Why Shoot in the UK?


Find out more about the UK’s world-class studios and locations, highly experienced crew, exceptional acting talent and the attractive Film Tax Relief

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"Our film infrastructure across the UK is the envy of the world. The British Film Commission will ensure it is sustained, informed and supported by awareness and strategic intervention at the sharp end of the wider international business"

Producer Iain Smith (The A Team, Children of Men),
Chair of the BFC Advisory Board
We hope you find the following links for a wide range of useful organisations divided into relevant sections helpful. Inclusion in these lists does not imply any kind of endorsement from the UK Film Council.


Film archives / footage

British Film Institute
FOCAL (The Federation of Commercial Audio Visual Libraries International Ltd)
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Government agencies

British Council
British Film Institute
Department for Culture, Media & Sport
Foreign & Commonwealth Office
Her Majesty's Stationery Office
Skillset
UK Border Agency
UK Trade & Investment
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Information sources / directories

AFCI Directory of Film Commissions
BFI Film and Television Handbook
British Films Catalogue
Kays UK Production Manual
Kemps
The Knowledge
The Location Guide
PACT Directory
Production Wizard
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National agencies

British Waterways
Crown Estate
Defence Estates - Ministry of Defence
English Heritage
Forestry Commission
Historic Houses Association
Historic Royal Palaces
Historic Scotland
National Trust
Royal Parks
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Screen agencies

ENGLAND

Creative England
EM Media
Film London
Northern Film & Media
Screen South
Screen Yorkshire

NORTHERN IRELAND

Northern Ireland Screen

SCOTLAND

Creative Scotland

WALES

Film Agency for Wales
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Travel and tourism

Tourism

Visit Britain

Travel

AA
BAA Airports
Eurostar UK Ltd
Eurotunnel plc
National Express
National Rail
RAC
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Unions, guilds and associations

AMPS (Association of Motion Picture Sound)
ASPEC (Association of Studio and Production Equipment Companies)
BAFTA (British Academy of Film and TV Arts)
BBFC (British Board of Film Classification)
BECTU (Broadcasting Entertainment Cinematograph and Theatre Union)
BKSTS (British Kinematograph Sound and Television Society)
British Academy of Composers
British Film Designers Guild
British Society of Cinematographers
BSAC (British Screen Advisory Council)
Directors' Guild of Great Britain
Directors UK 
Equity
Film Distributors' Association
Guild of British Camera Technicians
Guild of Location Managers
Musicians' Union
National Association of Film and Media Artists
New Producers Alliance
PACT (Producers Alliance for Cinema and Television)
PRA (Producers Rights Agency)
Production Managers' Association
Production Guild of Great Britain
UK Screen
Women in Film and Television
Writers' Guild of Great Britain
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Weather

HM Nautical Almanac Office
Met Office
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