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9 April, 2008 London, 09th April 2008 – Greg Phillips, President of Fireworks International, the television distribution arm of ContentFilm plc, today announced the appointment of Melissa Wohl to Senior Vice-President, based in Los Angeles.   The announcement sees Fireworks International take responsibility for the U.S. and International television sales of the Allumination FilmWorks catalogue. Allumination […]

2 October, 2008 London, 02nd September 2008 – Greg Phillips, President of Fireworks International, today announced the appointment of Robert Kennedy to the newly-created role of Executive Vice President of Fireworks Non-Fiction Programming. This appointment follows hot on the heels of the company’s recent announcement of an expanded presence in the US following the rapid […]

10 February, 2008 Every five years, on the 1st September, Travis Valley celebrates the Festival of Release, when all laws are suspended for 24 hours, and chaos rule. The Brayling family have always taken every precaution to steer clear of the bloodletting and the vengefulness. But this year, may be the death of them… Producer […]

12 February, 2008 PROMOTIONS AT FIREWORKS INTERNATIONAL   LONDON February 12, 2008. Greg Phillips, President of Fireworks International, has today announced the promotion of Jonathan Ford to Senior Vice-President, Digital Acquisitions and Distribution, and Diana Zakis to Vice-President, Sales, Latin America and Asia. Ford joined the company in 2006, charged with responsibility for the licensing of […]

10 April, 2008 STEEP is a feature documentary about bold adventure, exquisite athleticism and the pursuit of a perfect moment on skis. It is the story of big mountain skiing, a dangerous and exhilarating sport that barely existed 35 years ago. STEEP features many of the sport’s greatest athletes including Bill Briggs, Stefano De Benedetti, […]

17 September, 2008 CFI has brought to the international market films such as Jason Reitman’s ‘Thank You For Smoking’, ‘Black Book’ directed by Paul Verhoeven, Duncan Tucker’s ‘Transamerica’ and more recently ‘The Messenger’ directed by Oren Morverman and ‘Extract’ from cult director Mike Judge. Carmichael said, ‘Whilst we will continue to search out high quality […]

21 January, 2008 FIREWORKS INTERNATIONAL ANNOUNCES THE ACQUISITION OF THE CBC INTERNATIONAL CATALOGUEFireworks International is delighted to announce its collaboration with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, whereby Fireworks will acquire the international distribution rights and assets currently managed by CBC’s division responsible for international sales. The deal includes the sale of CBC’s programme catalogue of approximately […]

4 April, 2008 FIREWORKS INTERNATIONAL MIPTV NEWS newsletter View our online MIPTV Newsletter here. THE ASSISTANTS HIT CANNES MIPTV sees the arrival of The Assistants, an hilarious 13 x 30’ comedy series set amidst the exaggerated world of Tinsel Town. Struggling to survive one another and the unpredictable whims of their eccentric movie mogul boss, […]

8 November, 2008 ContentFilm International has acquired all International rights to Japan’s official submission for the Best Foreign Language Film for the 2009 Oscars, the award winning DEPARTURES. An emotional, inspiring and often amusing story DEPARTURES has all the ingredients of the next ‘Life is Beautiful’ and has to date recorded 3 million admissions in […]