Independent Films
Independent Films is a Dutch film distributor founded in 2000 owned by Belga Films.
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| Company type | Besloten vennootschap |
|---|---|
| Industry | Film distribution |
| Founded | 2000 |
| Founder | Marc Punt |
| Products | Motion pictures |
| Parent | Belga Films |
| Website | independentfilms.nl |
Independent Films is a Dutch film distributor founded in 2000 owned by Belga Films.
History
[edit]Independent Films was founded by Marc Punt in 2000 to fill the gap in the Dutch theatrical market following the closure of the theatrical unit of Universal Pictures Benelux.[1] The company focuses on distributing films from Belga Films and Dutch FilmWorks for the Netherlands.[2]
in 2022, Belga Films, who had 50% stake in the company, announced they would acquire Independent Films while Marc Punt would leave the company to focus on writing and producing.[3][4]
Home media distribution
[edit]Before 2007, the company's home media releases were handled by Universal Pictures Benelux. Universal also received studio and billing credit on some of the Dutch films they released. In 2007, the company signed a distribution deal with Warner Home Video.[5]
Filmography
[edit]Dutch films
[edit]| Release Date | Title | Notes | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | |||||
| 10 October 2002 | Full Moon Party | Produced by Nijenhuis & de Levita Film & TV and BBN; studio credit and home media distribution by Universal Pictures Benelux | |||
| 25 June 2003 | De Schippers van de Kameleon | Home media distribution by Bridge Pictures | |||
| 20 November 2003 | Pipo and the P-P-Pearl Knight | Produced by Endemol and TROS; studio credit and home media distribution by Universal Pictures Benelux | |||
| 11 December 2003 | Father's Affair | Produced by 24fps Productions and VARA; studio credit and home media distribution by Universal Pictures Benelux | |||
| 29 January 2004 | Hush Hush Baby | Produced by Theorema Films and VARA; studio credit and home media distribution by Universal Pictures Benelux | |||
| 30 September 2004 | Alice in Glamourland | Produced by Nijenhuis & de Levita Film & TV and TROS; studio credit and home media distribution by Universal Pictures Benelux | |||
| 16 December 2004 | Floris | Produced by Nijenhuis & de Levita Film & TV and Katholieke Radio Omroep; studio credit and home media distribution by Universal Pictures Benelux | |||
| 3 February 2005 | Off Screen | Produced by Rinkel Film and VPRO; home media distribution by Universal Pictures Benelux | |||
| 16 June 2005 | Kameleon 2 | Home media distribution by Bridge Pictures | |||
| 14 July 2005 | Zoop in Africa | Produced by Nijenhuis & de Levita Film & TV | |||
| 8 September 2005 | Schnitzel Paradise | Produced by Lemming Film and NPS; studio credit and home media distribution by Universal Pictures Benelux | |||
| 29 June 2006 | Zoop in India | Produced by Nijenhuis & de Levita Film & TV | |||
| 7 September 2006 | Buddha's Lost Children | Home media distribution by Warner Home Video | |||
| 9 November 2006 | Wild Romance | ||||
| 14 February 2007 | Ernst, Bobbie, en de geslepen Onix | ||||
| 19 July 2007 | Zoop in South America | Produced by Nijenhuis & de Levita Film & TV | |||
| 20 December 2007 | Killer Babes | Produced by Parachute Pictures, Tom de Mol Productions and RTL Entertainment; home media distribution by Warner Home Video | |||
| 24 January 2008 | Nothing to Lose | Produced by Pupkin Film and BBN; home media distribution by Warner Home Video | |||
| 9 February 2008 | Alibi | Produced by Nijenhuis & de Levita Film & TV and NCRV; home media distribution by Warner Home Video | |||
| 20 March 2008 | Summer Heat | Home media distribution by Warner Home Video | |||
| 17 April 2008 | Dunya and Desie | Home media distribution by Warner Home Video | |||
| 8 October 2008 | Anubis en het Pad der 7 Zonden | ||||
