All Distribution articles – Page 724
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NewsBig Cinemas reaches agreement with Indian producers
Big Cinemas has become the first multiplex chain to reach an agreement with the United Producers Forum (UPF) in the eight-week stand-off between Indian producers and exhibitors over revenue-sharing terms.
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NewsTLA Releasing adds its films to TV Polari
USA-based TLA Releasing, distributor of gay and lesbian films, has added films to its UK IPTV lifestyle channel for gay and lesion audiences.
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NewsArthus-Bertrand claims biggest day and date release for Home
Home, the environmental film from French film-maker Yann Arthus-Bertrand, will be launched across multi-platforms in 127 countries on June 5, in what it is claimed will be the biggest day and date film release.
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NewsSamuel Goldwyn Films takes US rights to (Untitled)
Samuel Goldwyn Films has acquired US rights to (Untitled), a comic take on the state of contemporary art from director Jonathan Parker.
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NewsKorea’s CJ CGV expands arthouse film programme
Leading Korean exhibitor CJ CGV is establishing a specialty films team and expanding its “Movie Collage” arthouse film programme from seven to ten screens.
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NewsPortugal's Pantheon picks up Kinatay and Milk Of Sorrow
Portuguese distributor Pantheon has picked up Filipino filmmaker Brillante Mendoza’s Kinatay and this year’s Berlin Golden Bear winner The Milk Of Sorrow by Peru’s Claudia Llosa.
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NewsMomentum poised to pick up new Mike Leigh project
UK distributor Momentum Pictures is understood to have picked up Mike Leigh’s untitled new project from Focus Features International.
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NewsUniversal Pictures promotes Niels Swinkels
Niels Swinkels has been promoted to senior vice president, distribution, Europe, Middle East, Africa (EMEA) for Universal Pictures International.
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NewsNick Broomfield’s A Time Comes released online
British director Nick Broomfield is releasing his new film on direct action, A Time Comes, available for free online.
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NewsFilm Movement takes US rights to Golden Bear nominee Storm
Film Movement has picked up US rights to Hans-Christian Schmid’s German-Danish-Dutch political thriller Storm from TrustNordisk.
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NewsIcon boards Gladiators V Werewolves: Edge Of Empire
Icon Film Distribution has acquired UK and Australasian rights to the Gladiators V Werewolves:Edge Of Empire from UK-based AV Pictures.
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NewsMother has biggest opening of the year in Korea
Bong Joon-ho’s thriller Mother has beaten Park Chan-wook’s Thirst to become the biggest opener of the year in South Korea.
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NewsEnlightenment sells I Can't Think Straight, World Unseen
UK-based Enlightenment Films has sold rights to I Can’t Think Straight and The World Unseen to French based Optimale for France and French-speaking regions.
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NewsArtificial Eye snaps up Cannes prize winners
UK distributor Artificial Eye has taken UK rights to Mia Hansen-Love’s Father Of My Children (Le Pere De Mes Enfants).
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NewsIndia’s PVR Pictures stocks up on Cannes titles
PVR Pictures, the production and distribution arm of Indian exhibitor PVR, has announced a slew of acquisitions concluded at Cannes, including competition titles Broken Embraces and Taking Woodstock.
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NewsAngels & Demons fly away from Indian multiplexes
Sony Pictures Releasing India (SPRI) has gone ahead with the release of Angels & Demons only in single screen cinemas, after last-minute negotiations with the multiplexes on revenue-sharing terms collapsed.
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NewsParamount Vantage rounds up buyers for Eisner's Crazies
Paramount Vantage saw strong sales in Cannes for director Breck Eisner’s The Crazies, the reinvention of George A Romero’s 1973 horror thriller that has just wrapped production.
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NewsItaly’s Bim picks up six titles at Cannes
Italy’s Bim Distribuzione has added six titles to its slate during the Cannes market including the in-production romantic comedy Hysteria from Elle Driver.
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NewsGerman distributors hit Marche with gusto
German distributors went on a spending spree at Cannes picking up news films by Michael Douglas, George Romero, Sophie Marceau and Cecile de France.
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NewsSaminathan steps down as chairman of Pyramid Saimira
P.S. Saminathan has stepped down as chairman of Indian exhibitor Pyramid Saimira following huge losses and a scandal over share price rigging at the company.









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