ARTHOUSE FILMS SIGNS EXCLUSIVE OUTPUT AND
DISTRIBUTION DEAL WITH ARTS ALLIANCE AMERICA
FOR DVD AND DIGITAL DISTRIBUTION
15 to 20+ titles a year to go out through Arts Alliance America
September 11, 2007 - Toronto Film Festival - Arthouse Films and Arts Alliance America have announced that they have signed an exclusive output deal to distribute Arthouse Films label titles through Arts Alliance America in the United States on DVD and via digital distribution. The multi-year deal encompasses 15-20+ titles a year that the Arthouse Films label will release through Arts Alliance America on dvd and digital distribution. The deal was negotiated by David Koh and Lilly Bright on behalf of Arthouse Films along with Stanley Buchthal of LM Media GmbH and Joe Amodei, President of Arts Alliance America. Arthouse Films just recently signed an output deal in Australia, New Zealand, and South Africa with Madman Entertainment for distribution of its titles overseas.
Initial Arthouse Films titles to be distributed on DVD, include Black White + Gray: a Portrait of Sam Wagstaff and Robert Mapplethorpe by James Crump, Alice Neel documentary by Andrew Neel, Berlin & Tribeca Film Festival Award Winner A Walk into the Sea: Danny Williams & the Warhol Factory by Esther B. Robinson, Jean Michel Basquiat documentary, Henri Cartier Bresson Limited Edition Boxed Set, Next: a Primer in Urban Painting by Pablo Aravena, Lockdown USA by Rebecca Chaiklin and Michael Skolnik, Jack Smith & the Destruction of Atlantis, among others.
"We are excited to release our films with Joe Amodei and his team and we are super excited about our new slate of films and the directors and artists we are working with," stated David Koh and Lilly Bright of Arthouse Films.
Joe Amodei stated, "We are looking forward to our partnership with Arthouse Films. Their slate of upcoming films is a perfect match with Arts Alliance titles. Further, we are honored to be the distribution arm for David and Lilly, knowing their track record for acquiring and producing top notch films."
Arthouse Films is an independent film production and distribution label based in NY and LA and acquires, produces, co-produces and distributes 15-20+ titles per year.
Arts Alliance America (AAA), is part of Arts Alliance Media (AAM), Europe’s leading provider of digital film distribution services to the cinema, home and entertainment industry. Arts Alliance America, formerly Hart Sharp Video, was founded in 2003 by Joe Amodei to develop, acquire, market and distribute DVD product in the theatrical feature film, documentaries, special interest and sports categories. The company has built partnerships with Sundance Channel Home Entertainment, ESPN, MLB Productions, Bombo Sports and Entertainment, TV Guide and NESN and other high profile entertainment brands since their inception. Some upcoming AAA releases include Chalk, which pulls you in to the frenetic and awkwardly painful journey of three novice teachers, by director Mike Akel and Impossible to Forget: The Story of the 1967 Red Sox chronicling the most beloved, mythical team in the history of Boston sports.
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