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EXCLUSIVE: Ken Loach and Rebecca O’Brien’s Sixteen Films has sealed a trio of deals for a action of nan director’s backmost catalog titles arsenic a first awesome measurement toward gathering his filmography nether 1 umbrella.
The London-based institution has appointed France’s Goodfellas arsenic worldwide income supplier for nan titles, astatine nan aforesaid clip arsenic entrusting their early distribution to Le Pacte successful France, and Curzon successful nan UK and Ireland.
The titles see Loach’s 2006 Palme d’Or victor The Wind That Shakes nan Barley as good arsenic Cannes contenders Land and Freedom (1995), My Name is Joe (1998), Bread & Roses (2000) and Sweet Sixteen (2002); Venice-selected activity The Navigators (2001) and Ae Fond Kiss which premiered successful Berlin successful 2004.
The announcement of nan deals coincides pinch news that Loach will recreation to Cannes this twelvemonth for a screening of a 4K type of Spanish Civil War drama Land and Freedom successful nan festival’s Cinéma de Plage strand, nan lineup for which was unveiled today.
With time, a number of nan films will beryllium made disposable pinch caller 4K remasters arsenic portion of a longer-term committedness to preserving and extending nan scope of Loach’s work, pinch further titles owed to beryllium added to nan database successful nan coming months
“We’re really thrilled to beryllium announcing this acquisition. It’s been a long-held desire of ours to bring nan Ken Loach catalogue nether 1 umbrella arsenic an bonzer bequest postulation and this is simply a awesome leap guardant successful that direction,” said O’Brien.
“Goodfellas, on pinch Le Pacte, person been very trusted partners for galore years and it’s awesome that they person joined pinch america connected this project. In nan UK Curzon consciousness for illustration earthy partners for america successful this endeavour successful nan UK and we’re delighted they are coming connected committee aft their slew of beardown retrospectives.”
O’Brien and Loach group up Sixteen Films successful 2002 to oversee nan accumulation of nan director’s films. They first started moving pinch nan Goodfellas squad nether their erstwhile banner of Wild Bunch connected nan 2009 play Looking For Eric.
When institution co-founders Vincent Maraval and Brahim Chioua branched disconnected to group up their caller institution Goodfellas successful 2023, Loach and O’Brien followed.
“We are delighted to proceed and deepen our narration pinch Sixteen Films. They are our humanities and privileged long-time partners and moving connected portion of their room has been a long-awaited desire for our team,” said Goodfellas CEO Maraval.
“Besides trading caller projects, moving connected libraries and extending life of cinema classics is simply a activity of passion for us. We will soon denote typical events to thief distributors to re-release Ken masterpieces.”
Le Pacte co-founder and President Jean Labadie besides highlighted his company’s long-standing narration pinch Sixteen Films.
“We person had nan honour to administer each Ken Loach movies since The Angels’ Share. Being successful complaint of these marvellous 7 movies is awesome for each our team,” he said.
Curzon Head of Business Affairs Ulysse Kelbert said nan acquisition of nan titles for nan UK chimed pinch a cardinal rod of its activities.
“Presenting nan activity of nan awesome board done caller retrospectives and caller location intermezo editions is simply a cardinal tenet of our business, and we can’t hold to springiness these films nan observant attraction they deserve,” he said. “It is an honour to activity pinch Ken, Rebecca and nan teams astatine Sixteen Films and Goodfellas to bring these modern classics into nan Curzon catalogue.”
