2003 BIFA Award Sponsors

Aquarius

Avid

BBC Films

BBC Films is the feature film-making arm of the BBC. It is firmly established at the forefront of British independent film-making and co-produces approximately eight films a year.

Working in partnership with major international and UK distributors, including Miramax, PolyGram, Fox, Buena Vista, Pathé and UIP, BBC Films aims to make strong British films with range and ambition and is committed to finding and developing new talent, as well as collaborating with some of the foremost writers and directors in the industry, including Roger Michell and Stephen Frears.

As well as cinema features, BBC Films has been responsible for some of the most groundbreaking and acclaimed BBC television dramas in recent years, working with award-winning writer-directors such as Stephen Poliakoff, Dominic Savage and Francesca Joseph.

BBC Films continues its commitment to make British films and television dramas of integrity and ambition while widening its scope to include international and American co-productions.

British Airways

Cineworld

Gainsborough Studios

Nokia

Raindance

Raindance is unique.

Founded in 1992, it has become Britain's leading independent film organisation, hosting training courses on all aspects of film production, and organising the Raindance Film Festival each October. By combining both training and exhibition directly, Raindance sets out to promote both independent films and filmmaking to a wider public.

In 2007, Raindance launched internet distribution platform http://www.raindance.tv/

We are proud to be the founding sponsors of the British Independent Film Awards.

Recorded Picture Company

Jeremy Thomas founded Recorded Picture Company in 1971, and has since produced more than fifty films, including Bernardo Bertolucci’s nine-time Academy Award winner The Last Emperor. RPC’s body of work is characterised by its intimate director relationships. Film greats such as David Cronenberg, Nic Roeg, Stephen Frears, Bernardo Bertolucci, Terry Giliam and Takeshi Kitano, amongst others, have long-standing relationships with the company. RPC has also fostered a new generation of film talent in Jonathan Glazer and David Mackenzie. RPC is currently in production on Jon Amiel’s Creation, starring Jennifer Connelly and Paul Bettany, and has upcoming films from David Cronenberg, Vincenzo Natali and Phillip Noyce on its slate.

The Creative Partnership

We create movie advertising that gets audiences excited about films. The trick is to convey the excitement of each film in a way that makes people desperate to see it.

UK Film Council

The UK Film Council is the lead agency for film in the UK ensuring that the economic, cultural and educational aspects of film are effectively represented at home and abroad. We invest Government grant-in-aid and Lottery money in film development and production; skills development; international development and export promotion; distribution and exhibition; and education. Our aim is to deliver lasting benefits to the industry and the public alike through:

CREATIVITY - encouraging the development of new talent, skills, and creative and technological innovation in UK film and assisting new and established filmmakers to produce successful and distinctive British films;

ENTERPRISE - supporting the creation and growth of sustainable businesses in the film sector, providing access to finance and helping the UK film industry compete successfully in the domestic and global marketplace;

IMAGINATION - promoting education and an appreciation and enjoyment of cinema by giving UK audiences access to the widest range of UK and international cinema, and by supporting film culture and heritage

Variety

Variety is the authoritative source of entertainment business news for industry professionals and media journalists around the world. Founded in New York in 1905, Variety has had offices operating in London since 1906, first covering the worlds of live theatre, circuses and music and over the decades broadening their international coverage to include all of the emerging forms of entertainment, including film, radio, television and the still-evolving world of digital content. In 1933 Variety launched Daily Variety in Hollywood and Daily Variety Gotham was added in 1998. A year later Variety.com was established.