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FilmNation Entertainment, LLC
Company type	Joint venture
Industry	Independent film production and distribution
Predecessor	GreeneStreet Films International
Founded	2008; 16 years ago
Founder	Glen Basner
Headquarters	150 West 22nd Street; 9th Floor; New York City, New York 10017 ; United States
Key people	Glen Basner ( CEO); Milan Popelka ( COO); Ashley Fox; ( SVP Production);
Products	Motion picture; Television program;
Services	Film development; Film production; Film distribution; Digital distribution;
Owner	Steven B. Samuels (69%); Village Roadshow Limited (31%);
Number of employees	40 (2017)
Divisions	Studios; International; Digital Studios; Infrared Pictures;
Website	filmnation.com

FilmNation Entertainment, LLC is an American independent film production and film distribution studio, co-financing and international sales company, founded by film executive Glen Basner in 2008.

History

2008–2012: Founding

FilmNation Entertainment is an independent film production and distribution company founded in 2008 by Glen Basner with funding from real estate developer Steven Samuels. Initially, the company was a foreign sales firm, selling distribution right in various international markets.^[1]

2012–2018: Early growth

In 2012, FilmNation produced its first film, Mud, which competed at the Cannes Film Festival.^[2] On November 6, 2013, FilmNation Entertainment became part of the American Film Market for the first time.^[3] In December 2014, Village Roadshow invested $18 million for 33% stake in the company to make film production a regular part of operations.^[1] With growing success, the Los Angeles Times labeled FilmNation as "the emerging Oscar powerhouse you've never heard of."^[1]

2018–present: Expansion

In April 2018, FilmNation agreed to a $120 million revolving multi-bank credit facility with Bank of America Merrill Lynch and co-led by MUFG Union Bank.^[4] The funds would be used to give films larger budgets, take on additional films and enter the TV film, theater, digital and VR content markets plus other strategic investment areas.^[5]

In early 2019, FilmNation and Nordic Entertainment Group formed a television joint venture based in the United Kingdom that will operate under the FilmNation name.^[6] Nordic Entertainment Group will have first option on exclusive distribution rights to all of the joint venture's productions in the Nordic countries.^[6] FilmNation hired TV vet Kirstie Macdonald to spearhead the London division.^[7]

