Top Film Companies and Startups in the UK

4 years ago

This article showcases some of the most popular players in the Film space. Our analysts selected these companies for a variety of reasons. This list may include both state and private ventures providing the most value within the Film industry.

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Top Film Companies


Vue Entertainment

Vue Entertainment is a cinema developer and operator of multiplex cinemas in the UK.

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The Light Cinema Company

The Light Cinema aims to provide a unique entertainment experience.

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Sunday Treat

Sunday Treat is a specialist video agency in London. Their ethos is to find the fun; to discover the human element, experimental technique or creative boundary that truly elevates every project.

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British Academy of Film and Television Arts

Supports, develops and promotes the art forms of the moving image by identifying and rewarding excellence.

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Picturehouse Cinemas

Largest group of independent cinemas in the UK.

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Aardman Animations

Aardman has a deserved reputation as a world leader in model animation. Peter Lord and David Sproxton began their animating partnership at

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British Board of Film Classification

British Board of Film Classification is responsible for the national classification and censorship of films within the United Kingdom.

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iROKOtv

iROKOtv is a web-based platform that provides free and paid-for Nigerian films on-demand.

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Prop Store

Prop Store, one of the worlds leading vendors of original movie props and costumes.

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Framestore

Framestore is a creative studio that offers production, pre-production, and post-production services for its users.

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DNEG

DNEG is a visual effects, animation and stereo conversion companies for feature film and television, with studios.

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Flat Iron

A UK-based steak restaurant group .

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Cineworld PLC

Cineworld offers cinema experience in the UK and in Ireland.

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FilmDoo

FilmDoo is a global media company utilising disrupting technology to distribute entertainment, cultural and language learning content.

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All the Anime

All the Anime brings a fresh approach to distributing the best in anime direct from Japan.

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National Film and Television School

Educating the best creative talent to the highest professional standard for tomorrow’s screen industries.

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Into Film

Into Film seeks to put film at the heart of children and young people’s .

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Twine

Twine connects companies to creatives by making it simple to write a project brief and curating the best quality freelancers.

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Olympic Studios

A boutique cinema, café & dining room and member’s club in South West London.

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Filmstro

A New Standard in Adaptive Music for the Creative Media Industry

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Pulse Films

Founded in 2004, Pulse Films is a talent management and integrated content production company that creates uniquely adaptable content

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Secret Cinema

Secret Cinema provides an media platform that combining film screenings with interactive performances in purpose-built sets.

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Cinesite

Cinesite is one of the largest and most creative visual effects companies in the world.

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Plonk Crazy Golf – Islington

Plonk Crazy Golf – Islington is a whole new approach to Crazy Golf.

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Cooke Optics

Cooke Optics manufactures camera lenses for motion picture, television, and advertising industries.

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Twig World

Twig World is award-winning tools and educational resources for the classroom.

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The Mill

Their passion is for great ideas, beautifully executed, that engage audiences irrespective of platform, device or venue.

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The Agency

The Agency represents and manages writers and directors across film, TV, and theatre, alongside book rights and children’s literature.

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Komedia

Komedia is Bath’s leading live entertainment venue.

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Twofour Group

The Twofour Group is a family of award winning companies striving to deliver world class international TV production and distribution.

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Shooting People

Shooting People is a online community of 37,000+ filmmakers who share their resources, skills and experience.

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FInd Any Film

FindAnyFilm.com is a film search engine that provides link to buy movies and movie tickets on several different sites.

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dn&co.

Dn&co is an employee-, community-and place-brand and design consultancy.

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Hificables.co.uk

Hificables.co.uk is a online cable retailer selling products for home cinema and hifi.

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Chocolate Films

Chocolate Films is a video image production company for directly commissioned content.

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Rattling Stick

Rattling Stick is a nimble production firm with unmitigated belief in creative output of quality, delivering valuable work of high quality.

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Camberwell Studios

Camberwell Studios is an independent film studio.

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Flix Premiere

Flix Premiere is the world’s first digital Cineplex

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Cinelab London

Cinelab London is the most comprehensive film lab in the UK

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Eikon Group

Provider of digital post-production services for the movie and broadcast industry.

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Gruvi

Gruvi develops interactive media solutions for the entertainment industry to engage and streamline global audiences.

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NCam

Ncam develops augmented reality technology for the entertainment industries.

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FilmOn

FilmOn is an internet-based television provider.

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Diary.com

Diary.com is a website enabling users to express themselves in pictures and words.

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Fabrik

Fabrik is the fastest way on earth for creatives and small studios to build a beautiful, powerful portfolio website.

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Luti Media

Luti Media is a film production company that produces music videos, film, commercials and television.

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3rockAR

3rockAR Ltd is an augmented reality advertising company that provides AR solutions for brands, agencies and venues through film & video.

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Distrify

Distrify lets film distributors and filmmakers sell their films immediately in the familiar embeddable video trailer.

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media co-op

media co-op has specialise in creating digital media and films for the third sector and broadcast television.

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Reelhost

Reelhost is an online social platform that enables to users to host private social events in their own house.

