Brazil's Paris Filmes and
Colombia's Cine Colombia Join the
Consortium
SANTA MONICA, Calif.,
Feb. 2, 2017 /CNW/ -- Globalgate
Entertainment, the local-language film production and financing
venture aligned with Lionsgate (NYSE: LGF.A, LGF.B), has added
Brazil's Paris Filmes and
Colombia's Cine Colombia to its
now 11-strong, worldwide consortium of production and distribution
partners, the company announced today. The consortium already
includes Televisa, Gaumont, Nordisk, Kadokawa, Lotte, Tobis, TME
and Belga.
Paris Filmes, founded 57 years ago, is the number-one Brazilian
distributor of local-language films with an 81% market share, and
it is also a leading Brazilian distributor of English-language
films including those of Lionsgate. In addition, the company
is a strong home entertainment distributor of premium content in
DVD, blu-ray and digital platforms. Paris Filmes' recent Brazilian
hits include Os Dez Mandamentos, Loucas pra Casar,
Minha Mae e uma Peca and
Meu Passado me Condena 1 & 2.
Cine Colombia is the number-one distributor in Colombia with a 46% market share, where it
distributes major-studio, independent and local-language films.
Joining Cine Colombia in its Globalgate partnership is
Colombia's top production company,
Dynamo Productions, producers of Netflix's
super-hit Narcos, the audience-pleasing The
Hidden Face, and Sundance
award-winning Undertow.
Said Paris Filmes' Partner Sandi Adamiu and CEO Marcio Fraccaroli, "Clifford has been active in
Brazilian cinema production for many years, and this partnership
with Globalgate and our strong positioning alongside
Globalgate's partners around the world is certain to enhance
Paris Filmes' dominance in Brazil."
"Cine Colombia will further leverage our industry-leading
position as both a distributor and exhibitor in Colombia, by joining Globalgate's assembly of
best-in-class production and distribution companies," said Cine
Colombia President and CEO Munir
Falah. "Dynamo's partnership with Globalgate
complements our global strategies, and we look forward to working
with Paul, William, Clifford, Lionsgate and all our other
consortium partners," said Dynamo CEO Andres Calderon.
Globalgate Co-Founders Paul Presburger, William Pfeiffer and Clifford Werber added, "Paris Filmes, Cine
Colombia and Dynamo Productions are world-class film distribution
and production companies and a perfect fit for Globalgate's
consortium. We're delighted they've joined us and look
forward to producing many great Brazilian and Colombian films
together as well as augmenting Globalgate's formidable inventory of
commercial intellectual property emanating from our consortium
partners' vibrant territories."
Globalgate management has recently been involved with several
major local-language box office successes, including Pantelion
Films' recent Mexican hit No Manches Frida, based on
the German box office sensation Fack ju Gohte and
Pantelion's mega-hit, Instructions Not Included, the
highest-grossing Spanish-language film ever released in the
U.S.
Remakes of Instructions Not Included are being produced
and distributed in territories around the world, including
Demain tout commence, starring Omar
Sy, which has garnered nearly 3 million admissions in
France and almost 800,000
admissions in its first four weeks in Germany, and Sen Benim HerSeyimsin in
Turkey. The company has several
upcoming local-language films in the pipeline with its consortium
partners.
ABOUT GLOBALGATE ENTERTAINMENT
Globalgate Entertainment is a producer and financier of
mainstream, local-language motion pictures with a proprietary,
global consortium of tier-1 production and distribution partners in
key and emerging territories. Globalgate's consortium partners
include Lionsgate, Televisa (Latin
America), Gaumont (France),
Nordisk (Scandinavia), Kadokawa (Japan), Lotte (Korea), Tobis
(Germany), TME (Turkey), Belga Filmes (Belgium, Netherlands, Luxembourg) and Paris Filmes (Brazil). Globalgate, aligned with its
consortium partners, has access to over 20,000 titles and, from its
offices in Los Angeles,
New York, London, and Beijing, curates additional commercial
intellectual property from third-party rightsholders
worldwide.