| 11 December 2008 | The Silent Army | ||||
| 19 February 2009 | Stella's oorlog | Home media distribution by Warner Home Video | |||
| 14 October 2009 | Het Sinterklaasjournaal: De Meezing Moevie | Produced by Pupkin Film and NPS; home media distribution by Warner Home Video | |||
| 2010s | |||||
| 11 March 2010 | Two Eyes Staring | Home media distribution by Warner Home Video | |||
| 30 September 2010 | Tirza | Home media distribution by Warner Home Video | |||
| 16 December 2010 | Loft | Home media distribution by Warner Home Video | |||
| 10 March 2011 | Gooische Vrouwen | ||||
| 14 April 2011 | Time to Spare | Home media distribution by Warner Home Video | |||
| 3 January 2012 | Manslaughter | ||||
| 19 January 2012 | Süskind | ||||
| 23 February 2012 | Taped | ||||
| 17 October 2013 | Feuten: Het Feestje | ||||
| 3 April 2014 | Accused | ||||
| 4 December 2014 | Gooische Vrouwen 2 | ||||
| 2020s | |||||
| 22 December 2022 | De Tatta's | Produced by Talent United Film & TV and Brabant Films | |||
| 14 December 2023 | De Tatta's 2 | Produced by Talent United Film & TV and Brabant Films | |||
Non-Dutch films
[edit]2000s
[edit]2000
[edit]- American Pie (24/02/00)[6]
- An Ideal Husband (22/06/00)[6]
- The Ninth Gate (01/06/00)[6]
- Nurse Betty (16/11/00)[6]
- Pi (08/06/00)[6]
- Play It to the Bone (27/07/00)[6]
- Rules of Engagement (09/11/00)[6]
- Stir of Echoes (03/08/00)[6]
- Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (19/10/00)[6]
- U-571 (28/09/00)[6]
- The Virgin Suicides (21/09/00)[6]
- Wrongfully Accused (29/06/00)[6]
2001
[edit]- Bless the Child (30/08/01)[7]
- The Contender (06/09/01)[7]
- Dr. T & the Women (05/04/01)[7]
- Dungeons & Dragons (26/04/01)[7]
- Help! I'm a Fish (04/10/01)[7]
- The Legend of Bagger Vance (17/05/01)[7]
- The Little Vampire (12/04/01)[7]
- Memento (08/03/01)[7]
- Ordinary Decent Criminal (18/01/01)[7]
- Requiem for a Dream (13/09/01)[7]
- Sexy Beast (11/10/01)[7]
- Shadow of the Vampire (12/04/01)[7]
- The Watcher (18/01/01)[7]
- Bandits (13/12/01)[7]
- Heartbreakers (09/08/01)[7]
- K-PAX (25/04/01)[7]
2002
[edit]- Das Experiment (06/06/02)[8]
- Ghost World (14/02/02)[8]
- Jeepers Creepers (14/02/02)[8]
- Killing Me Softly (30/05/02)[8]
- Monster's Ball (02/05/02)[8]
- The Mothman Prophecies (04/04/02)[8]
- My Big Fat Greek Wedding (14/11/02)[8]
- Nine Queens (07/11/02)[8]
- Resident Evil (12/09/02)[8]
- Das Sams (04/07/02)[8]
2003
[edit]- Adaptation (06/03/03)[9]
- Dragon Hill, la colina del dragón (2002)[9]
- Gerry (01/05/03)[9]
- The Good Girl (27/02/03)[9]
- Intacto (21/08/03)[9]
- Stones (17/07/03)[9]
- Wrong Turn (14/08/03)[9]
2004
[edit]- Around the World in 80 Days (12/08/04)[10]
- Connie and Carla (09/12/04)[10]
- Immortal (02/12/04)[10]
- Michel Vaillant (04/03/04)[10]
- Mindhunters (08/07/04)[10]
- Open Range (03/06/04)[10]
- Open Water (25/11/04)[10]
- People I Know (13/05/04)[10]
- Twisted (02/09/04)[10]
2005
[edit]- The Assassination of Richard Nixon (12/05/05)[11]
- Assault on Precinct 13 (31/03/05)[11]
- The Aviator (20/01/05)[11]
- Boogeyman (24/04/05)[11]
- Crash (20/10/05)[11]
- Creep (04/08/05)[11]
- Five Children and It (20/01/05)[11]
- The Grudge (06/01/05)[11]
- Hostage (26/05/05)[11]
- Inside Deep Throat (10/11/05)[11]
- The Jacket (25/08/05)[11]
- Keeping Mum (22/12/05)[11]
- The Long Weekend (13/10/05)[11]
- Racing Stripes (03/02/05)[11]
- Sahara (14/07/05)[11]
- An Unfinished Life (15/12/05)[11]
- The Upside of Anger (23/06/05)[11]
- Valiant (28/07/05)[11]
- White Noise (14/04/05)[11]
2006
[edit]- Asterix and the Vikings (20/04/06)[12]
- Babel (02/11/06)[12]
- Bandidas (16/03/06)[12]
- Basic Instinct 2 (30/03/06)[12]
- Edison (09/03/06)[12]
- The Grudge 2 (19/10/06)[12]
- The Ice Harvest (02/02/06)[12]
- Lucky Number Slevin (20/04/06)[12]
- Prime (14/02/06)[12]
- Saw 2 (05/01/06)[12]
- Step Up (24/08/06)[12]
- Stormbreaker (12/10/06)[12]
