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“That film won’t leave the island”

“That film won’t leave the island”
I love that phrase, “It won’t leave the island.” I never understood it until it was explained to me that that is what producers, etc, call a British film that doesn’t stand a chance of achieving success (or whatever) anywhere but here – ‘on the island’. So, what the heck do the BIFA awards – British Independent Film Awards – have to do with anything? They’re not the Oscars, are they? They’re... 
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