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Optimum Releasing
22 Newman St.
London W1T 1PH, United Kingdom
Tel. +44-20 7637 5403
Fax +44-20 7637 5408

Type: Subsidiary
On the web: http://www.optimumreleasing.com
 Employees: 23

To get to the tip-top of the international film market, some filmmakers turn to Optimum to shop their product. Optimum Releasing distributes films internationally in theaters, on television, and in online media. The company launched its Optimum Home Entertainment unit in 2004 to concentrate on the DVD and video market. Other units focus on classic films and on distribution in Asia. Founded in 1999 by chairman Will Clarke, Optimum was one of the first buyers to pick up the controversial hit documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival. Other Optimum Releasing successes include Amores Perros, American Splendor, Elephant, and Spirited Away. The company was acquired by StudioCanal in 2006.

Key numbers for fiscal year ending March, 2008:
Sales: $56.5M

Officers:
CEO: William (Will) Clarke
Managing Director and COO: Danny Perkins
Head of Publicity: Emma Pycroft

Competitors:
Icon Productions
Momentum
Redbus

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Optimum Releasing
Type Subsidiary
Founded 1999[1]
Headquarters London, England
Industry Film distributor
Products Feature films
Owner(s) Vivendi
Parent StudioCanal
Website optimumreleasing.com

Optimum Releasing is a film distributor company working in the UK. The company releases many films, especially foreign language films, but is perhaps best known for its anime releases, including the contract to release all Studio Ghibli films in the UK.

Optimum's image is that of a modern, independent new release and back catalogue distributor, and they release films under four strands: Optimum Releasing (Theatrical New Releases), Optimum Home Entertainment (DVD and Blu-ray Disc New Releases), Optimum Classic (DVD Re-releases of back catalogue films) and Optimum World (New and Back Catalogue World Cinema).

Their image was mostly created by their work with specialist London-based film graphic design agency All City Media, who created their company ident which features an excerpt from Goodnight Vienna from the techno group LFO's Advance album [2].

They release over 200 films a year and are one of the most prominent distributors in the UK independent film and world cinema market since the closure of Tartan Films in 2008.

Since StudioCanal bought Optimum, the French company distribute their large back catalogue of classic British films (many from the Cannon and EMI catalogues) through Optimum releasing under the strand 'Optimum Classic'.

It was acquired by StudioCanal, a subsidiary of Vivendi SA, in 2006.[3]

References

  1. ^ About Optimum Releasing
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ Variety

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