Benelux Film Distributors, also known as Benelux Film Distributors Home Entertainment, BFD and BFDHE, was a joint venture of various independent film distributors founded in 2006.[1] They marketed a wide range of films in cinemas and on home video in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. They distributed films by Lumière (Belgium), Inspire Pictures (Netherlands) and Dutch FilmWorks (Netherlands).[1] The company Video/Film Express (Houten, Netherlands), founded in 1991, were merged with BFD on January 1, 2012.[2] Subsequently, BFD had two offices in Ghent, Belgium and Houten.
| Industry | Film industry |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2006 |
| Defunct | 2013 |
| Headquarters | Ghent, Belgium and Houten, the Netherlands |
| Products | Motion pictures |
Number of employees | 10+ |
Movies distributed by BFD included Oorlogswinter, Crusade in Jeans, De Brief voor de Koning, Stricken, Love Crime, Amazing Grace, Colombiana, De Marathon, The Happy Housewife, and Black Out.[3]
The company merged with A-Film Distribution in May 2013 and continued as A-Film Benelux B.V.[4] In September 2015, A-Film Benelux B.V. was declared bankrupt.[5]
List of films
edit| Release Date | Title | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | |||||
| 16 July 2008 | The Letter for the King | ||||
| 27 November 2008 | Winter in Wartime | with Isabella Films, Fu Works, Inspire Pictures and Omroep MAX | |||
| 26 November 2009 | Stricken | with Eyeworks, Inspire Pictures and RTL Entertainment | |||
| 2010s | |||||
| 12 April 2010 | The Happy Housewife | with Kaap Holland Film | |||
| 24 November 2010 | Dik Trom | with Eyeworks and Inspire Pictures | |||
| 9 December 2010 | New Kids Turbo | with Eyeworks, Comedy Central and Inspire Pictures | |||
| 8 December 2011 | New Kids Nitro | with Eyeworks, Comedy Central and Inspire Pictures | |||
| 3 October 2012 | The Zigzag Kid | with Bos Bros. Film & TV Productions, N279 Entertainment and AVRO | |||
| 22 March 2012 | Quiz | with Tom de Mol Productions, Parachute Pictures and AVRO | |||
| 18 October 2012 | De Marathon | with Eyeworks, Inspire Pictures and RTL Entertainment | |||
| 11 April 2013 | Daylight | with Eyeworks, Inspire Pictures and NCRV | |||
References
edit- ^ a b Macnab, Geoffrey (November 3, 2005). "New Benelux distributor BFD hoovers up Hannibal, Bobby Z". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on August 9, 2009. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
- ^ "Video/Film Express wordt BFD Home Entertainment". Entertainment Business. December 5, 2011. Archived from the original on April 20, 2019. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
- ^ "Benelux film Distributors Netherlands (BFD)". Cineuropa. Archived from the original on August 8, 2018. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
- ^ "A-Film Distribution en Benelux Film Distributors bundelen krachte" (in Dutch). A-Film. 21 May 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22.
- ^ Berg, Nico (14 September 2015). "Failliete filmdistributeur A-Film trekt films terug uit bioscoop". HP/De Tijd. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
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