Benelux Film Distributors

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Benelux Film Distributors
Industry Film industry
Founded2006
Defunct2013
Headquarters Ghent, Belgium and Houten, the Netherlands
Products Motion pictures
Number of employees
10+

Benelux Film Distributors, also known as Benelux Film Distributors Home Entertainment, BFD and BFDHE, was a joint venture of various independent film distributors founded in 2006. [1] They marketed a wide range of films in cinemas and on home video in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. They distributed films by Lumière (Belgium), Inspire Pictures (Netherlands) and Dutch FilmWorks (Netherlands). [1] The company Video/Film Express (Houten, Netherlands), founded in 1991, were merged with BFD on January 1, 2012. [2] Subsequently, BFD had two offices in Ghent, Belgium and Houten.

Movies distributed by BFD included Oorlogswinter , Crusade in Jeans , De Brief voor de Koning , Stricken , Love Crime , Amazing Grace , Colombiana , De Marathon , The Happy Housewife , and Black Out . [3]

The company merged with A-Film Distribution in May 2013 and continued as A-Film Benelux B.V. [4] In September 2015, A-Film Benelux B.V. was declared bankrupt. [5]

List of films

Release DateTitleNotes
2000s
16 July 2008 The Letter for the King
27 November 2008 Winter in Wartime with Isabella Films, Fu Works, Inspire Pictures and Omroep MAX
26 November 2009 Stricken with Eyeworks, Inspire Pictures and RTL Entertainment
2010s
12 April 2010 The Happy Housewife with Kaap Holland Film
24 November 2010 Dik Trom with Eyeworks and Inspire Pictures
9 December 2010 New Kids Turbo with Eyeworks, Comedy Central and Inspire Pictures
8 December 2011 New Kids Nitro with Eyeworks, Comedy Central and Inspire Pictures
3 October 2012 The Zigzag Kid with Bos Bros. Film & TV Productions, N279 Entertainment and AVRO
22 March 2012 Quiz with Tom de Mol Productions, Parachute Pictures and AVRO
18 October 2012 De Marathon with Eyeworks, Inspire Pictures and RTL Entertainment
11 April 2013 Daylight with Eyeworks, Inspire Pictures and NCRV

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