{{Short description|North American film distributor}} {{More citations needed|date=August 2017}} {{Infobox website | name = Film Movement | foundation = 2003 | location_city = New York City | location_country = United States | area_served = United States and Canada | products = DVDs | url = [http://www.filmmovement.com Filmmovement.com] | website_type = e-commerce | language = English | launch_date = 2003 }}
'''Film Movement''' is a North American distributor of independent and foreign films, which is based in New York City, founded in 2003.
==History== Film Movement was founded in 2003, and has released more than 250 feature films and shorts. Having grown from a DVD-of-the-month club, Film Movement's theatrical distribution strategy has evolved to include American independent films, documentaries, and foreign arthouse titles. Its catalog includes titles by directors such as Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Hirokazu Kore-eda, Maren Ade, Jessica Hausner, Andrei Konchalovsky, Andrzej Wajda, Diane Kurys, Ciro Guerra, and Mélanie Laurent.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.filmmovement.com/filmcatalog/index.asp?FINDBY=Director |title=Movie of the Month Club {{!}} Independent Film Club {{!}} Foreign Film Club {{!}} Stream Indie Films {{!}} Indie Film Distributor|website=www.filmmovement.com|access-date=2017-04-18}}</ref>
In 2015, Film Movement launched its reissue label Film Movement Classics, featuring new restorations released theatrically as well as on Blu-ray and DVD, including films by such noted directors as Ang Lee, Éric Rohmer, Peter Greenaway, Bille August, Marleen Gorris, Takeshi Kitano, Arturo Ripstein, and Ettore Scola.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.filmmovement.com/filmcatalog/classics/index.asp|title=Movie of the Month Club {{!}} Independent Film Club {{!}} Foreign Film Club {{!}} Stream Indie Films {{!}} Indie Film Distributor |website=www.filmmovement.com|access-date=2017-04-18}}</ref>
In January 2019, Film Movement acquired the reissue rights to seven films for its classics label, including ''Heroes Shed No Tears'' by John Woo and ''The Reflecting Skin'' starring Viggo Mortensen.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wiseman |first1=Andreas |title=Film Movement Classics Acquires Seven Movies Including John Woo, Viggo Mortensen, Maggie Cheung Pics |url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/film-movement-classics-john-woo-viggo-mortensen-maggie-cheung-1202536038/ |work=Deadline |date=January 16, 2019}}</ref> And in 2020, it acquired the North American right to ''American Thief'', an action thriller film directed by Miguel Silveira.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmmovement.com/american-thief|title=Brief: American Thief|access-date=June 8, 2021}}</ref>
==Selected titles== *''After the Storm'' *''The Ardennes'' *''Barrio Triste'' *''The Dancing Dogs of Dombrova'' *''Dead Pigs'' *''The Dynamiter'' *''Human Capital'' *''Oh Lucy!'' *''Playground'' *''Theeb'' *''Wheel of Fortune and Fantasy'' *''Red Island''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2024/film/global/red-island-robin-campillo-film-movement-north-america-release-1236025942/|title='Red Island,' From '120 BPM' Director Robin Campillo and 'Anatomy of a Fall' Producer, Acquired by Film Movement for North America (EXCLUSIVE)|date=5 June 2024 |access-date=December 28, 2024}}</ref> *''Eternal You''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/film-movement-kanopy-jointly-acquire-sundance-entry-eternal-you-exclusive/5195446.article|title=Film Movement, Kanopy jointly acquire Sundance entry 'Eternal You' (exclusive)|access-date=December 28, 2024}}</ref> *''My Sunshine''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/film-movement-acquires-tiff-centrepiece-cannes-selection-my-sunshine-exclusive/5196883.article|title=Film Movement acquires TIFF Centrepiece, Cannes selection 'My Sunshine' (exclusive)|access-date=December 28, 2024}}</ref>
==References== <references />
==External links== * [http://www.filmmovement.com/ Filmmovement website] * [https://web.archive.org/web/20150109161524/http://www.filmmovementcanada.com/ Canadian website] (closed 2015) at the Wayback Machine * [https://web.archive.org/web/20130207230128/http://blogs.suntimes.com/ebert/2009/07/the_light_in_the_tunnel.html 2009 article] by Roger Ebert at the Wayback Machine
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