Winchester Films was a British production company. It was started in March 1993 and was listed on the

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to raise the capital needed to build an effective portfolio of films and TV programmes. In the late 1990s and the early part of the 21st Century, Winchester Films acquired produced many British films and acquired distribution rights to films from other countries. It also expanded into the US, setting up an office in Los Angeles in order to make connections with the Hollywood crowd. This led to Winchester Films being granted distribution rights to '' Heartbreakers'' (the UK's largest distribution deal - $53 million). In May 2000, Winchester Films had announced that they're launching their own film distribution division based in Britiain named Winchester Film Distribution with Winchester hiring former

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distribution chief Mick Southworth heading the new distribution division as their CEO. In May 2001, Winchester Films announced that they've signed a three-year overall deal with Los Angeles-based American production company

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to develop and produce their films. In June 2003, Winchester Entertainment announced that they've acquired London and Los Angeles-based British/American international distribution sales and financing company Cobalt Pictures from their founders John Muse and Alton Irby expanding Winchester Entertainment's film business with them added the latter's portfolio to that of Winchester's with Cobalt Pictures becoming a film financing label and being renamed Cobalt Media Group with Cobalt's British principle Rodney Payne, joining the board of Winchester Entertainment and will continue to operate the label. In March 2004, the company was taken over by ContentFilms Inc and the name was officially changed from Winchester Films to ContentFilm. ContentFilm is no longer listed on the AIM market in London.

Winchester Films produced

* Tales Not Told (2005) * The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course (2002) * One Night (2002) *

Last Orders ''Last Orders'' is a 1996 novel by British writer Graham Swift. The book won the 1996 Booker Prize. In 2001, it was adapted for the film '' Last Orders'' by Australian writer and director Fred Schepisi. Plot The story makes much use of flas ...

(2001) * Another Life (2001) * Wild About Harry (2000) *

Greenfingers ''Greenfingers'' is a 2000 British comedy film directed and written by Joel Hershman. It is loosely based on the true story about the award-winning prisoners of HMP Leyhill, a minimum-security prison in the Cotswolds, England, a story publis ...

(2000) * Throw Down (2000) *

Lighthouse A lighthouse is a tower, building, or other type of physical structure designed to emit light from a system of lamps and lens (optics), lenses and to serve as a beacon for navigational aid for maritime pilots at sea or on inland waterways. Ligh ...

(2000) * Captain Jack (1999) * The Sea Change (1998) *

Shooting Fish ''Shooting Fish'' is a 1997 British romantic crime comedy film directed by Stefan Schwartz and co-written with Richard Holmes, starring Dan Futterman and Stuart Townsend as two con men with Kate Beckinsale as their unwilling assistant. The ...

(1997) *

Clockwork Mice ''Clockwork Mice'' is a 1995 British drama film directed by Vadim Jean and starring Ian Hart, Catherine Russell and James Bolam. The film score was composed by David Hughes and John Murphy. Plot A teacher manages to bond with a special needs ...

(1995)

Distributed films

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(2003) * Slap Her... She's French (2002) * Heartbreakers (2001) *

Soul Assassin ''Soul Assassin'' is a 2001 English-language Dutch action thriller film directed by Laurence Malkin and starring Rena Owen, Kristy Swanson and Skeet Ulrich. It was released 22 August 2001 and was considered a box-office bomb. Plot The film is ...

(2001) *

(2000) *

Honest Honesty or truthfulness is a facet of moral character that connotes positive and virtuous attributes such as integrity, truthfulness, straightforwardness (including straightforwardness of conduct: earnestness), along with the absence of lying, c ...

(2000) * Palmer's Pick Up (1999) *

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(1996)

References

Film production companies of the United Kingdom Mass media companies established in 1993 Mass media companies disestablished in 2004 2004 mergers and acquisitions Companies formerly listed on the Alternative Investment Market {{UK-film-company-stub