HanWay Films
HanWay Films is an independent British international sales, distribution and marketing company specializing in theatrical feature films.
HanWay Films is an independent British international sales, distribution and marketing company specializing in theatrical feature films.
History
[edit]In 1999, Jeremy Thomas founded international sales company HanWay Films with his colleagues Peter Watson (deputy chairman) and Stephan Mallmann, and continues to chair the board. Two new members joined the board in 2011, Thorsten Schumacher, previously head of sales, was appointed managing director, and former head of business affairs Jan Spielhoff took up the reins as chief operating officer.
HanWay has established itself as leading international sales, distribution and marketing company specialising in high-profile quality films from worldwide talent. HanWay arranges financing, sales and distribution for all films from Recorded Picture Company, along with projects from third party producers.
HanWay also represents an extensive film catalogue of over 500 features including films from Thomas's Recorded Picture Company, and the British Film Institute. Representing the very best in film-making talent, these include productions by Woody Allen, Takeshi Kitano, Bernardo Bertolucci, Wim Wenders, Terry Gilliam, David Cronenberg, Peter Greenaway, Jean-Luc Godard, David Mamet, Miloš Forman, Stephen Frears, Phillip Noyce and Nagisa Ōshima.
In August 2022, it was announced that American film production company Cohen Media Group had acquired HanWay Films from its founder Jeremy Thomas with HanWay Films continued to be branded as an independent label within Cohen Media Group.[1] In January 2025, HanWay became the main representative of the Cohen Film Collection.[2]
Productions
[edit]HanWay's productions include Thomas' production of David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method starring Keira Knightley, Viggo Mortensen, Michael Fassbender and Vincent Cassel, in the true-life story of the young Dr. Jung, his mentor Freud and the beautiful patient that came between them; Lone Scherfig’s coming-of-age drama An Education, which won Carey Mulligan a BAFTA award for Best Actress;[3] James Gunn’s pop-culture actioner Super starring Rainn Wilson, Elliot Page and Liv Tyler, from producer Ted Hope; Nigel Cole’s Made in Dagenham starring Golden Globe nominee Sally Hawkins from producer Stephen Woolley, and Andrea Arnold’s adaptation of the romantic classic Wuthering Heights.[4]
Other films handled include Nowhere Boy, a film by artist Sam Taylor-Wood based on John Lennon’s teenage years starring Aaron Johnson; Gurinder Chadha’s culinary black comedy It's a Wonderful Afterlife which premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival,[5] Harry Brown starring Academy Award winner Michael Caine; Scott Hicks’ Australian-set drama The Boys Are Back starring Clive Owen; Irish comedy Perrier's Bounty, starring Cillian Murphy and Academy Award winner Jim Broadbent; and Danis Tanović’s Triage, with Colin Farrell in the lead. Theatrical documentary releases include Julien Temple’s Oil City Confidential, and Mugabe and the White African.[6]
Other releases include Jon Amiel's Creation starring Paul Bettany and Jennifer Connelly (produced by Thomas), which opened the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival,[7] Sunshine Cleaning starring Amy Adams and Emily Blunt; Gerald McMorrow’s Franklyn starring Eva Green, Ryan Phillippe and Sam Riley (produced by Thomas), Christopher Smith’s period thriller Black Death starring Sean Bean, and Michael Winterbottom’s Genova starring Colin Firth.
The company also handled Takashi Miike’s samurai epic Thirteen Assassins, and Jerzy Skolimowski's political thriller Essential Killing, both executive-produced by Thomas. Both films premiered at the 67th Venice International Film Festival, and Essential Killing went on to win the Special Jury Prize, Best Actor for Vincent Gallo (the Volpi Cup), and the Cinemavenniere Award for Best Film in Competition (voted by a youth jury). Upcoming productions include films by David Cronenberg, Terry Gilliam and Phillip Noyce.
The company has previously handled such titles as Woody Allen’s Match Point, starring Scarlett Johansson, Julian Jarrold’s Becoming Jane starring Anne Hathaway and James McAvoy, and Sarah Polley’s multi-Academy Award nominated Away from Her starring Julie Christie.[8][9]
In its capacity as international sales agent, HanWay works closely with Ecosse Films.
HanWay Films represents collections from the British Film Institute,[10] Merchant Ivory,[11] Peter Weir, Wim Wenders, Phillip Noyce, Jean Doumanian, Alex Cox, Paul Cox, New Zealand Film Commission, Manoel de Oliveira and Recorded Picture Company, comprising some 500 feature films, documentaries and animations. This collection includes films from noted world cinema figures, including Woody Allen, Bernardo Bertolucci, David Cronenberg, Clint Eastwood, Miloš Forman, Stephen Frears, Terry Gilliam, Alfred Hitchcock, James Ivory, Takeshi Kitano, Bob Rafelson, Terence Davies, David Mamet, Martin Scorsese, and Ridley Scott.
