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Type
  
Aktiengesellschaft

ISIN
  
DE000A13SXB0

Founder
  
Vincent Maraval

CFO
  
Markus Maximilian Sturm

CEO
  
Vincent Grimond

Traded as
  
FWB: WBAG

Industry
  
Motion Pictures

Founded
  
1979

Headquarters
  
Berlin, Germany

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Predecessor
  
Senator Entertainment AG Wild Bunch S.A.

Key people
  
Vincent Grimond (CEO) Brahim Chioua (COO) Markus Maximilian Sturm (CFO) Vincent Maraval (CCO)

Stock price
  
WBAG (ETR) € 0.61 0.00 (0.00%)30 Mar, 5:30 PM GMT+2 - Disclaimer

Subsidiaries
  
Deutschfilm, Central Film Verleih GmbH

Films produced
  
Blue Is the Warmest Colour, The Neon Demon, Little Nicholas, Welcome to New York, Only God Forgives

Profiles

Wild Bunch AG is a film distribution and international sales company, originally created in 1979 as Senator Film Verleih GmbH, which later became Senator Entertainment AG. The name Wild Bunch comes from the French company Wild Bunch S.A., created in 2002, which became a subsidiary of Senator Entertainment in February 2015. Senator Entertainment AG renamed itself Wild Bunch AG in July 2015. Wild Bunch has distributed and sold films such as Land of the Dead, Southland Tales, Woody Allen's Cassandra's Dream, Vicky Cristina Barcelona, Whatever Works, and Steven Soderbergh's Che, The King's Speech, and The Artist. Wild Bunch is also the international seller of Studio Ghibli's works.

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History

Originally a division of StudioCanal, Wild Bunch S.A. was established as an independent company in 2002 by former employees of StudioCanal.

In July 2014, the German film distributor Senator Entertainment and Wild Bunch announced their intention to join forces to launch an independent film distribution and production group. In February 2015, Senator Entertainment and Wild Bunch completed their merger. Senator Entertainment AG subsequently renamed themselves to Wild Bunch AG and will use Senator as a brand.

In May 2015, Wild Bunch announce the founding of a new LA-based company, Insiders, to handle international sales of independent films. In February 2016, The Hollywood Reporter reported that a majority stake in this outfit has since been sold to Bliss Media, a Chinese film production and distribution company.

Activities

Wild Bunch is a film sales company and also a pan-European film distributor.

France

In France, Wild Bunch is a theatrical distributor and also a video distributor through its subsidiary Wild Side.

Wild Bunch also positioned itself on the digital distribution market through its VoD/SVoD subsidiary Filmo TV.

Worldwide

Apart from its international sales activities, Wild Bunch is also a direct distributor in Italy, in Germany and in Spain.

Catalogue

Wild Bunch manages more than 1700 titles.

Oscars

  • The Artist by Michel Hazanavicius in 2012 : Best Picture for Thomas Langmann, Best Director for Michel Hazanavicius, Best Actor in a leading role for Jean Dujardin, Best Original Music Score for Ludovic Bource and Best Costume Design for Mark Bridges.
  • The King's Speech by Tom Hooper in 2011 : Best Feature, Best Director for Tom Hooper, Best Actor in a leading role for Colin Firth and Best Original Screenplay.
  • Pan's Labyrinth by Guillermo del Toro in 2007 : Best Art Direction and Best Cinematography.
  • March of the Penguins by Luc Jacquet in 2006 : Best Documentary.
  • Spirited Away by Hayao Miyazaki in 2003: Best Animated Feature.
  • Cannes International Film Festival

  • I, Daniel Blake by Ken Loach in 2016: Palme d'Or
  • Goodbye to Language by Jean-Luc Godard in 2014: Prix du Jury
  • Blue Is the Warmest Colour by Abdellatif Kechiche in 2013: Palme d'Or
  • The Angels' Share by Ken Loach in 2012: Prix du Jury
  • Beyond the Hills by Cristian Mungiu in 2012: Best Screenplay and Best Actresses for Cristina Flutur et Cosmina Stratan.
  • The Kid with a Bike by Dardenne brothers in 2011: Grand Prix
  • The Artist by Michel Hazanavicius en 2011 : Best Actor for Jean Dujardin
  • Poliss by Maïwenn in 2011 : Prix du Jury.
  • Of Gods and Men by Xavier Beauvois in 2010 : Grand Prix du Jury
  • 4 Months, 3 Weeks and 2 Days by Cristian Mungiu in 2007 : Palme d'Or
  • Fahrenheit 9/11 by Michael Moore in 2004 : Palme d'Or
  • Old Boy by Park Chan-wook in 2004 : Grand Prix du Jury
  • At Five in the Afternoon by Samira Makhmalbaf in 2003 : Prix du jury
  • Chi-hwa-seon by Im Kwon-taek in 2002 : Best Cinematography
  • The Son's Room by Nanni Moretti in 2001 : Palme d'Or
  • Blackboards by Samira Makhmalbaf in 2000 : Prix du Jury
  • Venice Film Festival

  • Jackie by Pablo Larrain in 2016 : Golden Osella and Best Screenplay Award
  • Mr. Nobody by Jaco Van Dormael in 2009 : Golden Osella
  • The Wrestler by Darren Aronofsky in 2008 : Golden Lion.
  • Golden Door by Emanuele Crialese in 2006 : Silver Lion.
  • Mary by Abel Ferrara in 2005 : Special Jury Prize.
  • The Magdalene Sisters by Peter Mullan in 2002 : Golden Lion.
  • Berlin International Film Festival

  • The Wayward Cloud by Tsai Ming-liang in 2005 : Siver Bear of Outstanding Artistic Achievement.
  • Spirited Away by Hayao Miyazaki in 2002: Golden Bear.
  • References

    Wild Bunch (company) Wikipedia


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