Dutch FilmWorks is a leading Benelux distribution and production company.
Studiocanal has acquired a majority stake in leading Benelux film production and distribution firm Dutch FilmWorks,.
Studiocanal CEO Anna Marsh said the deal would realise an ambition to “produce first class European content out of Benelux, which will captivate audiences worldwide”.
Dutch FilmWorks was launched in 1998 and produces and distributes more than 25 films a year, building a catalogue of over 900 Dutch and international features. Titles include The Claus Family franchise, Pirates Down The Street and My Best Friend Anne Frank as well as local releases of The Wolf Of Wall Street...
Studiocanal has acquired a majority stake in leading Benelux film production and distribution firm Dutch FilmWorks,.
Studiocanal CEO Anna Marsh said the deal would realise an ambition to “produce first class European content out of Benelux, which will captivate audiences worldwide”.
Dutch FilmWorks was launched in 1998 and produces and distributes more than 25 films a year, building a catalogue of over 900 Dutch and international features. Titles include The Claus Family franchise, Pirates Down The Street and My Best Friend Anne Frank as well as local releases of The Wolf Of Wall Street...
- 6/20/2022
- by Michael Rosser
- ScreenDaily
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StudioCanal has acquired a majority stake in Dutch FilmWorks, a leading independent producer/distributor in the Benelux region, for an undisclosed sum.
The producer of local-language titles, including My Best Friend Anne Frank and holiday family franchise The Claus Family, Dutch FilmWorks is also the leading indie distributor in the Benelux region, having released such films as The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, Midway and The Wolf of Wall Street. The company boasts a film catalog of more than 900 Dutch and international titles.
StudioCanal will add Dutch FilmWorks to its growing slate of European production labels. The company, which is owned by Vivendi-backed Canal+ Group, already controls Tandem Production and Lailaps Films in Germany, Red Production, Urban Myth Films and SunnyMarchTV in the U.K., Spain’s Bambu Producciones and Sam Productions in Scandinavia.
“I am proud to welcome Dutch FilmWorks to StudioCanal. Our values align across production,...
StudioCanal has acquired a majority stake in Dutch FilmWorks, a leading independent producer/distributor in the Benelux region, for an undisclosed sum.
The producer of local-language titles, including My Best Friend Anne Frank and holiday family franchise The Claus Family, Dutch FilmWorks is also the leading indie distributor in the Benelux region, having released such films as The Hitman’s Wife’s Bodyguard, Midway and The Wolf of Wall Street. The company boasts a film catalog of more than 900 Dutch and international titles.
StudioCanal will add Dutch FilmWorks to its growing slate of European production labels. The company, which is owned by Vivendi-backed Canal+ Group, already controls Tandem Production and Lailaps Films in Germany, Red Production, Urban Myth Films and SunnyMarchTV in the U.K., Spain’s Bambu Producciones and Sam Productions in Scandinavia.
“I am proud to welcome Dutch FilmWorks to StudioCanal. Our values align across production,...
- 6/20/2022
- by Scott Roxborough
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Studiocanal has acquired a majority stake in Dutch FilmWorks, a leading film production and distribution company operating in Benelux.
Launched in 1998, Dutch FilmWorks produces and distributes 25 films each year, and has built up a library of over 900 Dutch and international films, including the popular family franchise “The Claus Family.” The acquisition of Dutch FilmWorks is part of Studiocanal’s aim to consolidate its pipeline of premium European content with international potential.
Owned by Vivendi-backed Canal+ Group, Studiocanal already operates in all four major European markets — France, U.K., Germany and Spain — as well as in Australia and New Zealand. The banner also produces more than 200 hours of TV series each year at an international level, either in-house with Studiocanal Original, or through its network of European production labels, including Germany’s Tandem Productions, the U.K.’s Red Production Company, the U.K.’s Urban Myth Films and SunnyMarch TV,...
Launched in 1998, Dutch FilmWorks produces and distributes 25 films each year, and has built up a library of over 900 Dutch and international films, including the popular family franchise “The Claus Family.” The acquisition of Dutch FilmWorks is part of Studiocanal’s aim to consolidate its pipeline of premium European content with international potential.
Owned by Vivendi-backed Canal+ Group, Studiocanal already operates in all four major European markets — France, U.K., Germany and Spain — as well as in Australia and New Zealand. The banner also produces more than 200 hours of TV series each year at an international level, either in-house with Studiocanal Original, or through its network of European production labels, including Germany’s Tandem Productions, the U.K.’s Red Production Company, the U.K.’s Urban Myth Films and SunnyMarch TV,...
- 6/20/2022
- by Elsa Keslassy
- Variety Film + TV
Details of new film and TV sales arm, Dfw International, also revealed.
Benelux-based Dutch FilmWorks has picked up Barry Levinson’s Harry Haft and Liam Neeson thriller The Ice Road for release in the territory, following deals in Toronto.
Boxing biopic Harry Haft stars Ben Foster, Peter Sarsgaard and Danny De Vito, and is handled by Endeavor Content. The Ice Road was sold through Lisa Wilson’s Solution Entertainment.
Willem Pruijssers, CEO of Dutch FilmWorks, also revealed further details of its new film and TV sales arm, Dfw International, which will attend its first market, Mipcom, next month.
The...
Benelux-based Dutch FilmWorks has picked up Barry Levinson’s Harry Haft and Liam Neeson thriller The Ice Road for release in the territory, following deals in Toronto.
Boxing biopic Harry Haft stars Ben Foster, Peter Sarsgaard and Danny De Vito, and is handled by Endeavor Content. The Ice Road was sold through Lisa Wilson’s Solution Entertainment.
Willem Pruijssers, CEO of Dutch FilmWorks, also revealed further details of its new film and TV sales arm, Dfw International, which will attend its first market, Mipcom, next month.
The...
- 9/20/2019
- by Geoffrey Macnab
- ScreenDaily
A major new international sales outfit is coming to market. Dutch Film Works (Dfw), one of the largest movie distributors in the Benelux region, is moving into film and TV sales. Dfw general manager Angela Pruijssers will spearhead the sales effort alongside Charlotte Henskens, who will join from Amsterdam-based Fortissimo Films, where she is director of sales, in June.
The new operation launches out of the gate with Fatt Prods. “My Best Friend Anne Frank” and “Penoza the Movie,” a feature based on Nl Film’s popular Dutch series of the same name, which was remade as “Red Widow” for ABC in the U.S.
Dfw is in Cannes in buying mode and has picked up movies including Agc’s “Moonfall.” It is also readying the launch of an international sales arm, Dfw Intl. The sales division will have a presence at the major film and TV markets, starting with...
The new operation launches out of the gate with Fatt Prods. “My Best Friend Anne Frank” and “Penoza the Movie,” a feature based on Nl Film’s popular Dutch series of the same name, which was remade as “Red Widow” for ABC in the U.S.
Dfw is in Cannes in buying mode and has picked up movies including Agc’s “Moonfall.” It is also readying the launch of an international sales arm, Dfw Intl. The sales division will have a presence at the major film and TV markets, starting with...
- 5/19/2019
- by Stewart Clarke
- Variety Film + TV
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