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The X Verleih AG (often also X-hire ) is a German film distributor with a focus on art-house cinema .

history

X-Verleih was founded in 2000 by the film production company X Films Creative Pool in Berlin. The aim was and is a close cooperation between directors (including Tom Tykwer and Wolfgang Becker ), authors, producers and distributors in a common infrastructure from the first idea to the cinema release. X Verleih brings all productions of the X Films Creative Pool to the cinemas, but is also involved in acquisition, development, evaluation and, in individual cases, as a co-producer of further films. In 2001, X Verleih concluded a cooperation agreement with the German branch of Warner Bros. , which allows the distributor to use Warner's distribution structure and to establish itself in the video and DVD market. On May 24, 2019, the Supervisory Board announced that CEO Manuela Stehr and her colleagues Andreas Dobers and Stefan Arndt had resigned from their positions and left the company on April 30, 2019. The German trade journal Blickpunkt: Film wrote that Stehr and Arndt retained their shares in X Verleih AG even after they withdrew from the company. Currently only Martin Kochendörfer is a member of the company's board of directors. The imprint of the official website of the rental company now lists Leila Hamid as CEO.

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The distribution program focuses on German-language arthouse films and sophisticated international productions. The more than 100 films in distribution include Tom Tykwer's “ Run Lola Run ”, Dani Levy's “ Alles auf Zucker! ", Wolfgang Becker's " Good Bye, Lenin! ”, The Michael Haneke productions“ The White Ribbon ”and“ Love ”as well as Tom Tykwer's and Lana and Andy Wachowski's “ Cloud Atlas ”. Other films available for distribution include " Black Box BRD ", " The Three Robbers ", " Before Dawn ", " The Dark Valley ", " Oh Boy ", " We're the New ones " and " A Hologram for the King " or " Female Pleasure ".

Awards

In 2003, 2006, 2011 and 2015, X-Verleih was awarded the German Distribution Prize by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b c Anke Hahn, Anna Schierse: Film distribution: Between film production and cinema experience. UVK Verlagsgesellschaft, Konstanz 2004, ISBN 978-3-89669-410-2 , p. 242 f.
  2. ^ Arthouse and German film at Berliner X Verleih , Blickpunkt: Film , September 6, 2001
  3. ^ Süddeutsche Zeitung: Trouble with "X Verleih" . May 24, 2019, ISSN  0174-4917 ( sueddeutsche.de [accessed on May 26, 2019]).
  4. ↑ Jochen Müller: UPDATE: Three X-Verleih board members resigned. In: Blickpunkt: Film. May 24, 2019, accessed May 26, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Official website of X Verleih: Imprint. Retrieved May 27, 2019 .
  6. ^ Federal Film Funding - Distributor Award , Kulturpreise.de , accessed on February 13, 2019
  7. ↑ BKM cinema program and distributor awards awarded , Blickpunkt: Film , October 7, 2011
  8. ↑ Cinema Program Award 2015: Awards for the best art house cinemas , bundesregierung.de , December 2, 2015