ContentFilm

Alton Irby, Chairman of ContentFilm plc (‘Content Film’ or ‘the Company’) announces that the Company is in negotiations with the board and major shareholders of First Look Media, Inc. (‘First Look’) to acquire First Look. Completion of the transaction will be subject to definitive documentation, due diligence and any necessary shareholder approval. Key Points The […]

EXCLUSIVE TO JEREMY KAY, SCREEN INTERNATIONAL A month after the company celebrated its third anniversary, ContentFilm International managing director Jamie Carmichael today announced a number of new projects on its AFM slate, including new films by Peter Greenaway, Keith Gordon and Paul Verhoeven, and that the company has picked up the star-studded comedy “The Moguls” […]

Speaking at the Annual General Meeting, the Chairman of the Company, Alton Irby, will say: “Today marks ContentFilm’s first AGM since its reverse takeover of Winchester Entertainment in March 2004. Inevitably the first half of the year saw management very much focused on the reorganisation of the merged businesses and this has resulted in significant […]

“OPEN RANGE” is an epic Western that marks a return to form by Academy Award -winning director Kevin Costner. Produced by ‘Unforgiven’ producer David Valdez, “OPEN RANGE”, which stars Oscar winner Robert Duvall (The Godfather, Apocalypse Now), Kevin Costner (Dances with Wolves, Field of Dreams) and Oscar nominee Annette Bening (American Beauty, The Grifters), was […]

ContentFilm announces that it has agreed to produce and finance films in partnership with a newly formed film investment fund, Entertainment Investor LLP (“Entertainment Investor” or the “Fund”). The Fund expects to have a first closing at the end of September, and to raise approximately US$20m by the year end, which will enable up to […]

ContentFilm announces that it has acquired the international sales rights to the epic family film, “Mee-Shee the Water Giant”. The film is produced by Rainer Mockert’s MBP Medien and Barry Authors’ BarryFilms in association with the Jim Henson Creature Shop and Eli Klein’s Infatrade Group Corporation. It is directed by John Henderson (familiar from a […]

Mick Southworth, CEO of Winchester Film Distribution (WFD), announced today that the company will release Kevin Costner’s epic western OPEN RANGE in the UK. Produced by ‘Unforgiven’ producer David Valdez, OPEN RANGE, which stars Robert Duvall, Kevin Costner and Annette Bening, was a critical and commercial hit in the US and marks a return to […]

ContentFilm acquires the rights to promote and distribute films throughout the UK theatrically, on DVD, video and on television. Content Film Plc operates two UK distribution labels; Winchester Film Distribution Ltd and Feature Film Company Ltd. The UK distribution business was formed as a wholly owned subsidiary of Winchester Entertainment PLC. The company commenced trading […]

Fireworks International, a division of ContentFilm plc, acquires and distributes an extensive slate of television programs and feature films throughout the world. Fireworks has a library of over 2000 hours of programming including drama series Zoe Busiek: Wild Card, action/adventure series Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda, Mutant X, Relic Hunter, and The Collector; children’s programs Black Hole […]