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Please read this information before completing the form. We are unable to make extensive corrections to submissions and If you don't provide all the information requested or, for example, use all capitals or all lower case for names, we will not publish your entry.

You must include a film still (not a title card) and at least a contact email address in the Production Company and/or Sales Agent section.

We include feature-length films that are announced as being in pre-production, production, and post-production and completed feature-length films. We only include completed short films. We do not include films which are not classified as British (see below).

The British Council Films Directory is intended to provide a comprehensive listing of professionally-made UK feature films and short films that have, or are likely to achieve, theatrical or festival distribution. We reserve the right not to include films in the Directory, and to edit, delete or cancel entries at any time without notice. Generally, we will not include corporate or commissioned information films, television series, or music videos.

Please make sure that you complete all fields marked with an * before you press the 'Submit film' button at the foot of this page.

Once an entry is published, you will be able to suggest changes and updates by using the contact form link at the foot of each film's profile.

Criteria for submission
British Film certification is not a requirement for listing, but we will not list films where we cannot verify that the film is ‘British’, taking the BFI cultural test as our reference. You must check one of the Criteria for submission boxes (on the right) before you start filling in the form. You can check the BFI's definition of what constitutes a British Film by going here.

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Do not use all CAPITALS or all lowercase (eg for names)
Do not use Caps Lock to type upper case letters, make sure it is off (use the Shift button ⇧ for capital letters)
Separate names with a comma, not &

Website
We will not publish links to IMDB entries.

Production Company, Sales Agent
Contact information - a name and at least an email - must be provided in the Production Company and/or Sales Agent sections (this could be the producer or director). If you don't provide this information, your film will not be listed. (The 'Contact' information at the bottom of the form is for internal use only and will not appear on the website.)

Film image(s)
If your film is complete it is essential that you submit a still (not a poster) from the film: we will not publish entries for complete films without one. Stills must be JPG or PNG files and at least 576 x 325 pixels. If you do not press 'crop and upload', your still will not upload, and we will not publish your submission. Stills are not required for films in production/ pre-production.

Submitted a film and it isn't in the directory?
We check submissions and post entries regularly. We won't publish entries without sufficient information, including contact details (for production company and/or sales agent).
For completed films we won't publish entries without a still (we require a film image NOT a poster).

Criteria for submission

To qualify as British, your film must be either:

01 About the film

  • For example 35mm

  • This should be a maximum of 200 words for feature films and 50 words for shorts.

  • Please enter a full website address starting with http://

  • Please enter link to a YouTube or Vimeo video which will appear as an embed on the Film detail page. You can add several links separated by comma.

02 Credits

  • Please separate multiple names with a comma.

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  • Please separate multiple names with a comma.

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  • Add additional information in this format:
    Job Title: Name One, Name Two

03 Production & Sales

  • You must include at least a production contact email address (and, ideally also an address, phone number and website). If you are including website addresses, please ensure they start with www. and are separated by line breaks.

  • If you have a sales agent/booking contact you must include at least an email contact address here (and, ideally, also an address, phone number and website). If you are including website addresses, please ensure they start with www. and are separated by line breaks.

04 Upload Film Image(s)

  • Except for films in production, it is mandatory that you upload at least one good quality film still (not a poster) from your film.
    Please drag the points on the crop tool and press the ‘Crop & upload’ button beneath the image to upload.

05 Contact details

  • By submitting this form you warrant and undertake to us (a) that you are fully entitled to submit the film for inclusion in our database and (b) that nothing in the film will infringe the copyright or any other right of any person, breach any contract or duty of confidence, constitute a contempt of court, be defamatory or be calculated to bring us into disrepute.

    You agree to indemnify us against all and any costs, claims, expenses and liabilities (including, without limitation, legal fees and any sums paid on the advice of Counsel) resulting from breach by you of any of the agreements, warranties and/or undertakings on your part contained in this form.