About us

Utility Films is an Isle of Wight-based film company specialising in high quality, affordable training and information films on subjects including fire safety training, child protection and aggression at work. We have a growing reputation and a diverse client list, and our products are used in business and public service environments.

Our company name derives from the philosophy of Jeremy Bentham (1748 - 1832), an English utilitarian philosopher and social reformer. In his Introduction to the Principles of Morals and Legislation (1789), he formulated the principle of utility, which he defined as ‘that property in any object, whereby it tends to produce benefit, advantage, pleasure, good, or happiness ... or ... prevent the happening of mischief, pain, evil, or unhappiness’.

In Bentham’s view, the gradual improvement in people’s education would be likely to lead to their making more rational decisions about what would be for their own long-term good, and therefore, by definition, to the greater good of society. Working on that principle, despite the enormous changes in society since Bentham’s day, we have carried out commissions on a wide range of subjects including drug use, care-leavers, social work recruitment, fostering and road traffic accidents in young people.

We are always ready to discuss commissions on any subject. Browse our site for more information about the work we’ve done and read some comments from our clients.