- The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (16/03/06)[12]
- Two for the Money (26/01/06)[12]
- The World's Fastest Indian (04/05/06)[12]
2007
[edit]- Arthur and the Minimoys (01/02/07)[13]
- Bordertown (30/08/07)[13]
- Days of Glory (18/01/07)[13]* Earth (29/11/07)[13]
- The Hoax (24/05/07)[13]
- Happily N'Ever After (26/04/07)[13]
- I Could Never Be Your Woman (29/11/07)[13]
- The Illusionist (04/01/07)[13]
- Live! (01/11/07)[13]
- Michael Clayton (25/10/07)[13]
- P.S. I Love You (20/12/07)[13]
- Saw 3 (04/01/07)[13]
- Shark Bait (17/05/07)[13]
- Shoot 'Em Up (11/10/07)[13]
2008
[edit]- The Accidental Husband (2008)
- Deception (2008)
- The Forbidden Kingdom (2008)
- The Illusionist (2008)
- Nim's Island (2008)
- Space Chimps (2008)
- Step Up 2: The Streets (2008)
- Sex Drive (2008)
- Taken (2008)
- Twilight (2008)
- Bandslam (2009)
- Carriers (2009)
- City of Ember (2009)
- Knowing (2009)
- Red Cliff (2009)
- Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li (2009)
- Totally Spies! The Movie (2009)
2010s
[edit]- Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard (2010)
- Astro Boy (2010)
- The Hurt Locker (2010)
- I Love You Phillip Morris (2010)
- Planet 51 (2010)
- Remember Me (2010)
- The Runaways (2010)
- Step Up 3D (2010)
- Skyline (2010)
- The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (2010)
- The Twilight Saga: New Moon (2010)
- Flypaper (2011)
- The Ledge (2011)
- The Resident (2011)
- Skyline (2011)
- The Tree of Life (2011)
- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (2011)
- Bel Ami (2012)
- Chasing Mavericks (2012)
- End of Watch (2012)
- Hit & Run (2012)
- The Hunger Games (2012)
- So Undercover (2012)
- Step Up Revolution (2012)
- Taken 2 (2012)
- The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (2012)
- Beautiful Creatures (2013)
- The Company You Keep (2013)
- Crush (2013)
- Empire State (2013)
- The Family (2013)
- The Frozen Ground (2013)
- Girl Most Likely (2013)
- The Host (2013)
- The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013)
- The Impossible (2013)
- Machete Kills (2013)
- The Place Beyond the Pines (2013)
- Prisoners (2013)
- Rush (2013)
- Side Effects (2013)
- Spring Breakers (2013)
- Stand Up Guys (2013)
- Tarzan (2013)
- Warm Bodies (2013)
- The Young and Prodigious T. S. Spivet (2013)
- 3 Days to Kill (2014)
- 12 Years a Slave (2014)
- Dallas Buyers Club (2014)
- Divergent (2014)
- The Face of Love (2014)
- The Homesman (2014)
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (2014)
- I, Frankenstein (2014)
- Lucy (2014)
- Non-Stop (2014)
- The Quiet Ones (2014)
- Sabotage (2014)
- Samba (2014)
- Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)
- Step Up: All In (2014)
- Transcendence (2014)
- Child 44 (2015)
- The Divergent Series: Insurgent (2015)
- The Gunman (2015)
- The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (2015)
- The Last Witch Hunter (2015)
- Mortdecai (2015)
- Paddington (2015)
- Sicario (2015)
- Taken 3 (2015)
- Ballerina (2016)
- Blair Witch (2016)
- Deepwater Horizon (2016)
- The Divergent Series: Allegiant (2016)
- Elle (2016)
- Gods of Egypt (2016)
- La La Land (2016)
- Moonwalkers (2016)
- Nerve (2016)
- The Nice Guys (2016)
- Now You See Me 2 (2016)
- Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2016)
- The Sea of Trees (2016)
- Shut In (2016)
- Snowden (2016)
- American Assassin (2017)
- C'est la vie! (2017)
- The Glass Castle (2017)
- Human Flow (2017)
- Jigsaw (2017)
- John Wick: Chapter 2 (2017)
- Miss Sloane (2017)
- A Monster Calls (2017)
- My Little Pony: The Movie (2017)
- Paddington 2 (2017)
- Patriots Day (2017)
- Power Rangers (2017)
- Stronger (2017)
- Wonder (2017)
- 12 Strong (2018)
- Ghostland (2018)
- The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)
- Kin (2018)
- Loro (2018)
- Midnight Sun (2018)
- Only the Brave (2018)
- Robin Hood (2018)
- Sicario: Day of the Soldado (2018)