With Carol,[12] Brooklyn[13] and Anomalisa,[14] managing director Thorsten Schumacher announced 2015 as "the most successful year for [HanWay Films] to date."[15]
Team
[edit]Executive Board
[edit]- Jeremy Thomas - Chairman
- Peter Watson - Vice Chairman
- Marie-Gabrielle Stewart - Managing Director
Marketing and Publicity
[edit]- Tom Grievson - Head of Marketing and Distribution
- Tejinder Jouhal - Director of Marketing and Distribution
- Joseph Hewitt - Marketing Manager
Sales
[edit]- Nicole Mackey - Head of Sales
- Mark Lane - Director of Sales
- Marta Ravani - Director of Sales, HanWay The Collections
Acquisitions
[edit]- Matthew Baker - Director of Acquisitions
Business Affairs & Finance
[edit]- Justin Kelly - Head of Business & Legal Affairs
- Beverley Cullen - Contracts Manager
- Elizabeth Kormanova - Director of Business Affairs
- Ivan Kelava - Senior Business Affairs Manager
- Rachel Barbut - Financial Controller
- Siu Lee - Assistant Accountant
- Gareth Melia - Assistant Accountant
Films
[edit]1999
[edit]2000
[edit]2001
[edit]- Lotte Reiniger
- The Mystic Masseur
- The Diaries of Vaslav Nijinsky
- Triumph of Love
- Love the Hard Way
- The Last Minute
2002
[edit]- Junimond
- Half the Rent
- Serving Sara
- Revengers Tragedy
- Lost in La Mancha
- Rabbit-Proof Fence
2003
[edit]- House of Sand and Fog
- The Boys from County Clare
- Festival Express
- Travellers and Magicians
- The Dreamers
- Danny Deckchair
- The Soul of a Man
- Young Adam
- To Kill a King
- Fools
- All the Real Girls
2004
[edit]- Night of Truth
- It's All Gone Pete Tong
- Human Touch
- Land of Plenty
- Promised Land
- Egoshooter
- Creep
- The Football Factory
- Derek Jarman: Life as Art
- Boo, Zino & the Snurks
2005
[edit]- Dreaming Lhasa
- Brothers of the Head
- Tideland
- Magic Mirror
- Don't Come Knocking
- Match Point
- The Devil and Daniel Johnston
2006
[edit]- Goya's Ghosts
- Anger Me
- Away from Her
- Belle Toujours
- Impy's Island
- Scoop
- Severance
- Fast Food Nation
- Samoan Wedding
- A Woman in Winter
- Kidulthood
- Glastonbury
2007
[edit]- Battle for Haditha
- Never Apologize
- Mister Lonely
- Control
- Moving Midway
- Becoming Jane
- Kaluapapa Heavan
- Joe Strummer: The Future Is Unwritten
2008
[edit]- A Bunch of Amateurs
- Franklyn
- Salvation
- Genova
- Is Anybody There?
- Brideshead Revisited
- Palermo Shooting
- Of Time and the City
- Impy's Island
- Sunshine Cleaning
- Two Fists, One Heart
2009
[edit]- Nowhere Boy
- Oil City Confidential
- Beyond the Pole
- The Boys Are Back
- Harry Brown
- Triage
- Perrier's Bounty
- Creation
- Mugabe and the White African
- Empire of Silver
- An Education
2010
[edit]- Robinson in Ruins
- Made in Dagenham
- Super
- 13 Assassins
- Essential Killing
- Chico and Rita
- Black Death
- Thunder Soul
- It's a Wonderful Afterlife
2011
[edit]- Diana Vreeland: The Eye Has to Travel
- Roman Polanski: A Film Memoir
- You're Next
- Wuthering Heights
- Shame
- A Dangerous Method
- Hara-Kiri: Death of a Samurai
- The Decoy Bride
- TT3D: Closer to the Edge
- Pina
- Life in a Day
- Being Elmo: A Puppeteer's Journey
2012
[edit]- Great Expectations
- Quartet
- Seven Psychopaths
- Kon-Tiki
- Woody Allen: A Documentary
- Me and You
- Anton Corbijn
2013
[edit]- Vara: A Blessing
- Finding Vivian Maier
- Dom Hemingway
- The Unknown Known
- Tracks
- Only Lovers Left Alive
- Seduced and Abandoned
- All Is Bright
- Houston
- Dirty Wars
2014
[edit]2015
[edit]2016
[edit]2017
[edit]2018
[edit]2019
[edit]- The Burnt Orange Heresy
- Impy's Island
- The Kindness of Strangers
- Pavarotti
- Roads
- The Song of Names
- The Wolf Hour
2020
[edit]- Crock of Gold: A Few Rounds with Shane MacGowen
- The Dissident
- Laila in Haifa
- Made in Italy
- Wild Mountain Thyme
- The Roads Not Taken
2021
[edit]2022
[edit]2023
[edit]2024
[edit]2025
[edit]Upcoming
[edit]- Alone Together[18]
- Billion Dollar Spy
- The Creep[19]
- DreamQuil
- Extra Geography[20]
- McCarthy
- The One[21][22][23][24]
- The Species[25]
- You Really Got Me
References
[edit]- ^ Wiseman, Andreas (August 2022). "Cohen Media Group Makes A Splash With The Acquisition Of International Sales Stalwart HanWay Films". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 24, 2024.
