Variety Distribution

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Variety Distribution
TypePrivately held company
IndustryFilm distribution
Founded 1945
Headquarters,
Area served
Worldwide
Website www.varietydistribution.it/en

Variety Distribution is an Italian-based film distribution company.

Contents

It distributes Italian films worldwide, produced from the 1930s onward. [1]

History

Variety Distribution (formerly Variety Film and Variety Communications) has been in the film production and distribution business worldwide since 1945. The company manages the rights for all types of exploitation, including on digital platforms, of an extensive library of titles in a variety of genres, while also dealing with restoration and long-term digital preservation of audiovisual products in partnership with an international network of companies and professionals specializing in the film, audiovisual and multimedia industries.

Activities

The company participates in major film festivals and markets, including MIPTV, MIPCOM and the Cannes Film Festival, EFM European Film Market during the Berlin International Film Festival, DISCOP in Budapest. [2]

At the Cannes Film Festival 2022, it participated by premiering the film "Back to the Present", [3] produced by Variety Distribution and Amazing film srl.

Catalog

The company exclusively distributes worldwide a library of more than a thousand films, most owned by Euro Immobilfin Srl, produced from the 1930s to the present day.

Within the catalog are directors including Mario Bava, Alessandro Blasetti, Mario Monicelli, Giuliano Montaldo, Ermanno Olmi, and famous actors including Gino Cervi, Christian De Sica, Aldo Fabrizi, Vittorio Gassman, Gina Lollobrigida, Marcello Mastroianni, Alberto Sordi, Ugo Tognazzi, and Toto.

In 2022 the company acquired the rights to distribute worldwide the film Anthropophagus 2, a film inspired by Joe d'Amato's 1980 cult film Anthropophagus .

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References

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  2. "The Company". Variety Distribution. Retrieved 2022-07-15.
  3. "VARIETY DISTRIBUTION SRL". cinando.com. Retrieved 2022-07-15.