-making in Britain, the British Film Institute (BFI) has said.

Making Oscar-winning films such as The King’s Speech and Slumdog Millionaire has become all the more difficult, with “significant challenges” putting the sector on a downward trend, research shows.

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