MUMBAI: Sam Taylor-Wood's Nowhere Boy and British gangster film 44 Inch Chest are among a number of films that will receive a funding boost from the UK Film Council.

Icon Film Distribution has received $246,124 (£150,000) to eas the distribution of Nowhere Boy, while Momentum Pictures has been awarded $180,491 (£110,000) to boost publicity of Malcolm Venville's 44 Inch Chest.

Meanwhile, the UKFC has also sanctioned $8,250 (£5,000) to help widen the distribution of seventeen titles including Alexis Do Santos's Unmade Beds, Yoijiro Takita's Departures, Lu Chuan's City Of Life And Death and Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment's micro-budget horror film Colin.