British Film and TV Stars Back 'Brollywood'

5 months ago 07th Sep 14:38

Actor and director, Nick Moran has joined a host of British film and TV stars including Ben Barnes, Noel Clarke, Matt di Angelo, Tamzin Outhwaite and Paul King in backing a new campaign to support British film and TV.

The 'Connected to British Film and TV' campaign, which launches on Monday 7th September, will celebrate Britain’s world-class film and TV industry and the public’s vital connection to making it so successful.  

The launch comes as research shows that, while 18-30 year olds are happy to pay for traditional film and TV formats (cinema tickets, DVDs etc), the majority are unwilling to pay for the same content delivered via the internet (see research findings below).

Every time the public buys a cinema ticket, DVD, Blu-ray disc or legal download, they help to fund future films and TV shows - and the 150,000 British workers that make them.

Nick Moran, who starred in the BAFTA winning British Film Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels and is the co-writer and director of critically acclaimed British Film, Telstar, which is out on DVD at the end of September, is lending his support to the campaign. Speaking of the need to support British Hollywood, or 'Brollywood' as he calls it, he said:

"In Britain, in what I call 'Brollywood', we have to work much harder on much smaller budgets to make films that can compete with Hollywood. I know from directing 'Telstar' that all those hundreds of people you see on the titles at the end of a British film have worked tirelessly and flat out for months for love more than money.

"That's why our films are so special. That's why they’re bursting with wit and quirk and energy and diversity. For want of a better word: with ‘Britishness’. Our films are unique, bespoke and often wonderful, but we rely completely on the film-loving British public for our survival and without your support British films simply wouldn't happen.

"Every time you pay for a cinema ticket, a DVD or Blu-ray, or a legal download, it makes great British films happen and highlights the immense wealth of constantly immerging talent we have in this country. 

"So you're the real stars of British Film and that's what the ‘Connected to British Film and TV’ campaign is celebrating. So shout hooray for Brollywood and please keep up your support!"

Talent from in front of and behind the camera are signaling their support for the new campaign, which is being led by film and TV body, Industry Trust for IP Awareness, as new research reveals that:

- Film and TV is the UK industry that 18-30 year olds are ‘most proud of’;

Yet when it comes to paying for content, there is a huge distinction between this age group’s readiness to pay for content from more traditional offline sources versus content delivered via the internet: