What is British Film?

• Kings Speech

The plot is based on a true story about King George  VI who needs to overcome his stammer to speak on the radio at the start of WWII. It relates to British subject matter and all the main actors are English or Australian and caucasian. Stars are in the film such as Colin Firth, Helena Bonham Carter, Geoffrey Rush (Aussie). The director is Tom Hooper and written by David Seidler who are both British. It is a British Historical Drama and is a period drama.
It was financed by the UK Film Council who gave £1m, this company is based in the UK.
The film was distributed by Momentum Pictures (UK), Paramount Pictures (Aus) and company in USA Weinstein company. It was released on 7th Jan 2011 to the public.

• 127 Hours

Another true story based on a man who goes rock climbing and doesn't tell anyone he went, he fell down a crevis and his arm got trapped under a boulder and he was stuck there for 5 days before cutting off his own arm to save his life. Aron Ralsten is played by American actor James Franco and directed by Danny Boyle who is British, he also directed Trainspotting, Sunshine and Slumdog Millionaire. The style of the film is a biographical adventure drama. It was released on the 7th Jan 2011 (the same as The Kings Speech). It was produced by Film4 and Handheld films and distributed by Fox, Pathe, WB.

• Another Year

A British film directed and written by Mike Leigh is a feel good drama about a married couple and their family and friends. All actors in the film are British though not very well known. It's very British and and was produced by Film4. It was all filmed in the UK

• Four Lions

A very dark British comedy about terrorists who aren't very good at there job. It's set in the UK but about the Islamic religion. Almost all of the actors are British but with different cultured backgrounds and parts of the film were filmed in Spain. 

Director is Chris Morris and he is british and has appeared in the IT Crowd.

• Made In Dagenham 

Loosely based on the true events of the 1968 car factory strike where woman walked out because of sexism. Set in Essex, UK and all the actors/actresses are British along with the director Nigel Cole who also directed Calendar Girls, another British film.

 

I consider all of the films apart from 127 Hours to be very British because they are all set in Britain and the characters are British. Four Lions is towards the non British side as the characters are foreign but it's still set in England. 127 Hours is a very American film despite being funded by Film4 and having a English director. It's a American story and filmed in America with American actors, so very unbritish.