- ^ Wiseman, Andreas (January 30, 2025). "HanWay Acquires More Than 100 Films From The Cohen Film Collection Including Buster Keaton & Merchant Ivory Pics". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
- ^ "BAFTA Wins for Carey Mulligan and Colin Firth". BBC News. 2009-02-21. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
- ^ Turner, Mimi (2010-03-01). "HanWay makes presales on 'Wuthering Heights'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
- ^ "It's A Wonderful Afterlife to have Sundance Premiere". The Asian News. 2010-11-01. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ Dawtrey, Adam (2008-10-31). "List of upcoming HanWay titles". Variety. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
- ^ Tourtellotte, Bob (2009-09-11). "Toronto Film Festival Raises Curtain on Creation". Reuters. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
- ^ Dawtrey, Adam (2008-10-31). "Selected HanWay films of the past decade". Variety. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
- ^ Mitchell, Wendy (2005-11-04). "HanWay takes on Polley, Jarrold projects to sell". Screen International. Retrieved 2010-04-01.
- ^ Mitchell, Wendy (2008-03-17). "HanWay takes on Library Sales for British Film Institute". Screen International. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
- ^ Mitchell, Wendy (2006-11-03). "HanWay takes on Merchant Ivory Library". Screen International. Retrieved 2010-04-02.
- ^ "Carol". HanWay Films. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
- ^ "Brooklyn". HanWay Films. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
- ^ "Anomalisa". HanWay Films. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
- ^ Wiseman, Andreas (February 13, 2016). "HanWay Films: a year to remember". Screen International. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
- ^ Jaafar, Ali (February 17, 2016). "Keira Knightley Pic 'Colette' Sells Out For Hanway Films – Berlin". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved April 26, 2016.
- ^ White, Peter (February 7, 2018). "Hanway Films Boards Reinaldo Marcus Green's Police Shooting Drama 'Monsters and Men' – Berlin". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved March 21, 2019.
- ^ Ntim, Zac (October 23, 2025). "Callum Turner, Adria Arjona & Amir El-Masry To Star In -'Alone Together' — AFM". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
- ^ Tabbara, Mona (May 6, 2025). "HanWay sets 'Creep' reboot 'The Creep'; Jasmine Jobson, rapper Aitch to star". Screen Daily. Retrieved October 23, 2025.
- ^ Wiseman, Andreas (December 11, 2025). "HanWay Boards Sundance Coming-Of-Age Drama 'Extra Geography' By 'One Day' Director Molly Manners". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 11, 2025.
- ^ London, Rob (May 9, 2023). "Melissa Barrera Continues Her Scream Queen Era With "Erotic Nightmare" Horror Film". Collider. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
- ^ Ritman, Alex (May 9, 2023). "'Scream' Star Melissa Barrera, Nicholas Hoult to Star in "Erotic Nightmare" Dating Show Horror 'The One'". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
- ^ Ramachandran, Naman (May 9, 2023). "Riley Keough, Nicholas Hoult, Melissa Barrera, Lana Condor Team on 'The One', HanWay to Launch Sales at Cannes". Variety. Retrieved May 9, 2023.
- ^ Whittock, Jesse (9 May 2023). "'The One': HanWay Films Boards Erotic Horror Starring Melissa Barrera & Nicholas Hoult". Deadline Hollywood. Archived from the original on 16 May 2023. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
- ^ Barraclough, Leo (November 5, 2025). "Anthony Hopkins, Charlotte Rampling, Tom Hollander Star in 'The Species' With HanWay Selling". Variety. Retrieved November 5, 2025.
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