Filmography

As production company

Year	Film title	Co-production companies	Distributor(s)
2009	The Road	2929 Productions	Dimension Films
2009	The Joneses	Premiere Pictures Echo Lake Productions	Roadside Attractions
2010	The Ward	Echo Lake Entertainment A Bigger Boat	ARC Entertainment XLrator Media
	The King's Speech	UK Film Council Momentum Pictures Aegis Film Fund Molinare, London See-Saw Films Bedlam Productions	Momentum Pictures (United Kingdom) Paramount Pictures Transmission Films (Australia)
	I Love You Too	Princess Pictures	Roadshow Films
	Frozen	A Bigger Boat ArieScope Pictures	Anchor Bay Films
	Ceremony	NALA Films Polymorphic Pictures	Magnolia Pictures
2011	The Skin I Live In	El Deseo Blue Haze Entertainment	Warner Bros. Entertainment España
	Seeking Justice	Endgame Entertainment Material Pictures	Anchor Bay Films
	Sanctum (film)	Relativity Media Wayfare Entertainment	Universal Pictures
	The Flowers of War	Beijing New Picture Film	EDKO Film Wrekin Hill Entertainment Row 1 Productions
	The Oranges (film)	Olympus Pictures Likely Story	ATO Pictures
2012	To Rome with Love	Medusa Film Gravier Productions Perdido Production	Medusa Distributzione (Italy) Sony Pictures Classics (United States)
	To the Wonder	Brothers K Productions	Magnolia Pictures
	The Raven	Intrepid Pictures Galavis Films Pioneer Pictures Amontillado Productions Endgame Entertainment	Relativity Media
	Mud	Everest Entertainment Brace Cove Productions	Lionsgate Roadside Attractions
	Mirror Mirror	Relativity Media Yucaipa Films Goldmann Pictures Rat Entertainment Misha Films Mel's Cité du Cinéma Misher Films	Relativity Media
	Midnight's Children	N/A	Mongrel Media (Canada) Entertainment One (United Kingdom) Paladin 108 Media (United States) PVR Pictures (India)
	Looper	TriStar Pictures FilmDistrict Endgame Entertainment DMG Entertainment Ram Bergman Productions	TriStar Pictures
	Lola Versus	Groundswell Productions	Fox Searchlight Pictures
	Lawless	Benaroya Pictures Red Wagon Entertainment Annapurna Pictures Revolt Films BlumHansonAllen Films	The Weinstein Company
	Chernobyl Diaries	Alcon Entertainment Oren Peil/Brian Witten Productions	Warner Bros. Pictures
	Aftershock	Cross Creek Pictures Dragonfly Entertainment	Dimension Films RADiUS-TWC (United States) Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures (Chile)
	House at the End of the Street	A Bigger Boat Productions	Relativity Media
	Gambit	Crime Scene Pictures Artphyl	CBS Films (United States) Momentum Pictures (United Kingdom)
	Act of Valor	Bandito Brothers	Relativity Media
2013	Under the Skin	BFI Film4 Silver Reel Creative Scotland JW Films	StudioCanal (United Kingdom) Ascot Elite (Switzerland) A24 (United States)
	Safe Haven	Relativity Media Temple Hill Entertainment	Relativity Media
	Side Effects	Endgame Entertainment Di Bonaventura Pictures	Open Road Films
	Nebraska	Paramount Vantage Blue Lake Media Fund Bona Fide Productions Echo Lake Entertainment	Paramount Pictures
	I'm So Excited!	El Deseo	Warner Bros. España
	The Bling Ring	American Zoetrope NALA Films Pathé Distribution StudioCanal Tobis Film Tohokushinsha Film	A24 (United States) StudioCanal UK\|StudioCanal (United Kingdom) Pathé (France) Tobis Film (Germany) Tohokushinsha Film (Japan)
	Blue Jasmine	Gravier Productions Perdido Productions	Sony Pictures Classics
	21 & Over	Virgin Produced Mandeville Films SkyLand Entertainment	Relativity Media
2014	While We're Young	Scott Rudin Productions	A24
	Top Five	IAC Films Scott Rudin Productions Jax Media	Paramount Pictures
	The Rewrite	Castle Rock Entertainment Reserve Room	RLJ Entertainment
	The Rover	Blue-Tongue Films Porchlight Films Lava Bear Films Screen Australia	Roadshow Films
	Premature	FilmNation Entertainment	IFC Midnight
	A Most Wanted Man	Film4 Productions Demarest Films Senator Film Potboiler Productions The Ink Factory	Entertainment One Films (United Kingdom) Lionsgate (United States) Senator Film (Germany)
	A Most Violent Year	Participant Media Image Nation Abu Dhabi Before the Door Pictures Washington Square Films Old Bull Pictures	A24
	Magic in the Moonlight	Dippermouth Gravier Productions Perdido Productions Ske-Dat-De-Dat Productions	Sony Pictures Classics (United States) Mars Distribution France)
	The Imitation Game	Black Bear Pictures Bristol Automotive Orange Corp	The Weinstein Company
	Clown	Cross Creek Pictures PS 260 Vertebra Films Zed Filmworks Method Studios Dragonfly Entertainment	Dimension Films
2015	Truth	Echo Lake Entertainment Mythology Entertainment RatPac-Dune Entertainment Dirty Films	Sony Pictures Classics
	Tracers	Freerunning Melbarken Temple Hill Entertainment	Saban Films
