Independent Films is a Dutch film distributor founded in 2000 formely owned by Belga Films.
History The first incarnation of Independent Films was founded in 1986 by Marc Punt and Jan Verheyen as a distributor for the Belgian film market. In 1995, the company was acquired by PolyGram Filmed Entertainment, with Independent being used as a brand name until it was quietly discontinued in the late 90s.
In 2000, Marc Punt relaunched Independent Films as a Dutch distributor following the closure of the theatrical unit of Universal Pictures Benelux. The company focuses on distributing films from Belga Films and Dutch FilmWorks for the Netherlands.
in 2022, Belga Films, who had 50% stake in the company, announced they would acquire Independent Films while Marc Punt would leave the company to focus on writing and producing.
Home media distribution Before 2007, the company's home media releases were handled by Universal Pictures Benelux. Universal also received studio and billing credit on some of the Dutch films they released. In 2007, the company signed a distribution deal with Warner Home Video.
Filmography
Dutch films
Release Date Title Notes 2000s 10 October 2002 Full Moon Party Produced by Nijenhuis & de Levita Film & TV and BBN; studio credit and home media distribution by Universal Pictures Benelux 25 June 2003 De Schippers van de Kameleon Home media distribution by Bridge Pictures 20 November 2003 Pipo and the P-P-Pearl Knight Produced by Endemol and TROS; studio credit and home media distribution by Universal Pictures Benelux 11 December 2003 Father's Affair Produced by 24fps Productions and VARA; studio credit and home media distribution by Universal Pictures Benelux 29 January 2004 Hush Hush Baby Produced by Theorema Films and VARA; studio credit and home media distribution by Universal Pictures Benelux 30 September 2004 Alice in Glamourland Produced by Nijenhuis & de Levita Film & TV and TROS; studio credit and home media distribution by Universal Pictures Benelux 16 December 2004 Floris Produced by Nijenhuis & de Levita Film & TV and Katholieke Radio Omroep; studio credit and home media distribution by Universal Pictures Benelux 3 February 2005 Off Screen Produced by Rinkel Film and VPRO; home media distribution by Universal Pictures Benelux 16 June 2005 Kameleon 2 Home media distribution by Bridge Pictures 14 July 2005 Zoop in Africa Produced by Nijenhuis & de Levita Film & TV 8 September 2005 Schnitzel Paradise Produced by Lemming Film and NPS; studio credit and home media distribution by Universal Pictures Benelux 29 June 2006 Zoop in India Produced by Nijenhuis & de Levita Film & TV 7 September 2006 Buddha's Lost Children Home media distribution by Warner Home Video 9 November 2006 Wild Romance 14 February 2007 Ernst, Bobbie, en de geslepen Onix 19 July 2007 Zoop in South America Produced by Nijenhuis & de Levita Film & TV 20 December 2007 Killer Babes Produced by Parachute Pictures, Tom de Mol Productions and RTL Entertainment; home media distribution by Warner Home Video 24 January 2008 Nothing to Lose Produced by Pupkin Film and BBN; home media distribution by Warner Home Video 9 February 2008 Alibi Produced by Nijenhuis & de Levita Film & TV and NCRV; home media distribution by Warner Home Video 20 March 2008 Summer Heat Home media distribution by Warner Home Video 17 April 2008 Dunya and Desie Home media distribution by Warner Home Video 8 October 2008 Anubis en het Pad der 7 Zonden 11 December 2008 The Silent Army 19 February 2009 Stella's oorlog Home media distribution by Warner Home Video 14 October 2009 Het Sinterklaasjournaal: De Meezing Moevie Produced by Pupkin Film and NPS; home media distribution by Warner Home Video 2010s 11 March 2010 Two Eyes Staring Home media distribution by Warner Home Video 30 September 2010 Tirza Home media distribution by Warner Home Video 16 December 2010 Loft Home media distribution by Warner Home Video 10 March 2011 Gooische Vrouwen 14 April 2011 Time to Spare Home media distribution by Warner Home Video 3 January 2012 Manslaughter 19 January 2012 Süskind 23 February 2012 Taped 17 October 2013 Feuten: Het Feestje 3 April 2014 Accused 4 December 2014 Gooische Vrouwen 2 2020s 22 December 2022 De Tatta's Produced by Talent United Film & TV and Brabant Films 14 December 2023 De Tatta's 2 Produced by Talent United Film & TV and Brabant Films
Non-Dutch films 2000s 2000
American Pie (24/02/00) An Ideal Husband (22/06/00) The Ninth Gate (01/06/00) Nurse Betty (16/11/00) Pi (08/06/00) Play It to the Bone (27/07/00) Rules of Engagement (09/11/00) Stir of Echoes (03/08/00) Things You Can Tell Just by Looking at Her (19/10/00) U-571 (28/09/00) The Virgin Suicides (21/09/00) Wrongfully Accused (29/06/00)
