Artex Film is an Italian film production and distribution company founded in 2017.
The company catalogue counts over 100 movies between
short and
feature films
A feature film or feature-length film (often abbreviated to feature), also called a theatrical film, is a film ( motion picture, "movie" or simply “picture”) with a running time long enough to be considered the principal or sole presentation ...
.
History
The company was founded in 2017.
In 2018, Artex Film co-distributes with Venice Film, the feature film ''Red Land'' (movie about the dramas of
foibe
A foiba (from Italian: ; plural: foibe or foibas)—''jama'' () in South Slavic languages scientific and colloquial vocabulary (borrowed since early research in the Western Balkan Dinaric Alpine karst)—is a type of deep natural sinkhole, dol ...
and
istrian exodus
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).
In 2020, due to the
COVID-19 crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Soon after, ...
, the feature film ''Darkness'', distributed by Artex Film and Courier Film, is the first movie to be released in
direct to video
Direct-to-video or straight-to-video refers to the release of a film, television series, short or special to the public immediately on home video formats rather than an initial theatrical release or television premiere. This distribution strateg ...
on the platform
Mymovies.it.
The company participate annually in various markets and festivals including
Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival
The Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival (French: ''Festival international du court métrage de Clermont-Ferrand'') is an international film festival dedicated to short films held annually in Clermont-Ferrand, France.
It is the ...
and
Marché du Film
The ''Marché du Film'' (), also called Cannes Film Market, is an annual marketplace for films and one of the world's largest film markets. Established in 1959, it is held annually in conjunction with the Cannes Film Festival.
In the 2020s, mor ...
.
Partial filmography
Production
Distribution
Some
feature films
A feature film or feature-length film (often abbreviated to feature), also called a theatrical film, is a film ( motion picture, "movie" or simply “picture”) with a running time long enough to be considered the principal or sole presentation ...
distributed by Artex Film:
Some
short films
A short film is a film with a low running time. The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS) defines a short film as "an original motion picture that has a running time of not more than 40 minutes including all credits". Other film o ...
distributed by Artex Film:
See also
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Cinema of Italy
The cinema of Italy (, ) comprises the films made within Italy or by List of Italian film directors, Italian directors. Since its beginning, Italian cinema has influenced film movements worldwide. Italy is one of the birthplaces of art cinema and ...
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References
External links
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{{Cinema of Italy
Companies based in Padua
Film distributors of Italy
Film production companies of Italy
Italian companies established in 2017