	Self/less	Endgame Entertainment Ram Bergman Productions	Focus Features
	Regression	Mod Entertainment Mod Producciones Himenóptero First Generation Films Telefónica Studios Regression A.I.E. Telefilm Canada Mediaset España Canal+ I.C.A.A.	Universal Pictures (Spain) Elevation Pictures (Canada)
	Solace	Silver Reel Eden Rock Media Flynn Picture Company Venture Forth	Lionsgate Premiere
	Room	Telefilm Canada Film4 Bórd Scannán na hÉireann/Irish Film Board Ontario Media Development Corporation Element Pictures No Trace Camping Duperele Films	Elevation Pictures (Canada) StudioCanal (United Kingdom) A24 (United States)
	Mr. Holmes	AI Film BBC Films Archer Gray Productions See-Saw Films	Entertainment One (United Kingdom) Miramax Roadside Attractions (United States)
	Life	Barry Films Production First Generation Films See-Saw Films Corner Piece Capital Cross City Sales Entertainment One Film4 The Harold Greenberg Fund Screen Australia Telefilm Canada	SquareOne Entertainment Universum Film (Germany) Transmission Films (Australia) Cinedigm (United States) Entertainment One (United Kingdom)
	Knight of Cups	Dogwood Films Waypoint Entertainment	Broad Green Pictures
	American Ultra	The Bridge Finance Company Circle of Confusion Likely Story Merced Media Partners PalmStar Media Capital PalmStar Entertainment Tadmor Entertainment	Lionsgate
2016	Zero Days	Participant Media Showtime Documentary Films Global Produce Jigsaw Productions	Magnolia Pictures
	The Whole Truth	PalmStar Entertainment Likely Story Merced Media	Lionsgate
	Sully	Roadshow Films Flashlight Films The Kennedy/Marshall Company Malpaso Productions Orange Corp	Warner Bros. Pictures
	Sing Street	Likely Story Merced Media PalmStar Entertainment Irish Film Board Cosmo Films Distressed Films FilmWave	The Weinstein Company (United States) Lionsgate (United Kingdom)
	Miss Sloane	EuropaCorp Archery Pictures France 2 Cinema Canal+ Ciné+ France Télévisions	EuropaCorp. Distribution (France) Relativity EuropaCorp Distribution (United Kingdom)
	Midnight Special	Faliro House Productions Tri-State Pictures RatPac-Dune Entertainment	Warner Bros. Pictures
	Julieta	El Deseo RTVE Canal+ France Echo Lake Entertainment Ciné+	Warner Bros. España
	Indignation	BFB Entertainment Likely Story RT Features Symbolic Exchange X Filme Creative Pool	Summit Entertainment Roadside Attractions
	Café Society	Gravier Productions Perdido Productions	Amazon Studios Lionsgate
	Genius	Summit Entertainment Roadside Attractions Riverstone Pictures Pinewood Pictures Ingenious Media Desert Wolf Productions Michael Grandage Company	Summit Entertainment Roadside Attractions
	The Founder	The Combine Faliro House Productions S.A.	The Weinstein Company
	The Promise	Survival Pictures	Open Road Films
	Arrival	Lava Bear Films 21 Laps Entertainment	Paramount Pictures
2017	Wonder Wheel	Gravier Productions Perdido Productions	Amazon Studios
	Wonderstruck	Killer Films Cinetic Media Picrow	Amazon Studios Roadside Attractions
	Song to Song	Buckeye Pictures Waypoint Entertainment	Broad Green Pictures
	The Wall	Big Indie Pictures Picrow Amazon Studios	Roadside Attractions
	Sleepless	Riverstone Pictures Vertigo Entertainment	Open Road Films
	The Sense of an Ending	BBC Films Origin Pictures	StudioCanal (United Kingdom) Lionsgate CBS Films (United States)
	The Only Living Boy in New York	Amazon Studios Big Indie Pictures Bona Fide Productions	Amazon Studios Roadside Attractions
	The Man with the Iron Heart	Légende Films The Weinstein Company Echo Lake Entertainment	Mars Films (France)
	Logan Lucky	Trans-Radial Pictures Bleecker Street Free Association Linmon Pictures	Fingerprint Releasing Bleecker Street
	Last Flag Flying	Big Indie Pictures Detour Filmproduction	Amazon Studios Lionsgate
	Kill Switch	SquareOne Entertainment RainMaker Films CTM Productions	Saban Films (United States) Entertainment One (Netherlands)
	Gifted	TSG Entertainment Grade A Entertainment DayDay Films	Fox Searchlight Pictures
	Disobedience		Curzon Artificial Eye (United Kingdom and Ireland) Bleecker Street (United States)
	The Children Act	BBC Films	A24 DirecTV Entertainment One (United Kingdom)
	The Big Sick	Apatow Productions	Amazon Studios Lionsgate
2018	Wildlife	June Pictures Sight Unseen Pictures Nine Stories Productions	IFC Midnight
	Suspiria	K Period Media Frenesy Film Company Videa Mythology Entertainment First Sun MeMo Films	Amazon Studios Videa (Italy)
	Don't Worry, He Won't Get Far on Foot	Iconoclast Anonymous Content	Amazon Studios
	Life Itself	Nostromo Pictures Temple Hill Entertainment	Amazon Studios
	The Catcher Was a Spy	Animus Films PalmStar Media	IFC Midnight
	Beautiful Boy	Plan B Entertainment Big Indie Pictures	Amazon Studios
