Poly film

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Polyfilm is an association founded in the 1980s by Austrian film distributor and operator of Vienna cinemas movie Casino . The subsidiary of the Vienna Polycollege serves exclusively the Austrian market as a distributor and specializes in domestic and foreign art house and short films. With up to 40 films per year, Polyfilm is one of the largest Austrian film distributors.

history

Cinema success of the films awarded
in Austria
year Movies Cinema visits Market share
2004 35 298.170 1.62%
2005 40 295.351 1.96%
2006 37 558.167 3.20%
2007 31 278.034 1.90%
2008 28 228.458 1.50%
2009 28 366.042 2.00%
2010 61 327.145 1.99%
2011 - --- <1%
2012 - --- <1%
2013 32 201.935 1.33%
2014 - --- <1%
2015 - --- <1%
2016 49 288,576 1.9%
2017 45 225.086 1.5%

Polyfilm was founded in the 1980s by the Margareten adult education center. When it was renamed Polycollege in 1994 , the film distribution also received its current name, Polyfilm . 1989 bought Polyfilm the 1911 built and 1979 closed Filmcasino and opened it as a new cinema, since 2018 Polyfilm also operates the movie house in Spittelberg . In 2001 Polyfilm was involved in the founding of Amour Fou Filmproduktion .

In 2006, Polyfilm reached around 560,000 cinema-goers in Austria, making it the second largest Austrian film distributor after Constantin Film-Holding, which deals with US and German commercial productions, and ahead of the film shop , which has a comparable range . In 2007, together we are less alone, with around 97,000 cinema visits, was the most successful film of the distributor, in 2008 it was Gomorrah - Journey into the Empire of the Camorra (37,000 visitors), 2009 All Others (53,209 visitors), 2013 Paulette (40,717 visitors), 2017 Die best of all worlds (77,941 visitors).

program

Polyfilm's rental activities, which occasionally also appear as clients of film productions, are limited to Austria. German and world distribution rights are also exercised in Austrian productions by foreign distribution and distribution companies.

The Polyfilm distribution program consists mainly of domestic and foreign art house , short , experimental and animated films .

The films distributed by Polyfilm include the multiple award-winning box office hits Hasenjagd (Austria, 1995), Nordrand (Austria, 1999), Gegen die Wand (D, 2004) and Die Beste aller Welten (Austria, 2017). Other productions in the rental are Spiele Leben (2005), Vienna's Lost Daughters (2007), Info Wars (2007) and Citizenfour (2014).

See also

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Film Industry Report 2006, facts + figures 2004 (PDF) , Österreichisches Filminstitut , distribution information according to Nielsen EDI , June 2006, p. 29 (page accessed on April 11, 2008)
  2. ↑ Film Industry Report 2007, facts + figures 2005 (PDF) , Austrian Film Institute, distribution information according to Nielsen EDI, June 2007, p. 31 (page accessed on April 11, 2008)
  3. ↑ Film Industry Report 2007, facts + figures 2006 (PDF) , Austrian Film Institute, distribution information according to Nielsen EDI, December 2007, p. 27 (page accessed on April 11, 2008)
  4. ↑ a b c Film Industry Report 2008, facts + figures 2007 (PDF) , Österreichisches Filminstitut, distribution information according to Nielsen EDI, August 2008, p. 29 (page accessed on December 23, 2008)
  5. ↑ Filmwirtschaftsbericht 2009, facts + figures 2008 (PDF) , Austrian Film Institute, distribution information according to Nielsen EDI, December 2009, p. 30 (page accessed on January 8, 2010)
  6. ↑ a b Film Industry Report 2010, facts + figures 2009 (PDF) , Österreichisches Filminstitut, distribution information according to Rentrak, December 2010, p. 33 (page accessed on January 6, 2011)
  7. ↑ Film Industry Report 2011, facts + figures 2010 (PDF) , Österreichisches Filminstitut, distribution information according to Rentrak, July 2011, p. 32 (page accessed on May 4, 2016)
  8. ↑ Film Industry Report 2012, facts + figures 2011 (PDF) , Austrian Film Institute, distribution information according to Rentrak (page accessed on January 6, 2017)
  9. ↑ Film Industry Report 2013, facts + figures 2012 (PDF) , Österreichisches Filminstitut, distribution information according to Rentrak (page accessed on January 6, 2017)
  10. ↑ a b Film Industry Report 2014, facts + figures 2013 (PDF) , Österreichisches Filminstitut, distribution information according to Rentrak, July 2015, p. 33 (page accessed on May 4, 2016)
  11. ↑ Film Industry Report 2015, facts + figures 2014 (PDF) , Austrian Film Institute, distribution information according to Rentrak (page accessed on January 6, 2017)
  12. ↑ Film Industry Report 2016, facts + figures 2015 (PDF) , Austrian Film Institute, distribution information according to Rentrak (page accessed on January 6, 2017)
  13. ↑ Film Industry Report 2017, facts + figures 2016 (PDF) , Österreichisches Filminstitut, distribution information according to Rentrak (page accessed on December 5, 2017)
  14. ↑ a b Film Industry Report 2018, facts + figures 2017 (PDF) , Austrian Film Institute, distribution information according to Rentrak (page accessed on November 21, 2018)
  15. ↑ Biography of Virgil Widrich (DOC; 414 kB) ( Memento of the original dated November 10, 2006 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.widrichfilm.com archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at www.widrichfilm.com (page accessed on April 11, 2008)

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