Category: Info

5 February, 2009 ContentFilm International has acquired international sales rights to the action thriller THE TECHNICIAN. Jon Cassar, the lead director of the smash hit TV series ‘24’ (over 55 episodes including 24: Redemption and the opening of new 7th season, twice Emmy Award (r) Winner and DGA Best Director Winner) will direct from a […]

1 June, 2009 UK premiere for jPod on Virgin Media TV on demand jPod comes to British screens for the first time, exclusively with Virgin Media Virgin Media Virgin Media today announced another ‘first’, as the entertainment company today premiered a brand new TV show in the UK on its pioneering TV on demand platform. […]

8 May, 2009 London, 8th May 2009 – Fireworks International, the digital content and television distribution arm of ContentFilm Plc, announced today that it is to collaborate with pioneering multi-platform producers Pure Grass Films as a production and funding partner on the brand new multi-platform thriller SHADOW LINE. Fireworks International will also distribute the prequel […]

27 February, 2009 London, 25th February 2009 –Fireworks International, the television and digital programming distribution arm of ContentFilm plc, today announced the sale of its hit primetime drama series THE BORDER, to US cable network channel ION. The deal will see the show debut on ION later this year. This follows the recent premiere of […]

11 February, 2009 LOS ANGELES (February 11, 2009)—Jeff Collins has opened his own production shingle COLLINS AVENUE, in a partnership arrangement with London-based ContentFilm and its television distribution arm Fireworks International. Over the five-year deal ContentFilm will invest in Collins Avenue in return for an equity stake and Fireworks International will act as international distributor […]

14 August, 2009 New York (NY) (August 13, 2009) – IFC Films, one of the leading American distributors of independent and foreign films, announced today it has acquired U.S. rights to FISH TANK, a critically-acclaimed coming-of-age drama. Written and directed by Andrea Arnold, the film is her follow up to her debut feature RED ROAD […]

3 March, 2009 London, 03rd March 2009 – Fireworks International, the television distribution arm of ContentFilm plc, today announced details of a significant deal with Virgin Media, the leading UK entertainment and communications company, which will see more than 275 hours of programming made available through the company’s pioneering TV on demand service. The deal […]

3 February, 2009 ContentFilm International has acquired a collection of twenty titles from the multi award-winning director Nick Broomfield. Titles include the controversial “Kurt and Courtney”, his two shocking films on America’s “first female serial killer” Aileen Wuornos (“Aileen – Life and Death of a Serial Killer” and “Aileen Wuornos – the Selling of a […]

16 March, 2009 London, 16th March 2009: Greg Phillips, President of Fireworks International, the television distribution arm of ContentFilm plc, has announced the promotion of Jonathan Ford to Executive Vice-President, Digital Acquisitions and Distribution. In addition to his responsibilities overseeing the licensing of Fireworks International and ContentFilm International’s new and library programming and development content […]