A-Film

Not to be confused with A. Film A/S.

A-Film Benelux B.V. (formerly known as A-Film Distribution) was an independent film distributor based in the Netherlands.

A-Film

Logo of A-Film
Formerly	A-Film Distribution (1999–2013)
Company type	Besloten vennootschap
Industry	Film distribution
Founded	1999; 26 years ago (1999)
Founders	San Fu Maltha Pim Hermeling
Defunct	2015; 10 years ago (2015)
Fate	Bankruptcy
Headquarters	Amsterdam , Netherlands
Area served	Benelux
Products	Motion pictures
Number of employees	20 (2015)[1]
Website	www.a-film.nl

History

A-Fim Distribution was founded in 1999 by film producers San Fu Maltha and Pim Hermeling to distribute films. with releases such as Costa! and Love is All. The company also distributed non-Dutch films such as Alexander, Lost in Translation, The Pianist and The Lord of the Rings trilogy.^[2] In 2006, the company won Golden Calf awards for Waiter, Black Book, Night Ride and Bonkers.^[3] That same year, San Fu Maltha left A-Film.^[4] In 2008, Pim Hermeling left A-Film as well.^[5]

In May 2013, the company merged with Benelux Film Distributors to form A-Film Benelux.^[6]

On 14 September 2015, the company filed an automatic stay; it filed for bankruptcy the next day.^[7][8][1] Dutch FilmWorks bought the distribution rights to the company's film library on 3 November.^[9]

Filmography

Dutch films

Release date	Title	Notes
2000s
24 February 2000	Rent a Friend	with Jordaan Film, Fu Works and BNN
1 March 2001	Costa!
12 April 2001	Îles flottantes	with Circe Films, Motel Films and VPRO
3 May 2001	AmnesiA	with Motel Films and VPRO
22 August 2001	Soul Assassin	with Parabolic Pictures and Rebel Entertainment
21 February 2002	Snapshots
30 September 2002	Swingers
13 March 2003	SuperTex
9 October 2003	Phileine Says Sorry
23 October 2003	Cloaca
4 December 2003	Grimm	with Graniet Film
28 April 2004	In Orange	with Motel Films, Fu Works, Clockwork Pictures and AVRO
2 September 2004	The Preacher	with Theorema Films and VARA
30 September 2004	Simon	with Spaghetti Film and VPRO
14 October 2004	Snowfever	with Nijenhuis & de Levita Film & TV
3 February 2005	Too Fat Too Furious	with Fu Works Productions, Clockwork Pictures, Thura Film and Motel Films
14 July 2005	Black Swans	with M+B Film
28 September 2005	Life!
15 October 2005	Bonkers	with Lemming Film and VPRO
10 November 2005	Deep	with IJswater Films and VPRO
9 March 2006	A Thousand Kisses	with IDTV Film
27 April 2006	Don	with Lemming Film, Egmond Film & Television and Katholieke Radio Omroep
28 September 2006	Black Book	with Clockwork Pictures, ContentFilm International, Egoli Tossell Film, Fu Works, Motion Investment Group, Studio Babelsberg, VIP 4 Medienfonds and AVRO
28 September 2006	Waiter	with Graniet Film and VARA
11 October 2007	Love is All	with Motel Films, Fu Works and VARA
25 October 2007	Nadine	with Rocketta Film, Serendipity Films and Filbox produções
25 October 2007	Captain Rob and the Secret of Professor Lupardi	with Shooting Star Filmcompany, Screenpartners B.V. and Katholieke Radio Omroep
6 March 2008	Tiramisu	with Motel Films
25 September 2008	In Real Life	with Motel Films, Fu Works and IDTV Film
2 October 2008	Katia's Sister	with Keyman Film and NPS
15 October 2008	Bride Flight	with IDTV Film
23 October 2008	Vox populi	with Spaghetti Film and VPRO
7 May 2009	The Last Days of Emma Blank	with Graniet Film and VARA
2010s
8 April 2010	Joy	with IDTV Film
12 August 2010	Shocking Blue	with Waterland Films and VPRO
19 August 2010	Sterke verhalen	with Lagestee Film
11 November 2010	Sint	with Tom de Mol Productions, Parachute Pictures and RTL Entertainment
27 January 2011	Sonny Boy	with Shooting Star Filmcompany and Katholieke Radio Omroep
31 March 2011	Black Butterflies	with IDTV Film and Cool Beans
22 September 2011	Isabelle	with IDTV Film, NCRV and Samsa Film
6 October 2011	Body Language	with Johan Nijenhuis & Co, Flinck Film, Launch Works and RTL Entertainment
26 October 2011	The Heineken Kidnapping	with IDTV Film AND VARA
16 February 2012	Zombibi	with Talent United Film & TV, Launch Works and RTL Entertainment
21 November 2012	Family Way	with Topkapi Films and VARA
21 February 2013	The Resurrection of a Bastard	with Topkapi Films and Menuet
7 November 2013	The Dinner	with Eyeworks, Inspire Pictures and RTL Entertainment
5 December 2013	Bro's Before Ho's	with Eyeworks, Inspire Pictures and RTL Entertainment
30 January 2014	Tuscan Wedding
18 September 2014	Goltzius and the Pelican Company
24 September 2014	Reckless	with Topkapi Films and BNN
8 October 2014	Triple Trouble: Animal Sinterklaas
6 November 2014	Gift from the Heart	with Eyeworks, RTL Entertainment, Inspire Pictures and Living Stone
29 January 2015	Michiel de Ruyter	with Farmhouse Film & TV
15 February 2015	Boy 7	with Lemming Film, Proton Cinema, and A Private View
2 April 2015	Blood, Sweat & Tears	with Lemming Film, A Private View and AVROTROS
21 May 2015	The Surprise

Non-Dutch films

Release date	Title
2000s
14 September 2000	Chicken Run
23 May 2001	Brother
7 June 2001	Harry, He's Here to Help
12 July 2001	Intimacy
26 July 2001	The Hole
20 November 2001	The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
14 November 2002	Wasabi
28 November 2002	The Pianist
3 April 2003	Ken Park
17 December 2003	The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
1 April 2004	The Passion of the Christ
8 July 2004	Two Brothers
12 August 2004	Super Size Me
26 August 2004	Bad Education
4 November 2004	Downfall
23 December 2004	Alexander
25 August 2005	Wedding Crashers
27 October 2005	Oliver Twist
16 February 2006	Brokeback Mountain
11 January 2007	Apocalypto
22 November 2007	Sicko
6 December 2007	Tuya's Marriage
10 December 2009	Brothers
2010s
31 March 2011	Miral
14 April 2011	Somewhere