UGC Fox Distribution (UFD) was a French-American film production company formed in 1995 by joint venture between
UGC and
20th Century Fox (now known as 20th Century Studios) to produce and distribute films across
France
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. Throughout its time, UFD has come to produce such successful films as ''
Amélie''. UFD also distributed many French-language
20th Century Fox films (along with subsidiaries;
Fox Searchlight
Searchlight Pictures, Inc. is an American film production company and a subsidiary of Walt Disney Studios, which is part of the Walt Disney Company. Founded in 1994 as Fox Searchlight Pictures, Inc. for 20th Century Fox (later 20th Century Stu ...
and
New Regency), as well as films by
MGM.
In early 2005, UFD dissolved and was absorbed into the French division of
Fox Entertainment Group.
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Defunct film and television production companies
Film distributors of France
Mass media companies established in 1995
Mass media companies disestablished in 2005
20th Century Studios
Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
Walt Disney Studios (division)
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