Warp Film

Ownership & Funding

Warp Films is an independent film company so wouldn’t be able to include

special effects to the same standard as Working Title. In an interview about

funding Warp Film said this:

‘When it comes to funding everyone loves a reason to say no: which is where

short films come in, you can go into a meeting and have something to show

potential funders. If you go to a festival and meet with a funder, they’re

probably doing twenty meetings a day over 2 weeks and only going to

commit to three films. The odds are stacked against you so need plenty of

tricks in your pocket to impress them. At the same time, it’s important not to

focus on things like BFI strategy and how many shorts they may fund, strategies

will keep on changing. Just keep going, there are plenty of ways to get

noticed.’

BBC Films- Film4- UK Film Council- Screen

Yorkshire- EM Media Box Office

Organisations they work with

Warp is one of the most successful

independent companies, now made of

Warp Records, Warp Films and Warp Music

Videos & Commercials. It is based in

London, England and Sheffield, with an

office now in Melbourne, Australia. Since its

opening as a shop and record label in

1989, it has been known for innovative and

new talent.

Film successes

The film ‘My Wrongs’ won Best Short Film at 2003 BAFTA’s

and it became the first short film DVD dingle in the UK

market. The film was on a tight budget and was filmed in

22 days it was nominated for a record eight British

Independent Film Awards. Wraps Films had a big success

with ‘ This is England’ which won many awards. It has

gained awards from Best Film at the British Independent

Films Awards, the Special Jury Prize at the Rome Film

Festival and Best British Film at the BAFTA’s. The film has

had box office successes such as ‘Hush’, ‘ This is England’ ,

‘Four Lions’ and ‘Submarine’. Submarine had a £1.2 million

budget and got a box office profit of £2.03 million. On the

opening weekend the film had made £244,476 and been

shown on 60 screens. And in the USA the film on the

opening produced $41,832 and that was shown on 4

screens.

Film flops

Bunny and the Bull –2009 – took $81,010

Grow Your Own –2007 – took £103,777 in the UK

What makes them successful

• Have funding from many UK sources

granting them the money they need to

make the films

• Have little spending budgets but then

produce films that are successful and

make a large amount of profit

• Have made many UK films that have

been acclaimed for being unique and

won many awards at film festivals and

award ceremonies such as the BAFTA’s