Film4 is Channel 4 Television’s feature film division, dedicated to developing and co-financing bold, original work from the most distinctive voices in UK and international cinema, supporting both emerging and established filmmakers.
Film4 Productions is Channel 4 Television’s feature film division. Film4 develops and co-finances films and is known for working with the most distinctive and innovative talent in UK and international filmmaking, both new and established. Since its inception in 1982 Film4’s films have won a collective 43 Oscars® and 97 BAFTAs.
Film4’s recent films include Oscar®, BAFTA and Venice Golden Lion winning Poor Things (Yorgos Lanthimos); Oscar®, BAFTA and Cannes Grand Prix winning The Zone of Interest (Jonathan Glazer); Savanah Leaf’s BAFTA winning Earth Mama; Molly Manning Walker’s Un Certain Regard winning How to Have Sex; and Andrew Haigh’s BIFA winning All of Us Strangers. Recent releases include global box office hits We Live in Time (John Crowley), as well as Rose Glass’ Love Lies Bleeding, Karan Kandhari’s Sister Midnight, Rebecca Lenkiewicz’ Hot Milk and Eloise King’s The Shadow Scholars.
This year’s production slate includes debuts by Ashley Walters (Animol) and Alice Birch (Sweetsick) and a new film by Martin McDonagh (Wild Horse Nine). A packed slate of upcoming releases includes Kaouther Ben Hania’s The Voice of Hind Rajab, which won the Silver Lion Grand Jury Prize at the 82nd Venice Film Festival; Dylan Southern’s The Thing With Feathers; Oliver Hermanus’ The History of Sound; Philippa Lowthorpe’s H is for Hawk, Mark Jenkin’s Rose of Nevada; Romain Gavras’ Sacrifice and Thea Gajic’s Surviving Earth.
Film4 has developed and co-financed many of the most ground-breaking and successful UK films including Yorgos Lanthimos’ The Favourite; Martin McDonagh’s Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri; Lenny Abrahamson’s Room; Asif Kapadia’s Amy; Steve McQueen’s 12 Years a Slave; Andrea Arnold’s American Honey; Phyllida Lloyd’s The Iron Lady, Danny Boyle’s Slumdog Millionaire; Sarah Gavron’s Rocks; Pawel Pawlikowski’s Cold War; Lynne Ramsay’s You Were Never Really Here; Rungano Nyoni’s I Am Not a Witch; Chris Morris’ Four Lions; Shane Meadows’ This is England; and Jonathan Glazer’s Under the Skin.