F1Part 14AFilms, television programmes and video games

Chapter 4Films and television programmes

Qualifying films

1179DAMeaning of “film”

(1)

Film” includes any record, however made, of a sequence of visual images that is capable of being used as a means of showing that sequence as a moving picture.

(2)

Each part of a series of films is treated as a separate film, unless—

(a)

the films form a series with not more than 26 parts,

(b)

the combined playing time is not more than 26 hours, and

(c)

the series constitutes a self-contained work or is a series of documentaries with a common theme,

in which case the films are treated as a single film.

(3)

References to a film include the film soundtrack.