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Minute Shorts

A video streaming platform that allows you to watch quality short films based on the time you have available.

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Transterra Media

video archive, stock and original stories for brands, agencies and publishers from journalists and filmmakers in 180 countries

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DTV Group

DTV Group uses DRTV and film to inspire people to take action for wonderful causes throughout the world.

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Home

Home is an internal communication agency providing company culture, film & animation, strategy & planning services & CSR.

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Wikifestivals

Wikifestivals is a wiki style website which acts as an online festival fanatics community and research tool.

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Studio8

Studio8 is a talented team of Oxford and London based Filmmakers, Photographers and Editors.

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Sub-ti

Sub-ti is a subtitling company.

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Firecrest Films

Firecrest Films is a television production company.

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All3Media

All3Media is a TV production company.

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Martin Tripp Associates

Executive Search, Headhunters, Recruitment

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TECH TV

Tech TV is a business and corporate video production company, offering high-quality business video, film and animation services.

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E M P Designs

EMP Designs solves electronics and engineering problems and invents technology based in Hampshire.

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Finish

Finish quickly became one of the leading post production companies in the UK.

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Cairn Production

Cairn captures great discussions and scripting is the key skills, the goal is to keep it simple,’ useful’ and engaging.

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Polarsun Creative

Polarsun Creative is a web development & filmmaker agency that builds custom apps using FileMaker & web design that helps a company develop.

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Whitecoat

Whitecoat is a content production company that creates contents for industrial leaders in commercial, corporate & documentary sectors.

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The House London Ltd.

Design, Technology and Marketing

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MovieGlu

MovieGlu provides TV Guide style listings for Movie Theater showtimes

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Aura Films

Aura Films is a film and video production company.

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Molinare

High-end broadcast and feature post production

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Lupus Films

Lupus Films is a production company that specializes in using a wide range of techniques from traditional hand-drawn to 2D digital.

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Muckle Hen

Muckle Hen Ltd. is a film & animation company with a team that makes cinematic films and animation that engage with a target market.

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Across the Pond

Across the Pond is a world-wide creative agency that specializes in film and human storytelling for the growth of innovative brands.

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Moviestorm

Moviestorm is a digital animated movie software tool that operates as a virtual movie studio.

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Airstoc

Airstoc is the world’s first dedicated marketplace for the professional drone industry.

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Big Couch

Big Couch is the ‘crewfunding’ platform that empowers filmmakers, connecting them with crews that invest in projects they believe in.

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Milk VFX

We create innovative and complex sequences for high-end television and feature films.

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Latimer Group

Latimer works with the best in youth talent to produce cutting edge film and digital media.

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Socialite

Socialite is a mobile app that enables its users to discover and subscribe to upcoming events.

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iMetaFilm

iMetaFilm will create a new industry sector which will digitise the world’s film heritage.

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We R Interactive

We R Interactive is a social entertainment company merging online game and film industries.

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Ag Photographic+Photolab

Ag Photo Lab specializes in providing photographic services and products.

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Screenburn

Screenburn is a Facebook VoD platform enabling the sale of film and TV from a Facebook page.

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Films of London

Films of London is a low-geared, high-intensity film development company, specializing primarily in theatrical feature films.

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12th Battalion Productions

12th Battalion Productions is producing a fully holographic feature length production.

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Daysix

Daysix is a multi-disciplinary agency who bring ideas to life through apps, films, branding and websites.

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Bigview Media

Bigview Media is an award-winning production company.

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Curiosity Kills

Completion funding for UK’s first fully equity crowd-funded feature.

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Red Rock Entertainment Ltd

London based film investment company

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Filmies

Filmies gives you inspiration when you need it and gives you a personalised film recommendation right now.

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Hellboy: The Board Game

Hellboy—the comic, mercifully, not the movies

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Arts Alliance Media

Arts Alliance Media develops software and solutions for the digital cinema industry.

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RECCY

RECCY is a go-to industry platform that unlocks various locations for photographers and film makers.

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Gower Street Analytics

Gower Street Analytics is a FilmTech company that brings predictive analytics services to the theatrical distribution and exhibition.

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AJ-Drone Ltd

AJ-Drone Ltd is a photography and videography business.

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Silverback Films

Silverback Films specializes in the production of high-quality wildlife films for both television and cinema.

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Posh Gecko Limited

Posh Gecko Limited is a video production company that helps clients through 3D projects, animation, film and product videos.

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Noah Media Group

Noah Media Group is a production company, specialise in Documentary, Film, TV, Promos and Digital Content.

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whoactually

Creator to Consumer Social Network

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Enlightenment Productions

Enlightenment Productions is a multi-media entertainment company.

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Cutting Edge Group

Cutting Edge Group is an international full-service provider of music for the film, advertising, and television industries.

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GearVid

GearVid is a video sharing community for Cinematographers and Videographers. Discover what gear other content creators are using.

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AmberFin

AmberFin enables content owners to maximize the value of their TV, film and video content, from capture through to distribution, while

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