ABOUT PARIS FILMES
Paris Filmes is a Brazilian film company that was founded in
1960. Led by Marcio Fraccaroli
and Sandi Adamiu, the company specializes in high-quality film
distribution and production. Paris Filmes is the leading
producer of Brazilian films and, in 2016, had an 81% market share
of local-language films. Produced by Paris Entretenimento,
"Um Marido Para Minha Mulher" was a success with audiences and
critics alike in 2016, as was "Carrossel 2 – O Sumiço de
Maria Joaquina." Paris
Filmes also had great success in distribution with popular
Brazilian films such as "De Pernas Pro Ar" which was directed by
Roberto Santucci and "Até Que a
Sorte Nos Separe" which starred Camila
Morgardo and Leandro Hassum.
In 2017, the company released record-tying Academy Award nominee
"La La Land" in Brazil and will
distribute the much anticipated "Power
Rangers". International releases by the company in
Brazil include: "Inside Llewyn
Davis", the Coen brothers movie; the acclaimed "The Wolf of Wall
Street" by Martin Scorsese; "Maps to
the Stars" by David Cronenberg
(Julianne Moore was the winner of
the Best Actress award in Cannes);
the first animated adaptation of the masterpiece of Antoine de
Saint-Exupery "The Little Prince"; the Divergent film series;
"Mockingjay Part 2" from the global blockbuster Hunger Games
franchise; "Now You See Me 2"; and successes of Argentine cinema
such as "Kóblic" which starred Ricardo Darín, and the movie based
on the life of Brazilian MMA fighting champion José Aldo,
"Mais Forte que O Mundo", which was
directed by Afonso Poyart. In 2016 Paris Filmes also distributed
multiple Academy Award nominees such as "Brooklyn" and "The Desert Wolf". Other
major achievements were the distribution of the Golden
Globe-winning film "Silver Linings Playbook" in which American
actress Jennifer Lawrence won an
Oscar for Best Actress for her performance in 2013 and "Midnight in
Paris", the
highest-grossing Woody Allen
film in Brazil.
ABOUT CINE COLOMBIA
Cine Colombia, founded in 1927, is the first circuit in
Colombia to install digital
projection in 2007, evidencing its architectural and technological
industry prominence. Munir Falah, President and CEO since
1990, currently oversees roughly 2,000 employees. Cine Colombia has
290 screens, at 43 locations, in 12 Colombian cities and is
investing $100 million on 110 new
screens opening over the next three years. Cine Colombia has
several large format screens called Mega Sala Cineco, boosting a
40% bigger screen than traditional screens. The circuit also has 7
MediaMation Mx4D theatres, branded as Dinamix 4D.
In addition, Cine Colombia is the leading distributor in
Colombia, with a 46% market share,
representing Fox, many Latin American Consortiums
and independent production companies. In 2016, the company
released 88 of the 320 films released in Colombia and, on average, co-finances 5
Colombian films each year. Cine Colombia also has a very strong
Alternative Content division, representing the NY MET Opera, the
Bolshoi Ballet, the London National Theatre, and many other
cultural events.
ABOUT DYNAMO PRODUCTIONS
DYNAMO was founded in Bogotá on 2006 by Andrés Calderón and
Diego Ramírez, who today lead the Company along with their creative
and executive partners Cristian
Conti, Andi Baiz and
Michel Ruben from their offices in
Bogotá, New York, Mexico, and Madrid.
DYNAMO has consolidated itself as one of Latin America's most important audiovisual
production companies. Among their most relevant productions since
their first feature film 'Satanás', are 'Malcriados', 'Out of the
Dark', 'Contracorriente' and 'The Hidden Face'. Dynamo has also
produced 'Los 33' with Antonio
Banderas, the first feature film under the Rebate Law of
2012 as well as their alliance with Netflix for the widely
successful series 'Narcos'. They also have stellar productions
under the Rebate Law such as 'American Made' with Tom Cruise and 'Escobar' with Javier Bardem and
Penélope Cruz.
For further information and inquiries, please contact:
Peter D.
Wilkes
Lionsgate
pwilkes@lionsgate.com
310-255-3726
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