Cinemien is an independent, all-rights film distributor who, for over 40 years, unites professionalism with passion for movies and a good eye for new talent. We distribute films In the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxemburg in cinemas, on DVD, Video on Demand and television. The company is headquartered in Amsterdam, in addition there is an office in Antwerp.

We buy our movies on the major international film festivals and high quality is paramount in our purchase policy. Several international award-winning films were brought to the public by Cinemien and we created opportunity for new, talented filmmakers who we continue to follow throughout their careers. 

Highlights of our catalog are: the award-winning Carol (Todd Haynes) and 45 Years (Andrew Haigh), the Golden Palm winners Festen (Thomas Vinterberg) and The Piano Teacher (Michael Haneke), the films of the French director François Ozon: Sous le Sable, 8 Women, Swimming Pool and Dans la Maison, the successful German film Good Bye Lenin (Wolfgang Becker), Gegen die Wand (Fatih Akin), Die Fremde (Feo Aladag), Lore (Cate Shortland) and the Oscar ®-winning film The Lives of Others (Florian Henckel von Donnersmarck), the acclaimed Italian film Gomorrah (Matteo Garrone), Le Meraviglie (Alice Rohrwacher), Il Divo and The great Beauty (both by Paolo Sorrentino), the films of the Canadian super talent Xavier Dolan: I Killed My Mother, Les Amours Imaginaires, Laurence Anyways, Tom at the Farm, Mommy and Juste la fin du monde, Un Prophète of Jacques Audiard, the documentary Strike a Pose (Esther Gould & Reijer Swan) and Layla M. (Mijke de Jong).

A selection of our best titles will be released on DVD under the label 'Award Winning Cinema'; a strong brand that stands for talent and high-quality films. With ambitious plans for the future, Cinemien will remain committed to ‘Cinema That changes the picture’.

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