Metropolitan Filmexport is a French film distribution company founded by brothers

Samuel Samuel ''Šəmūʾēl'', Tiberian: ''Šămūʾēl''; ar, شموئيل or صموئيل '; el, Σαμουήλ ''Samouḗl''; la, Samūēl is a figure who, in the narratives of the Hebrew Bible, plays a key role in the transition from the bibl ...

and Victor Hadida, along with their father David, in 1978. It distributes films in France, alongside

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in Canada, United Kingdom, Australia, Germany, Spain and the Benelux countries and FilmNation Entertainment worldwide.

Distribution

Metropolitan Filmexport currently distributes or has distributed all or some of the following companies' films:

Current distribution deals

STX Entertainment STX Entertainment is a mini-major American entertainment and media company. Founded in March 2014 by film producer Robert Simonds, the studio produces film, television, and digital media projects. In April 2020, STX announced that it would merg ...

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* Lionsgate Films * Annapurna Pictures *

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* Open Road Films (formerly Global Road Entertainment from 2017-2019)

Former distribution deals

New Line Cinema New Line Cinema is an American film production studio owned by Warner Bros. Discovery and is a film label of Warner Bros. It was founded in 1967 by Robert Shaye as an independent film distribution company; later becoming a film studio after acq ...

–

Warner Bros. Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. (commonly known as Warner Bros. or abbreviated as WB) is an American film and entertainment studio headquartered at the Warner Bros. Studios complex in Burbank, California, and a subsidiary of Warner Bros. Di ...

took direct control in 2009. * Relativity Media/ Rogue Pictures – went bankrupt as a mini-major in 2015. *

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– retired as a distributor in 2005 and then became a banner of

in 2015. * Broad Green Pictures – Shut down its production unit in 2017 and then shut down completely in 2018. * CBS Films – Lionsgate took over distribution in 2015. *

United International Pictures United International Pictures (UIP) is a joint venture of Paramount Pictures and Universal Pictures that distributes their films outside the United States and Canada. UIP also had international distribution rights to certain Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer an ...

(

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) – Stopped French distribution in 2007 as part of its effort to reduce International operations. Paramount and Universal distribute in France because of this move. *

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/ Picturehouse – Part of New Line Cinema and shut down between 2005 and 2008. * The Weinstein Co. – plagued by the Harvey Weinstein sexual abuse scandal. *

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/ Fox Searchlight Pictures – Formed a joint venture with UGC named

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in 1995, which disestablished a decade later. * Sony (

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/ TriStar Pictures/

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/ Stage 6 Films/

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) – Formed a joint venture with

Gaumont Film Company The Gaumont Film Company (, ), often shortened to Gaumont, is a French film studio headquartered in Neuilly-sur-Seine, France. Founded by the engineer-turned-inventor Léon Gaumont (1864–1946) in 1895, it is the oldest extant film company in ...

for French distribution named Gaumont Columbia Tristar Films in 2004. The joint venture disestablished three years later. * Samuel Goldwyn Films *

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References

External links

Official website
Film distributors of France Mass media companies established in 1978 French companies established in 1978 Metropolitan Filmexport films {{film-company-stub