Distribution
Theatrical distribution
Svensk Filmindustri is the leading theatrical distributor in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland. The company markets some 50 films per year on this market. The films include the company’s own slate of local productions, local co-productions and films from international partners.
The international partners include such prestigious film companies such as Focus Features, IM Global, Pathé, Lionsgate, Summit Entertainment, The Weinstein Company, Spyglass Entertainment, Groundswell and Likely Story.
The biggest successes in latter years include international productions like Sex and the City, Milk, Slumdog Millionaire, District 9, Paranormal Activity, The King’s Speech, Drive, The Ides of March and Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy.
Some of the films also include success titles from Twentieth Century Fox, like X-Men: First Class, Rio, Alvin and the Chipmunks: Shipwrecked, The Descendants and from Warner Bros. Hangover 2, Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2, Sherlock Holmes 2, New Year’s Eve.
For more information on local distribution, please visit our country based sites: Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Finland.
Home Entertainment
SF is the leading distributor of video Retail and Rental in the Nordic region. Films distributed are the company’s slate of locally produced feature films and TV series and feature films and TV series acquired from international companies. These include film companies such as New Line Cinema, Twentieth Century Fox, MGM, broadcasters like the BBC and ITV/Granada and production entities like HIT Entertainment and All3Media.
SF is the No.1 video distributor on each local market in Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland and the films and TV series are mainly distributed through the big retailer chains, specialized retailers, clubs, mail-order companies and the Internet. The company also distributes the films through VOD and other legal down-loading.
SF is constantly developing new forms and finding new distribution channels for the products.
The biggest format is still DVD, but Blu-ray is rapidly finding its way into this market.
