Janus Films (Criterion) to release 30 Czech classic films over the next 10 years

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FNE at KVIFF 2017: Czech National Film Archives Inks American Distribution Deal

KARLOVY VARY: The Czech National Film Archives has signed an agreement with distribution company Janus Films, the company behind the prestigious Criterion Collection, to licence 30 Czech classic film titles for North America. The films will be released over a 10 year period with English subtitles on DVD, online, on television and in cinemas.

The Criterion Collection is a respected publisher of DVD and Blu-ray editions. Their prestigious releases will include all of the titles provided by NFA within this contract, and more films are in negotiation. Criterion has become a long standing guarantee of high quality and their disc releases are cherished around the world.

The deal was announced by NFA helmer Michal Bregant at a special event during the Karlovy Vary Film Festival, where the NFA presented a range of newly restored Czech classic films available on DVD and a new English language book on the history of Czech cinema. All are for sale online on the NFA website.

Bregant said: “The demand for classic Czech films in the US is on an increase, also thanks to the retrospective we have presented this April at the Museum of Modern Art in New York. Step by step we broaden the interest of foreign audiences beyond the realms of the new wave.”

https://www.filmneweurope.com/news/c...tribution-deal


Amerika bude promítat českou filmovou klasiku
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Národní filmový archiv uzavřel významnou smlouvu s distribuční společností Janus Films, díky níž se seznámí s českou filmovou klasikou diváci v celé Severní Americe.

Spalovač mrtvol, Marketa Lazarová, Všichni dobří rodáci, Tři oříšky pro Popelku – i tyto tituly jsou mezi více než třiceti klasickými českými filmy, které uvidí diváci v kinech i na DVD v USA a Kanadě. Umožní to nová smlouva, kterou uzavřel ředitel Národního filmového archivu Michal Bregant s distribuční společností Janus Films.

Janus Films stojí i za The Criterion Collection, respektovaným vydavatelem DVD a Blu-ray disků. V této prestižní edici se budou postupně objevovat všechny filmy, na které NFA nyní podepsal smlouvu, a v jednání jsou už další tituly. Criterion je trvale garantem vysoké kvality a jeho disky jsou oblíbené po celém světě.

America will be screened Czech film classic
(Translated)

The National Film Archive has concluded a significant agreement with a distribution company Janus Films, through which they learn about the Czech film classics audiences throughout North America.

Cremator, Marketa Lazarová, All My Good Countrymen, Three Nuts for Cinderella - and these titles are among more than thirty classic Czech films that viewers will see in theaters and on DVD in the US and Canada. This will allow new agreement signed by the Director of the National Film Archive Michal Bregant a distribution company Janus Films.

Janus Films is also behind The Criterion Collection, a respected publisher of DVD and Blu-ray discs. This prestigious edition will gradually discover all the movies that NFA now signed a contract, and negotiations are already more titles. Criterion is permanently guarantee the high quality and the disks are popular worldwide.

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