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Vorlage:Infobox company Alliance Films (formerly Alliance Communications, Alliance Atlantis Releasing LTD or CIC Canada & also known as Alliance VivaFilm in Quebec) is a major Canadian motion picture distribution/production company, which serves Canada, the United Kingdom, and Spain.

History

It was formed in 1984 by Stephen Roth, Denis Heroux, John Kemeny, Robert Lantos, Andras Hamori and Susan Cavan as Alliance Entertainment. It acquired a Montreal-based Francophone distribution company, Vivafilm, in 1990. In 1998, it merged with Atlantis Communications, forming Alliance Atlantis communications.

Formally known as Motion Picture Distribution LP, it was re branded and relaunched in 2007 due to the collapse of its preceding company, Alliance Atlantis, which was sold off piece by piece to CanWest Global, GS Capital Partners, along with several other smaller companies. Société générale de financement du Québec, an investment agency of the provincial government, owns 51% of the voting shares of the company and 38.5% of the equity. GS Capital owns the remainder of the company.

Alliance Films is headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, at 455 Saint Antoine Street West in the Quartier International.Vorlage:Citation needed

In the mid-2000s Alliance Films began to produce films in moderation. In addition to producing films as The Rocket with Cinémaginaire (as well as other movies) and National Lampoon's Senior Trip with New Line Cinema of and before the days of Alliance Atlantis respectively, they were responsible for co-producing the 2008 teen slasher Prom Night with Screen Gems and Original Film . They also produced and distributed the war drama Passchendaele, and co-produced the comedy Stone Of Destiny with Infinity Features Entertainment and The Mob Film Company. They are also responsible for co-producing the upcoming 2011 horror film Insidious with FilmDistrict and Wanderlust with Universal Pictures and Apatow Productions.

In 2010, Alliance Films expanded its home video operations with an aggressive push into the TV-on-DVD market. It began releasing various television series on DVD, the majority are Canadian productions or Canadian co-productions. To date they have released over 20 series and continue to release more.Vorlage:Citation needed

On June 24 2011, Alliance Films bought Maple Pictures from Lions Gate Entertainment (Maple's former owner) for a sum of 38.5 million dollars.[1]

In partnership with Cineplex Entertainment, Alliance Films also operates Alliance Cinemas, owner of two Toronto-area theatres. During the MPD era, all materials relating to Alliance Atlantis-distributed films contained a disclaimer stating that Alliance Atlantis was "an indirect limited partner of Motion Picture Distribution LP, not a general partner". However, in fact, the company controlled the general partner of the partnership, and hence effectively controlled the distribution unit itself.Vorlage:Citation needed

On January 3, 2012, it was announced that Goldman Sachs Group is looking to sell its majority stake in Alliance Films.[2]

Distribution

Alliance Films currently distributes all or some of the following companies' libraries:

NOTE: The companies video releases were and continue to be distributed by Universal Studios Home Entertainment in the future and CIC Video in the past.

Divisions

  • Alliance Vivafilm - Francophone film business that produces and distributes feature films in Quebec
  • Alliance Home Entertainment - Home entertainment division that releases feature films & TV series on DVD

Alliance Films also operates the following international subsidiaries:

Film releases

The following is a selected list of films that have been released by Alliance Films. Movies are from Momentum Pictures, AURUM, Les Seville & Alliance Vivafilm.

TV series

The following is a list of TV series that have been released on DVD by Alliance Films:

Alliance Films is the official Canadian distributor for the following series:

References

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  1. ↑ Etan Vlessing: Analysts Welcome Lionsgate Selling Maple Pictures to Alliance Films. The Hollywood Reporter, 21. Juni 2011;.
  2. ↑ Goldman looks to sell majority stake in Alliance Films
  3. ↑ Rachel Abrams: Miramax, Alliance Films renew Canada pact. Variety, 1. März 2011;.
  4. ↑ Miramax and Alliance Films Renew Partnership in Canada. BusinessWire, 1. März 2011;.
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