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Last night鈥檚 have brought an end to an awards season that has recognised a year of excellence in British filmmaking.

Outstanding individual performances from Colin Firth, Helena Bonham-Carter and Christian Bale have been among those recognised over the past few weeks and awards have also been handed to those working behind the scenes such as聽Roger Deakins and .

Highlights of this year鈥檚聽awards season for British film have included:

• 皇冠体育app King鈥檚 Speech scooped the Best Film Oscar and ;
• Colin Firth swept the board, taking home Best Actor gongs at the Oscars, and BAFTAs for his role in 皇冠体育app King鈥檚 Speech;
• Christian Bale will also be clearing some space on the mantelpiece after his performance in 皇冠体育app Fighter earned him both the Oscar and the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor;
• Geoffrey Rush and Helena Bonham Carter added to 皇冠体育app King鈥檚 Speech鈥檚 awards tally by winning the BAFTAs for Best Supporting Actor and Best Supporting Actress respectively;
• Director Tom Hooper, whose previous credits have included Byker Grove, Prime Suspect and the film 皇冠体育app Damned United, took home the Best Director Oscar for 皇冠体育app Kings Speech;
• Cinematographer Roger Deakins picked up the BAFTA for his work on the Coen Brothers鈥� film True Grit;
• Inception won both the Oscar and BAFTA for visual effects, giving British firm Double Negative a double reason to celebrate.

Today, Prime Minister David Cameron said the Best Film Oscar for 皇冠体育app King鈥檚 Speech marked 鈥渁 fantastic end to the awards season and an incredible year for British film-making鈥� and congratulated all the British award recipients. Mr Cameron added: 鈥溁使谔逵齛pp tremendous success of British film at the Golden Globes, BAFTAs and now the Oscars is recognition of the wealth of talent and creativity that makes the British film industry world-class.鈥�

While the awards have celebrated creativity, box office returns have demonstrated the industry鈥檚 huge economic value. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows put in a record-breaking opening weekend performance in November while 皇冠体育app King鈥檚 Speech has earned more than 拢38 million at the UK box office and more than $230 million worldwide, making it the highest grossing UK independent film of all time.

But 皇冠体育app King鈥檚 Speech would not have been possible without the support of about 拢1 million of public money and its success has shown why this support remains critical. It is the reason why the Government has continued this vital funding and decided that the share of money that the arts, including film, gain from lottery proceeds will increase by about 60% by 2014. 皇冠体育app tax credit for UK films will also be maintained.

Creative Industries Minister announced in November that (BFI) in April this year.聽 皇冠体育app changes will ensure greater value for public money by combining the functions and expertise of the two organisations in a single body. As the UK Film Council is wound up, the will become the lead strategic film body and will carry out a review with DCMS looking at how to build a more sustainable industry. It will also work with , BAFTA and to consider the role the latter two organisations could play to support the distribution of British films abroad.

皇冠体育appse measures will help to give the industry the financial certainty it needs and make sure that investment in film is properly targeted and transparent - moves which could mean that more British filmmakers and actors have to write acceptance speeches.

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