Benelux Film Distributors

Joint venture of various independent film distributors

Benelux Film Distributors

Industry| Film industry
Founded| 2006
Defunct| 2013
Headquarters| Ghent, Belgium and Houten, the Netherlands
Products| Motion pictures

Number of employees

| 10+

Benelux Film Distributors, also known as Benelux Film Distributors Home Entertainment, BFD and BFDHE, was a joint venture of various independent film distributors founded in 2006.[1] They marketed a wide range of films in cinemas and on home video in the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg. They distributed films by Lumière (Belgium), Inspire Pictures (Netherlands) and Dutch FilmWorks (Netherlands).[1] The company Video/Film Express (Houten, Netherlands), founded in 1991, were merged with BFD on January 1, 2012.[2] Subsequently, BFD had two offices in Ghent, Belgium and Houten.

Movies distributed by BFD included Oorlogswinter, Crusade in Jeans, The Letter for the King, Stricken, Love Crime, Amazing Grace, Colombiana, De Marathon, The Happy Housewife, and Black Out.[3]

In June 2011, Lumière and Dutch FilmWorks left BFD to start their own theatrical units in 2012.[4][5] The company merged with A-Film Distribution in May 2013 and continued as A-Film Benelux B.V.[6] In September 2015, A-Film Benelux B.V. was declared bankrupt.[7]

## List of films

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Release Date  | Title  | Notes

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2000s
16 July 2008 | The Letter for the King |
27 November 2008 | Winter in Wartime | with Isabella Films, Fu Works, Inspire Pictures and Omroep MAX
29 January 2009 | Can Go Through Skin |
26 November 2009 | Stricken | with Eyeworks, Inspire Pictures and RTL Entertainment
2010s
12 April 2010 | The Happy Housewife | with Eyeworks, Inspire Pictures and RTL Entertainment
24 November 2010 | Dik Trom | with Eyeworks and Inspire Pictures
25 November 2010 | The Dinner Club | with Infinity Film & TV Productions
9 December 2010 | New Kids Turbo | with Eyeworks, Comedy Central and Inspire Pictures
9 June 2011 | Rabat | with Habbekrats
8 December 2011 | New Kids Nitro | with Eyeworks, Comedy Central and Inspire Pictures
24 November 2011 | Nova Zembla |
3 October 2012 | The Zigzag Kid | with Bos Bros. Film & TV Productions, N279 Entertainment and AVRO
22 March 2012 | Quiz | with Tom de Mol Productions, Parachute Pictures and AVRO
7 April 2012 | Kauwboy | with The Film Kitchen and NTR
18 October 2012 | De Marathon | with Eyeworks, Inspire Pictures and RTL Entertainment
11 April 2013 | Daylight | with Eyeworks, Inspire Pictures and NCRV

## References

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1. ^ a b Macnab, Geoffrey (November 3, 2005). "New Benelux distributor BFD hoovers up Hannibal, Bobby Z". Screen Daily. Archived from the original on August 9, 2009. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
2. ^ "Video/Film Express wordt BFD Home Entertainment". Entertainment Business. December 5, 2011. Archived from the original on April 20, 2019. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
3. ^ "Benelux film Distributors Netherlands (BFD)". Cineuropa. Archived from the original on August 8, 2018. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
4. ^ "Aandeelhouders BFD gaan als zelfstandigen verders". Entertainment Business (in Dutch). 6 June 2011. Retrieved 5 August 2025.
5. ^ Wolfs, Karin (7 June 2011). "Martin Ruttenberg naar Dutch Film Works". Filmkrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 5 August 2025.
6. ^ "A-Film Distribution en Benelux Film Distributors bundelen krachte" (in Dutch). A-Film. 21 May 2013. Archived from the original on 2014-02-22.
7. ^ Berg, Nico (14 September 2015). "Failliete filmdistributeur A-Film trekt films terug uit bioscoop". HP/De Tijd. Retrieved 25 November 2024.

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