- A Simple Favor (2018)
- The Spy Who Dumped Me (2018)
- After (2019)
- Anna (2019)
- The Hummingbird Project (2019)
- John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (2019)
- The Kill Team (2019)
- Knives Out (2019)
- Long Shot (2019)
- Playmobil: The Movie (2019)
2020s
[edit]- After We Collided (2020)
- Ava (2020)
- Bombshell (2020)
- The Gentlemen (2020)
- Pinocchio (2020)
- After We Fell (2021)
- Chaos Walking (2021)
- The Courier (2021)
- The Dissident (2021)
- Extinct (2021)
- Songbird (2021)
- Spiral (2021)
- The 355 (2022)
- After Ever Happy (2022)
- The Card Counter (2022)
- Orphan: First Kill (2022)
- The Unbearable Weight of Massive Talent (2022)
- After Everything (2023)
- Dogman (2023)
- The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds & Snakes (2023)
- Hypnotic (2023)
- John Wick: Chapter 4 (2023)
- Mafia Mamma (2023)
- Saw X (2023)
- Borderlands (2024)
- Cat Person (2024)
- Emmanuelle (2024)
- Heretic (2024)
- Longlegs (2024)
- She Came to Me (2024)
- Sleeping Dogs (2024)
- The Strangers: Chapter 1 (2024)
- Arco (2025)
- Clown in a Cornfield (2025)
- Death of a Unicorn (2025)
- Dracula (2025)
- Eden (2025)
- Hurry Up Tomorrow (2025)
- The Life of Chuck (2025)
- Marked Men: Rule + Shaw (2025)
- Marty Supreme (2025)
- Now You See Me: Now You Don't (2025)
- The Strangers: Chapter 2 (2025)
- White Bird (2025)
References
[edit]- ^ Alleman, Lucia (December 2000). "ONAFHANKELIJKE DISTRIBUTEURS". Holland Film Nieuws, nr. 37 (in Dutch). pp. 15–17. Archived from the original on 14 October 2025. Retrieved 14 October 2025.
- ^ Edmunds, Marlene (30 October 2005). "Benelux: Region's audience tastes are a tough call". Variety (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 December 2025.
- ^ Huijsdens, Jeroen (6 October 2022). "Belga Films neemt Independent Films Nederland over". Holland Film Nieuws (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 13 December 2024. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ^ Macnab, Geoffrey (7 October 2022). "Benelux distributor Belga outlines new theatrical strategy after buying Dutch outfit Independent Film". Screen International (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 December 2025.
{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ^ "SAMENWERKING INDEPENDENT FILMS EN WARNER HOME VIDEO BENELUX (Press release)". Independent Films (in Dutch). 9 October 2006. Retrieved 23 July 2025.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l "Jaarboek 2000" (in Dutch). Netherlands Association of Film Distributors. 2000. Archived from the original on 21 March 2026. Retrieved 8 April 2026.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Hans Beerekamp (19 May 2002). Filmjaarboek 2001. International Theatre & Film books. ISBN 9789064036101.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Hans Beerekamp (17 May 2003). Filmjaarboek 2002. International Theatre & Film books. ISBN 9789064036316.
- ^ a b c d e f g Hans Beerekamp (8 May 2004). Filmjaarboek 2003. International Theatre & Film books. ISBN 9-789064-036484.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Hans Beerekamp (11 June 2005). Filmjaarboek 2004. International Theatre & Film books. ISBN 9-789064-036712.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s "Jaarboek 2006" (in Dutch). Netherlands Association of Film Distributors. 2006. Archived from the original on 15 March 2026. Retrieved 7 March 2026.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o "Jaarboek 2007" (in Dutch). Netherlands Association of Film Distributors. 2007. Archived from the original on 12 April 2026. Retrieved 8 March 2026.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Jaarboek 2008" (in Dutch). Netherlands Association of Film Distributors. 2008. Archived from the original on 15 March 2026. Retrieved 10 March 2026.
External links
[edit]- Official website (in Dutch).