	The Nightingale	Causeway Films Made Up Stories Bron Creative	Transmission Films
	Gloria Bell	Fabula	A24 (United States) Sony Pictures Releasing International Stage 6 Films (Select territories)
	City of Lies	Good Films Lipsync Romulus Entertainment Miramax Infinitum Nihil	Saban Films
2019	The Aeronauts	Mandeville Films	Entertainment One (United Kingdom) Amazon Studios (United States)
	The Irishman	TriBeCa Productions Sikelia Productions Winkler Films	Netflix
	7500	MMC Studios Augenschein Filmproduktion Endeavor Content	Universum Film (Germany/Austria) Amazon Studios (United States)
	Lucky Day	Davis Films Avary Don Carmody Productions	Metropolitan Filmexport (France) Elevation Pictures (Canada)
	47 Meters Down: Uncaged	The Fyzz Facility	Entertainment Studios Motion Pictures (North America) Altitude Film Distribution (United Kingdom)
	The Day Shall Come	See-Saw Films Film4 Archer Gray BFI Film Find	Entertainment One (United Kingdom) IFC Midnight (United States) Transmission Films (Australia)
	The Lodge	Hammer Film Productions	Neon (United States) Sony Pictures Releasing International Stage 6 Films (International)
	Late Night	30West Imperative Entertainment 3 Arts Entertainment Kaling International	Amazon Studios (United States)
	Pain and Glory	El Deseo	Sony Pictures Releasing International
2020	The Personal History of David Copperfield	Film4	Lionsgate (United Kingdom) Searchlight Pictures (North America)
	The Human Voice	El Deseo	Wanda Films Avalon
	Promising Young Woman	LuckyChap Entertainment	Focus Features (United States) Universal Pictures (Select territories) Sky Cinema NOW (United Kingdom)
	Bad Hair	Sight Unseen Endeavor Content	Hulu Neon
	The Glorias	Page Fifty-Four Pictures Artemis Rising Foundation	Roadside Attractions LD Entertainment
	The Nest	BBC Films Telefilm Canada Element Pictures]] Substitute Films	IFC Midnight (United States) Elevation Pictures (Canada) Picturehouse Entertainment (United Kingdom)
	Greyhound	Stage 6 Films Bron Creative Zhengfu Pictures Playtone Sycamore Pictures	Apple TV+ Sony Pictures Entertainment
	Palm Springs	Limelight Productions Lonely Island Classics Sun Entertainment	Hulu Neon
	The Courier	42 SunnyMarch	Lionsgate Roadside Attractions
2021	Spencer	Komplizen Film Fabula Shoebox Films Topic Studios	Neon (United States) STXinternational (United Kingdom) DCM Film Distribution (Germany) Sun Distribution (Chile)
	Red Rocket	Cre Film	A24
	Reminiscence	Kilter Films Michael De Luca Productions	Warner Bros. Pictures
	The Map of Tiny Perfect Things	Wishmore Entertainment Weed Road Pictures	Amazon Studios
2022	The Good House	DreamWorks Pictures Participant Reliance Entertainment Faliro House	Lionsgate Roadside Attractions
	Emancipation	Apple Studios Westbrook Studios McFarland Entertainment Escape Artists	Apple TV+
	The People We Hate at the Wedding	Wishmore	Amazon Studios
	The Good Nurse	Protozoa Pictures	Netflix
	Three Thousand Years of Longing	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Elevate Production Finance Sunac Culture Kennedy Miller Mitchell	United Artists Releasing (United States) Roadshow Entertainment (Australia)
	Operation Mincemeat	Cross City Films See-Saw Films Cohen Media Group Archery Films	Warner Bros. Pictures (United Kingdom, Ireland, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Benelux) Netflix (North and Latin America)
	Dog	Free Association	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (North America; through United Artists Releasing)
	The Outfit	Focus Features	Focus Features (United States) Universal Pictures (International)
	Sharp Stick	Good Thing Going	Utopia
	The 355	Kinberg Genre Films Freckle Films Huayi Brothers	Universal Pictures
2023	One Life	BBC Films MBK Productions See-Saw Films Cross City Films LipSync	Warner Bros. Pictures
	Flora and Son	Fifth Season Screen Ireland Likely Story Distressed Films Treasure Entertainment	Apple TV+ (worldwide) Altitude Film Distribution (United Kingdom and Ireland, theatrical)
	Fingernails	Dirty Films	Apple TV+
	Asphalt City	Projected Picture Works AZA Films Two & Two Pictures Dogwood Pictures	Roadside Attractions Vertical
	To Catch a Killer	RainMaker Films	Vertical Entertainment
	The Young Wife	Archer Gray	N/A
	Down Low	Sui Generis Pictures	Stage 6 Films
	Knock at the Cabin	Universal Pictures Blinding Edge Pictures Wishmore Entertainment	Universal Pictures
	You Hurt My Feelings	Likely Story	A24
	Firebrand (2023 film)	MBK Productions Brouhaha Entertainment Magnolia Mae Films	Amazon Prime Video
	Waitress: The Musical	Dear Hope Productions National Artists Management Company Night & Day Pictures Steam Motion and Sound PJM Productions	Bleecker Street

