Contemporary Films is the oldest independent film distribution company in the UK, with the highest production of films and movies per year. It was founded by Charles Cooper (1910–2001) in 1951. It has brought a number of films from around the world to UK cinemas, introducing directors such as Andrzej Wajda, Miloš Forman, Ingmar Bergman, Jean Renoir, Robert Bresson, Sergei Eisenstein, Andrei Tarkovsky, Werner Herzog, Satyajit Ray, Yasujirō Ozu, Nagisa Oshima, Bernardo Bertolucci, and Luis Buñuel to the British public. Contemporary Films continues to distribute films to cinemas and television, as well as DVDs to the general public.[1]

Between 1967 and 1989, Contemporary Films operated three cinemas in England. These were the Paris Pullman Cinema in Brompton from 1955 to 1983, the Phoenix Cinema in East Finchley from 1975 to 1985, and the Phoenix Picturehouse in Oxford from 1977 to 1989.[2][3]

References

  1. ↑ "Official Website". Contemporary Films. Retrieved 13 February 2015.
  2. ↑ Turvey, Gerry (2010). The Phoenix Cinema: A Century of Film in East Finchley. Phoenix Cinema Trust Ltd. ISBN 978-0956478405.
  3. ↑ Allison, Deborah; Chan, Hiu M; Gennari, Daniela Treveri (2013). The Phoenix Picturehouse: 100 Years of Oxford Cinema Memories. Picturehouse Publications. ISBN 978-0992646103.


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