Curzon Film (), formerly known as Artificial Eye or Curzon Artificial Eye, is a British
film distributor, specialising in independent, foreign-language and
art house films for
cinema and
home entertainment Home entertainment refers to media, equipment, and methods used for delivery and enjoyment of various forms of entertainment in the home, and may refer to:
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.
History
Artificial Eye was founded in 1976 by Andi Engel (11 November 1942 – 26 December 2006), a German-born film enthusiast, and his then wife, Pamela Balfry, who had a background working with
Richard Roud at the
London Film Festival
The BFI London Film Festival is an annual film festival founded in 1957 and held in the United Kingdom, running for two weeks in October with co-operation from the British Film Institute. It screens more than 300 films, documentaries and shor ...
. She became the company's first managing director.
[
In 2006 Artificial Eye became a part of Curzon World, a group of companies in the film entertainment industry which also includes the Curzon chain of 13 cinemas plus eight joint venture cinemas, ]video on demand
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service Curzon Home Cinema, the retail DVD distributor Fusion Media Sales, and horror film
Horror is a film genre that seeks to elicit fear or disgust in its audience for entertainment purposes.
Horror films often explore dark subject matter and may deal with transgressive topics or themes. Broad elements include monsters, apo ...
distributor Chelsea Films (launched in 2010).[Curzon group website]
Retrieved 2015-10-27
Curzon Artificial Eye releases some 20 new theatrical films and 30 DVD and Blu-ray titles in the UK each year, as well as digital releases via several platforms, such as iTunes and in-house Curzon Home Cinema.[
In 2016, Curzon Artificial Eye renamed to Curzon Film.
On 23 December 2019, Curzon Artificial Eye, along with parent company Curzon, was acquired by American film distributor Cohen Media Group.]Parasite
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to UK audiences, which would become UK's highest grossing foreign language film of all time.
References
External links
* – official site
Curzon Artificial Eye films
Film distributors of the United Kingdom
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