British Retailers, Importers, Producers and Distributors You've Maybe Never Heard of

[Nitroes]

IMPORTERS OF FINE GOODS:

Strange Vice https://www.strangevice.co.uk

Film Treasures https://www.filmtreasures.co.uk / eBay https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/filmtreasures

Cult Media https://www.cult-media.co.uk

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DISTRIBUTORS:

Plumeria Pictures https://plumeriapics.co.uk/shop/ols/products
Blu-ray.com thread

Panamint Cinema https://www.panamint.co.uk
Blu-ray.com thread

New Wave Films https://www.newwavefilms.co.uk https://x.com/NewWaveFilms
Blu-ray.com thread

Other Parties Film Company https://otherparties.co.uk https://x.com/theotherparties
Blu-ray.com thread

Fractured Visions https://www.fracvis.co.uk https://www.facebook.com/FracturedVisionsUK/
Blu-ray.com thread

D&D Productions Kickstarter.com
Founders Dave Glass and the late Dave Wyatt. Kickstarter-based distributor of silent films.
Blu-ray.com thread

Matchbox Films https://www.facebook.com/matchboxfilmsUK
Blu-ray.com thread

Altitude Film Distribution https://www.altitudefilment.com/
Blu-ray.com thread

Lightbulb Film Distribution https://lightbulbfilmdistribution.com
Blu-ray.com thread

Video 125 https://www.video125.com/
Blu-ray.com thread

Mediumrare Entertainment
Blu-ray.com thread

AntiWorlds Releasing https://anti-worldsreleasing.co.uk
Blu-ray.com thread

Final Cut Entertainment https://www.facebook.com/FinalCutEnt/
Blu-ray.com thread

Nucleus Films https://www.nucleusfilms.com
Blu-ray.com thread

TLA Releasing https://tlareleasing.co.uk
Blu-ray.com thread

Mr. Bongo https://www.mrbongo.com/collections/film
Blu-ray.com thread

Old Gold Media @ Amazon UK
Blu-ray.com thread

Black Bear https://blackbearpictures.com
Blu-ray.com thread

Entertainment in Video
Blu-ray.com thread

Entertainment Film Distributors https://www.entertainment-film.com

Eueka! / Masters of Cinema https://eurekavideo.co.uk/
Blu-ray.com thread

AX1 Films (formerly Axiom Films) distributors https://www.ax1entertainment.com
Blu-ray.com thread

Fabulous Films https://fabulousfilms.com
Blu-ray.com thread

Radiance Films https://www.radiancefilms.co.uk
Blu-ray.com thread

Transmission Video Distributio https://www.radiancefilms.co.uk/pages/transmission
Blu-ray.com thread

Peccadillo Pictures https://shop.peccapics.com
Blu-ray.com thread

Cult Films (owned by Shameless Screen Entertainment) https://cultfilms.co.uk
Blu-ray.com thread

Treasured Films https://www.treasuredfilms.co.uk
Blu-ray.com thread

Indicator / Powerhouse Films https://www.powerhousefilms.co.uk https://x.com/indicatorseries
Blu-ray.com thread

Dogwoof Films https://shop.dogwoof.com/
Blu-ray.com thread

Dazzler Media https://www.facebook.com/Dazzlerfilms
Blu-ray.com thread

Second Run https://www.secondrundvd.com/
Blu-ray.com thread

Second Sight https://secondsightfilms.co.uk
Blu-ray.com thread

Third Window Films https://thirdwindowfilms.com
Blu-ray.com thread

Terracotta Distribution https://shop.terracottadistribution.com https://www.facebook.com/TerracottaDistribution

Screenbound Pictures (formerly Odeon Entertainment) https://screenbounddirect.co.uk
Blu-ray.com thread

Arrow Films https://www.arrowfilms.com
Blu-ray.com thread

Signature Entertainment (distribution & production) https://signature-entertainment.co.uk
Blu-ray.com thread

Shameless Screen Entertainment https://www.shameless-films.com
Blu-ray.com thread

88 Films https://88-films.myshopify.com
Blu-ray.com thread

101 Films https://101-films-store.com
Blu-ray.com thread

Capelight Pictures https://shop.capelight.de/en/UK-RELEASES
Blu-ray.com database (UK & Germany)

Refuse Films https://www.refusefilms.com
Blu-ray.com thread

Spirit Entertainment (also hold the UK Criterion distribution contract)
Blu-ray.com thread

Modern Films https://www.modernfilms.com
Blu-ray.com thread

Severin Films https://severinfilms.co.uk
Blu-ray.com thread

MUBI https://mubi.com/specials/mubi-releases-us
Blu-ray.com thread

Signal One Entertainment https://www.signal1entertainment.com/
Blu-ray.com thread

Picturehouse Entertainment https://www.picturehouses.com/entertainment
Blu-ray.com thread

Edsel (through Demon Music Group) https://www.demonmusicgroup.co.uk/ca...oogie-blu-ray/
Blu-ray.com thread

True Brit Entertainment https://www.instagram.com/truebritent
Blu-ray.com thread

Verve Pictures https://vivaverve.com
Blu-ray.com thread

Revolver Entertainment https://www.revolvergroup.com
Blu-ray.com thread

Hollywood Classics International https://www.hollywoodclassics.com

BFI https://www.bfi.org.uk
Blu-ray.com thread

John Gore Studios https://johngorestudios.com/labels/
private owner of:
*Kaleidoscope Home Entertainment https://kaleidoscopehomeentertainment.com
Blu-ray.com thread

*Kaleidoscope Film Distribution (KFD) https://kaleidoscopefilmdistribution.com

*Icon Film Distribution https://iconfilmdistribution.co.uk
Blu-ray.com thread

*Hammer Films https://hammerfilms.com
Blu-ray.com thread

*Silver Salt Restoration https://www.silversaltrestoration.co.uk


Vertigo Releasing https://www.vertigoreleasing.com
Blu-ray.com thread
*Vertigo Films https://vertigofilms.com


Enterntainment One / eOne / Momentum Pictures / Alliance Films (Electric Pictures) / Contender https://www.entertainmentone.co.uk / https://www.youtube.com/@eOneUK/videos
They seem to have shut up shop in the UK since late 2023 but are still doing the paperwork so not quite defunct. I assume Lions Gate UK control most of their catalogue as Entertainment One was bought by them.

