Fast-growing film and television distributor FilmRise has today announced that Content Media Corporation will serve as its exclusive international sales arm. The global entertainment media company will handle all overseas sales for FilmRise.
In October 2015, FilmRise announced that it had raised over $25 million to finance the acquisition and licensing of film and TV titles for all distribution channels. FilmRise has recently acquired the worldwide distribution rights to high profile titles including: Sean Brosnan's SXSW revenge thriller, "My Father Die"; the heartwarming horse jumping documentary "Harry & Snowman"; Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Jason Cohen's "Silicon Cowboys"; the acclaimed
Sundance documentary, "The Bad Kids"; and indie drama "Five Nights in Maine," starring Oscar®-winner Dianne Wiest, David Oyelowo, and Oscar®-nominee Rosie Perez.
The recent acquisitions join FilmRise's growing film catalog, which currently boasts over 6,000 titles in a wide range of genres, most notably HBO's multiple Emmy®-winning "Going Clear"; the box office success "Janis: Little Girl Blue"; and most recently, the Star Wars documentary, "Elstree 1976." Its television titles include hit series such as Showtime's Emmy®-winning "Years of Living Dangerously," and the longest running true crime show on television, "Forensic Files."
As the company continues to grow, it has named Content Media Corporation as its exclusive international sales arm to handle all sales efforts outside of North America.
"We are delighted to announce Content Media as our exclusive international sales arm," said Danny Fisher, CEO of FilmRise. "We are confident that our alignment with the leading sales team at Content will help build upon our successes on a global scale, and look forward to our films finding homes overseas."
"We have enjoyed a terrific and growing relationship with FilmRise, and are thrilled that FilmRise has selected Content Media to handle its international sales efforts," said John Schmidt, CEO of Content Media Corporation. "We look forward to helping the distributor capitalize on opportunities in the international market."
ABOUT FILMRISE FilmRise is a film and TV distribution company founded by veteran producer/financiers Danny Fisher, Jack Fisher and Alan Klingenstein. With over 6,000 titles in a wide range of genres, the company's film acquisitions and releases include HBO's multiple Emmy®-winning "Going Clear" and "Janis: Little Girl Blue," directed by Oscar®-nominated filmmaker Amy J. Berg and produced by Oscar®-winner Alex Gibney. Television titles include hit series such as Showtime's Emmy®-winning "Years of Living Dangerously," and the longest running true crime show on television "Forensic Files." Titles are in release digitally on Amazon Prime, iTunes, Netflix, Hulu, VUDU, Xbox, Sony PlayStation,
Crackle and other platforms, and on DVD and BluRay on Amazon and over 200 online retailers, including Walmart and Barnes & Noble. FilmRise's recent acquisitions are two-time Academy Award®-nominee Julie Delpy's "Lolo"; the Star Wars documentary "Elstree 1976"; the acclaimed true crime documentary "The Witness"; "Five Nights in Maine," starring Oscar®-winner Dianne Wiest, David Oyelowo, and Oscar®-nominee Rosie Perez; the buzzed-about horror-comedy "The Greasy Strangler"; the SXSW documentary "Silicon Cowboys"; the award-winning doc "Harry & Snowman"; the drone warfare documentary "National Bird"; Sean Brosnan's revenge thriller "My Father Die"; and the critically-acclaimed, controversial
Sundance drama, "White Girl." For more information go to: www.FilmRise.com
