| Industry | Film industry |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2006 |
| Defunct | 2013 |
| Headquarters | Ghent, Belgium and Houten, the Netherlands |
| Products | Motion pictures |
Number of employees | 10+ |
Benelux Film Distributors, also known as Benelux Film Distributors Home Entertainment, BFD and BFDHE, was a joint venture of various independent film distributors founded in 2006.[1] They marketed a wide range of films in cinemas and on home video in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. They distributed films by Lumière (Belgium), Inspire Pictures (Netherlands) and Dutch FilmWorks (Netherlands).[1] The company Video/Film Express (Houten, Netherlands), founded in 1991, were merged with BFD on January 1, 2012.[2] Subsequently, BFD had two offices in Ghent, Belgium and Houten.
Movies distributed by BFD included Oorlogswinter, Crusade in Jeans, De Brief voor de Koning, Stricken, Love Crime, Amazing Grace, Colombiana, De Marathon, The Happy Housewife, and Black Out.[3]
The company merged with A-Film Distribution in May 2013 and continued as A-Film Benelux B.V.[4] In September 2015, A-Film Benelux B.V. was declared bankrupt.[5]
- ^ a b Macnab, Geoffrey (November 3, 2005). "New Benelux distributor BFD hoovers up Hannibal, Bobby Z". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on August 9, 2009. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
- ^ "Video/Film Express wordt BFD Home Entertainment". Entertainment Business. December 5, 2011. Archived from the original on April 20, 2019. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
- ^ "Benelux film Distributors Netherlands (BFD)". Cineuropa. Archived from the original on August 8, 2018. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
- ^ "A-Film Distribution en Benelux Film Distributors bundelen krachte" (in Dutch). A-Film. 21 May 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22.
- ^ Berg, Nico (14 September 2015). "Failliete filmdistributeur A-Film trekt films terug uit bioscoop". HP/De Tijd. Retrieved 25 November 2024.