Upcoming

Year	Film title	Co-production companies	Distributor(s)
2024	Anora	N/A	Neon
	Blink Twice	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Free Association Bruce Cohen Productions this is important	Amazon Studios
	Conclave	House Productions Access Entertainment Wildside Indian Paintbrush (company)\|Indian Paintbrush]]	Black Bear UK (United Kingdom) Focus Features (United States)
	Babes	Range Media Partners Starrpix	Neon
2025	Novocaine	Infrared Pictures Safehouse Pictures Circle of Confusion	Paramount Pictures

As distributor

Year	Film title	Co-production companies	Distributor(s)
2011	Take Shelter	Hydraulx Entertainment Rei Capital Crove Hill Productions Strange Matter Films	Sony Pictures Classics
2012	Red Dawn	Contrafilm	FilmDistrict (United States)
2012	Magic Mike	Nick Wechsler Productions Iron Horse Entertainment Exension 765	Warner Bros. Pictures
2013	Crush	Intrepid Pictures	N/A
2013	All Is Lost	Black Bear Pictures Treehouse Pictures Before the Door Pictures Washington Square Films Sudden Storm Productions	Lionsgate/ Roadside Attractions (United States)
2017	Beatriz at Dinner	Bron Studios Killer Films	Roadside Attractions (United States) Elevation Pictures (Canada)
2022	Dog	Free Association	Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (North America; through United Artists Releasing)
2023	Knox Goes Away	Brookstreet Pictures Sugar23	Saban Capital Group#Saban_Films (United States)

Upcoming

Year	Film title	Co-production companies	Distributor(s)
2024	Treasure	Seven Elephants GmbH Good Thing Going Haïku Films	Alamode Film (Germany) Bleecker Street
2024	The Crow	Davis Films Hassell Free Productions Electric Shadow Co. Pressman Film Ashland Hill Media Finance	Lionsgate (United States)

In development

Year	Film title	Co-production companies	Distributor(s)
TBA	The Life of Chuck (film)	Intrepid Pictures QWGmire	N/A
	Untitled Strawberry Shortcake: Berry in the Big City film	Good Universe MRC WildBrain Studios Top Draw Animation	Universal Pictures (International)
	Untitled Jeff Kinney film	Laika Animal Logic	Lionsgate

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Zeitchik, Steven (February 23, 2017). "FilmNation, the emerging Oscar powerhouse you've never heard of". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
^ McClintock, Pamela (2012-05-18). "Cannes 2012: FilmNation CEO Glen Basner on 'Lawless,' 'Mud' and His Secret to Success (Q&A)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
^ McNary, Dave (November 7, 2013). "AFM: Woody Allen, Bill Condon Pics on FilmNation's Block". Variety. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
^ McNary, Dave (2018-04-18). "Cannes: FilmNation Closes $120 Million Revolving Credit Facility". Variety. Retrieved 2021-05-07.
^ Hipes, Patrick (April 18, 2018). "FilmNation Closes Deal On $120M In New Financing". Deadline. Retrieved October 4, 2018.
^ ^a ^b "FilmNation, NENT Launch UK-Based TV Joint Venture". filmnation.com. Retrieved 25 March 2019.
^ Grater, Tom (2019-09-25). "FilmNation, Nordic Entertainment Group Hire Kirstie Macdonald To Run London TV Venture". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-05-07.

External links

Official website

[lat-1] Zeitchik, Steven (February 23, 2017). "FilmNation, the emerging Oscar powerhouse you've never heard of". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved October 4, 2018.

[2] McClintock, Pamela (2012-05-18). "Cannes 2012: FilmNation CEO Glen Basner on 'Lawless,' 'Mud' and His Secret to Success (Q&A)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-05-07.

[vty-3] McNary, Dave (November 7, 2013). "AFM: Woody Allen, Bill Condon Pics on FilmNation's Block". Variety. Retrieved October 4, 2018.

[4] McNary, Dave (2018-04-18). "Cannes: FilmNation Closes $120 Million Revolving Credit Facility". Variety. Retrieved 2021-05-07.

[5] Hipes, Patrick (April 18, 2018). "FilmNation Closes Deal On $120M In New Financing". Deadline. Retrieved October 4, 2018.

[:0-6] "FilmNation, NENT Launch UK-Based TV Joint Venture". filmnation.com. Retrieved 25 March 2019.

[7] Grater, Tom (2019-09-25). "FilmNation, Nordic Entertainment Group Hire Kirstie Macdonald To Run London TV Venture". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-05-07.

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