Vetical https://www.vert-ent.com

High Fliers Films https://highfliersfilms.co.uk

Curzon Films (formerly Artifical Eye) https://film.curzon.com/
Blu-ray.com thread

Handmade Films https://www.handmadefilms.com

Sovereign https://sovereignfilms.square.site / https://www.sovereignfilms.co.uk

Park Circus https://parkcircus.com

Independent Cinema Office https://www.independentcinemaoffice.org.uk

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SHOPS:

Limelight https://limelightcollection.co.uk
Blu-ray.com thread

Anime Blu-ray https://www.animebluray.co.uk

Anime On Line https://www.anime-on-line.com

Hit https://hit.co.uk/ (formerly base.com)

Brown's Books https://brownsbfs.co.uk
Blu-ray.com thread

Planet of Entertainment https://planetofentertainment.com eBay https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/planetofentertainment

Deff https://www.deff.com / eBay https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/deff
Blu-ray.com thread

Hive https://www.hive.co.uk

Rarewaves https://www.rarewaves.com
Blu-ray.com thread

HMV https://www.hmv.com eBay https://www.ebay.co.uk/str/hmvofficialstore
Blu-ray.com thread

Zavvi https://www.zavvi.com
Blu-ray.com thread



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INDEPENDENT PRODUCERS & DIRECTORS:

Canal Cat Films/Jon Spira
*The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee (2024) https://www.christopherleefilm.co.uk
*Elstree 1976 (2015)
*Hollywood Bulldogs: The Rise and Falls of the Great British Stuntman (2021)
*Reel Britannia (2022)
*Crying Forest (2022)



Pull Back Camera Ltd. https://pullbackcamera.com
*Fanny Lye Deliver'd (2019) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5686112/reference
Blu-ray.com thread



Life After Movies
*Life After Grease (in production)
*Life After the Goonies (in production)
*Life After Goodfellas (in production)
*Life After the NeverEnding Story (2024)
*Life After the Navigator (2020)
*Life After Flash (2017)


Hank Starrs / producer https://www.instagram.com/hank.starrs
*The Life and Deaths of Christopher Lee (2024) https://www.christopherleefilm.co.uk
*Elstree 1976 (2015)
*Hollywood Bulldogs: The Rise and Falls of the Great British Stuntman (2021)
*Reel Britannia (2022)
*Welcome to the Darkness (2023)
*RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop (2023-2023)
*ICON: The Robert Englund Story (2022)


Deadmouse Productions / Cult Screenings Limted https://www.cultscreenings.co.uk
* RoboDoc: The Creation of RoboCop (2023-2023) Blu-ray.com thread
* Pennywise: The Story of IT
* Hollywood Dreams & Nightmares: The Robert Englund Story Blu-ray.com thread
* What An Institution! The Story of Police Academy
* You're So Cool Brewster! The Story of Fright Night
* Leviathan: The Story of Hellraiser and Hellhound: Hellraiser II
* Art Attacks: The Dissection of Terrifier 3


Voltage Films https://www.voltage-films.com
*Boris Karloff: The Man Behind the Monster Blu-ray.com thread
*Leslie Howard-The Man Who Gave a Damn (Completed)
*Boris Karloff- The Rest of the Story (Completed)
*Horror Icons: Vincent Price
*Horror Icons Series (in production)
*Horror Icons: The Chaneys
*The Enigma of Flight 777


Mark Cousins https://www.pbjmanagement.co.uk/artists/mark-cousins
*The Story of Film
*My Name Is Alfred Hitchcock
[more to follow]


Tigon British Film Productions [defunct] Wikipedia.org
Blu-ray.com thread


White Raven Films https://whiteravenfilms.wixsite.com/whiteravenfilms


Dinu Pass Productions/Stewart Buck https://www.facebook.com/wwiifairytale
*A World War II Fairytale: The Making of Michael Mann's 'The Keep'


Complete list of Blu-ray studios and distributors



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R.I.P.-gone, but not forgotten

Network distributors networkonair.com @ archive.org / https://www.facebook.com/networkdistributing
Blu-ray.com thread

Malombra Films https://malombrafilms.com / Facebook [company has been defunct since June 2025]
Blu-ray.com thread for The Sex of Angels
Blu-ray.com thread for The Road to Fort Alamo

Soda Pictures sodapictures.com
Metrodome metrodomegroup.com
Parasol Pictures parasolpictures.co.uk
Optimum Releasing optimumreleasing.com (consumed by StudioCanal)
Nouveaux Pictures @Blu-ray.com
G2 Pictures https://x.com/G2Pictures Blu-ray.com database



Thanks to the people for starting, maintaining and adding to these forum threads, including: JackyJacquard cooey FantasticMrFox CelestialAgent OceanBlue samdvd1 UncleBuckWild rapta moviegeek1992 Eidolon BigNickUK ProfQuatermass KJones77 king1001 filmlover22 bigdavehopes SimBelm the blob Yami saltysam kndy MuckyMuckMan pro-bassoonist BarnDoor bizarre_eye Oscar Rothman Akijama Mr Kite kndy fatboyslim142 dublinbluray108 raphph Katatonia


[18-09-25]