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167 articles available in total starting from 11/10/2002. Last article published on 09/04/2019.

Marchand exits Momentum

Xavier Marchand, managing director of UK independent distribution company Momentum Pictures, has been suspended and replaced – on an interim basis – by former Sony executive Richard Napper. The...  

15/01/2007 | Distribution | UK

Icon president steps down

Alex Hamilton, who had been running Icon Film Distribution (IFD) since April 2005, left his position as president of the company last week. IFD is the UK distribution arm of Icon Group, run by...  

30/11/2006 | Distribution | UK

Royal treatment for new Bond film

London’s Leicester Square will be on high security alert tonight, not because of terrorist threats but for the world premiere of the 21st adventure of the world’s most famous spy, 007, to be...  

14/11/2006 | Distribution | UK

Metrodome turnover down 11%

Interim results for the first half of 2006 were in the red for independent distributor Metrodome, with a total turnover of £1,481,000 (-11%) and theatrical suffering the highest downturn (-65%),...  

25/09/2006 | Distribution | UK

Odeon and Sky ink film distribution deal

The two leading European giants Odeon Cinemas and pay TV group BSkyB have teamed up to create Filmworks, a new UK film distribution company that will acquiring films directly from filmmakers...  

12/09/2006 | Distribution | UK

Volver breaks all BO records

Pathe Distribution UK is European auteurs’ best friend: after the record figures for Ken Loach’s The Wind That Shakes the Barley (see focus) (over £3,4m), the best ever box office results for a...  

01/09/2006 | Distribution | UK

UK distributors on a Cannes shopping spree (2)

Momentum has bought PS I Love You by Richard LaGravenese and Love In The Time of Cholera by Mike Newell from US-based Summit, and from QED International the thriller Spring Break In Bosnia,...  

01/06/2006 | Distribution | UK

UK distributors on a Cannes shopping spree (1)

UK independent distribution companies were among the most active "shoppers" during the last Cannes Film Festival, with competition heating up following the flurry of mergers and take-overs in...  

01/06/2006 | Distribution | UK

Artificial Eye sold to UK film entrepreneurs

Artificial Eye, one of the oldest and most established buyers of arthouse and foreign language films in the UK, has just been bought by Act Entertainment Group and Knatchbull Communication Group,...  

15/05/2006 | Distribution | UK

Optimum Releasing bought by Studio Canal

News about the acquisition of UK distribution outfit Optimum Releasing by French group Canal Plus’ production and sales distribution arm StudioCanal were confirmed yesterday by both companies (see...  

05/05/2006 | Distribution | UK

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