The American Film Market kicks off tomorrow and there are a number of high profile projects
foreign film distributors could go after like Michael Winterbottom's latest, The Emperor's New Clothes, J.C. Chandor's Deepwater Horizon and The Hateful Eight from Quentin...
I wish the Tribeca Film Festival could interest
foreign film distributors in showing abroad what new and upcoming American directors are doing.
Not exact matches
Another
distributor that goes for the quantity and quality approach, Magnolia had one of the year's most popular documentaries in Blackfish and one of critics» favorite
foreign films in The Hunt, even as its percentage of
films receiving positive reviews dropped from 50 % in 2012 to 45 % last year.
A few additional
distributors did release at least 7
films in the U.S. last year but are not listed because most or all of their
films do not have Metascores (these were mainly
films in
foreign languages).
A few additional
distributors did release at least 7
films in the U.S. last year but are not listed because some or all of their
films do not have Metascores (these were mainly
films in
foreign languages).
Sony also had the lowest per -
film average gross of the six major
distributors in 2011, and its
foreign box office growth (which includes a nice total for The Adventures of Tintin, for which Sony held the
foreign distribution rights) didn't prevent the studio from finishing fifth in global market share for the second straight year.
The
distributor is targeting horror fans — primarily young adults, 17 — 25 — as well as art house and
foreign film audiences 18 — 45 as it heads out with the feature this weekend.
It was only relatively recently that
distributors of
foreign and independent
films found that, if programmed and marketed precisely, these movies can do well in the summer season.
The below list only includes domestic (U.S. and Canada only, unless otherwise indicated) grosses for specialty
films — which we define to include independent,
foreign (including Bollywood
films), and / or documentary
films — that opened in limited release (599 screens and under) in 2018 AND / OR were acquired or produced for 2018 distribution by an independent
distributor (including STX
Films, Annapurna, A24, Entertainment Studios, Amazon, Netflix, Aviron, Global Road, and Bleecker Street) or a studio or its specialty division (including Fox Searchlight, Sony Pictures Classics, and Focus Features).
Universal also is the
film's
foreign distributor, and it's already grossed more than $ 6 million overseas.
Two weeks ago, as part of his summer - long institute, Redford held a weekend conference of most of the major exhibitors and
distributors of «specialized»
films - a category that includes independent U.S. features,
foreign films, «art
films,» cult
films, revivals and almost anything else that isn't a big - budget, first - run standard Hollywood production.
«The Insult» (Lebanon) U.S.
distributor: Cohen Media Group Synopsis: «The Insult» may not have been the most talked - about
foreign film leading up to the Oscars, but that doesn't mean it isn't a drama worthy of attention.
The year's most buzzed - about
foreign film — France's Blue Is the Warmest Color — was ineligible because
distributors refused to move up its local release date nine days to meet a deadline.
Now I'm working at Kino Lorber, a mid-sized U.S.
distributor, mostly on
foreign and documentary
films.
Note this article only includes North American grosses for specialty
films — indie,
foreign and / or documentary — that opened in limited release (initially under 500 screens — so that's why «The Butler» or «Don Jon» aren't included, for example) in 2013 and were released by an independent
distributor or a studio specialty division.
Note this list only includes North American grosses for specialty
films — indie,
foreign and / or documentary — that opened in limited release (initially under 500 screens) in 2013 and were released by an independent
distributor or a studio specialty division.
by Walter Chaw As the year winds down and
distributors great and small try to cram their
films into rotation for possible awards consideration, the truism that there are just as many mediocre
foreign and independent
films as mainstream ones proves sage for a quartet of minor releases.