British Film (magazine)

British Film is an online publication covering British film talent in front of and behind the camera in Britain and around the world. It features dozens of articles on its 10 main pages, which are regularly updated, often daily. It is read by hundreds of people in up to 50 countries weekly, according to Google Analytics, April 14, 2008.

History

Following three years of development, British Film Magazine was launched as a 108 page glossy Premiere Issue in June 2005, with 10,000 copies printed. That issue was sold in independent shops in the main cities throughout the UK. Two years later, at the Cannes Film Festival in May 2007, the online version was launched.

Regular Features

British Film Magazine is designed to report on every new British film on general release in Britain and all films released in Britain with major British talent involved, usually at directors or lead actor. It also reports on such films in production; on small budget British independent films and shorts, on training programmes in Britain and on British film or talent on DVDs.

Premiere Issue 2005

The Premiere Issue launched in May 2005 carried a dozen lead articles including:
*Britain's Thermal Thirty listed the country's Top 30 Actors as chosen by seven film critics (see below)
*And I would like to thank... by Stephen Fry, describing his experiences as BAFTA's host
*Dare To Dream by Lord David Puttnam, encouraging filmmakers to be adventurous
*Admit One by Melvyn Bragg, remembering his first visits to cinemas
*Trailblazer by Nick Moran, remembering a year of filming
*One Man Film Factory by Jason Solomons, describing director Michael Winterbottom

References

* [http://www.bjr.org.uk/data/2005/no3_doyle.htm Hey! Let's Start A Magazine] , an article by Terence Doyle published in British Journalism Review in autumn 2005 with details on the inception of the Premiere Issue of the print version of British Film Magazine, - British Journalism Review Vol. 16, No. 3, 2005]
*British Film Industry Gets Its Own Magazine, an article by Dominic Timms, published in The Guardian on April 24, 2005 (printed below) previewing the Premiere Issue of the print version of British Film Magazine.
*British Film Industry Gets Its Own Magazine by Dominic Timms"The first issue contains a diary by Stephen Fry and an article by Barry Norman".

External links

* [http://www.britishfilmmagazine.com Official website]
* [http://www.bfi.org.uk The British Film Institute] , including some data on UK films [http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/facts]