2001
Bless the Child (30/08/01) The Contender (06/09/01) Dr. T & the Women (05/04/01) Dungeons & Dragons (26/04/01) Help! I'm a Fish (04/10/01) The Legend of Bagger Vance (17/05/01) The Little Vampire (12/04/01) Memento (08/03/01) Ordinary Decent Criminal (18/01/01) Requiem for a Dream (13/09/01) Sexy Beast (11/10/01) Shadow of the Vampire (12/04/01) The Watcher (18/01/01) Bandits (13/12/01) Heartbreakers (09/08/01) K-PAX (25/04/01)
2002
Das Experiment (06/06/02) Ghost World (14/02/02) Jeepers Creepers (14/02/02) Killing Me Softly (30/05/02) Monster's Ball (02/05/02) The Mothman Prophecies (04/04/02) My Big Fat Greek Wedding (14/11/02) Nine Queens (07/11/02) Resident Evil (12/09/02) Das Sams (04/07/02)
2003
Adaptation (06/03/03) Dragon Hill, la colina del dragón (2002) Gerry (01/05/03) The Good Girl (27/02/03) Intacto (21/08/03) Stones (17/07/03) Wrong Turn (14/08/03)
2004
Around the World in 80 Days (12/08/04) Connie and Carla (09/12/04) Immortal (02/12/04) Michel Vaillant (04/03/04) Mindhunters (08/07/04) Open Range (03/06/04) Open Water (25/11/04) People I Know (13/05/04) Twisted (02/09/04)
2005
The Assassination of Richard Nixon (12/05/05) Assault on Precinct 13 (31/03/05) The Aviator (20/01/05) Boogeyman (24/04/05) The Adventures of Sharkboy and Lavagirl (22/09/05) Crash (20/10/05) Creep (04/08/05) Five Children and It (20/01/05) The Grudge (06/01/05) (co-distributed with Dutch FilmWorks) Hostage (26/05/05) Inside Deep Throat (10/11/05) The Jacket (25/08/05) Keeping Mum (22/12/05) The Long Weekend (13/10/05) Racing Stripes (03/02/05) Sahara (14/07/05) An Unfinished Life (15/12/05) The Upside of Anger (23/06/05) Valiant (28/07/05) White Noise (14/04/05) (co-distributed with Dutch FilmWorks)
2006
Asterix and the Vikings (20/04/06) Babel (02/11/06) Bandidas (16/03/06) Basic Instinct 2 (30/03/06) Edison (09/03/06) The Grudge 2 (19/10/06) The Ice Harvest (02/02/06) Lucky Number Slevin (20/04/06) Prime (14/02/06) Saw 2 (05/01/06) Step Up (24/08/06) Stormbreaker (12/10/06) The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada (16/03/06) Two for the Money (26/01/06) The World's Fastest Indian (04/05/06)
2007
Arthur and the Minimoys (01/02/07) Bordertown (30/08/07) Days of Glory (18/01/07) Earth (29/11/07) The Hoax (24/05/07) Happily N'Ever After (26/04/07) I Could Never Be Your Woman (29/11/07) The Illusionist (04/01/07) Live! (01/11/07) Michael Clayton (25/10/07) P.S. I Love You (20/12/07) Saw 3 (04/01/07) Shark Bait (17/05/07) Shoot 'Em Up (11/10/07)
2008
The Accidental Husband (04/09/08) Deception (11/09/08) Dragon Hunters (24/05/08) The Forbidden Kingdom (28/08/08) Nim's Island (07/08/08) Santos (24/10/08) Sex Drive (16/10/08) Space Chimps (09/10/08) Step Up 2: The Streets (21/02/08) Taken (01/05/08) Twilight (04/12/08) Winx Club: The Secret of the Lost Kingdom (17/04/08) The Women (27/11/08)
2009
Arthur and the Revenge of Maltazard (10/12/09) Bandslam (27/08/09) Carriers (24/09/09) City of Ember (12/02/09) Knowing (09/04/09) The Twilight Saga: New Moon (19/11/09) Red Cliff (06/08/09) Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li (07/05/09) Sunshine Barry & the Disco Worms (30/07/09) Totally Spies! The Movie (15/10/09)
2010s 2010
Astro Boy (04/02/10) The Hurt Locker (11/02/10) I Love You Phillip Morris (22/04/10) Mr. Nobody (03/06/10) Planet 51 (29/04/10) Remember Me (01/04/10) The Runaways (04/11/10) Step Up 3D (05/08/10) The Twilight Saga: Eclipse (01/07/10) Vicky the Viking (22/04/10)
2011
Flypaper (01/09/11) The Ides of March (20/10/11) The Resident (07/04/11) Skyline (03/02/11) The Tree of Life (02/06/11) The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 1 (16/11/11)
2012
Bel Ami (05/04/12) Chasing Mavericks (25/10/12) End of Watch (18/10/12) Hit & Run (23/08/12) The Hunger Games (21/03/12) So Undercover (20/12/12) Step Up Revolution (25/07/12) Taken 2 (22/11/12) The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn – Part 2 (15/11/12) Vicky and the Treasure of the Gods (23/05/12)
2013
Beautiful Creatures (28/02/13) The Company You Keep (23/05/13) Frits & Franky (14/02/13) Empire State (26/09/13) The Frozen Ground (11/07/13) Girl Most Likely (18/07/13) The Host (28/03/13) The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (21/11/13) The Impossible (17/01/13) Machete Kills (24/10/13) The Family (31/10/13) The Place Beyond the Pines (04/04/13) Prisoners (19/09/13) Rush (03/10/13) Side Effects (14/03/13) Snitch (18/04/13) Spring Breakers (11/04/13) Stand Up Guys (21/03/13) Tarzan (19/12/13) Tad, The Lost Explorer (14/02/13) Warm Bodies (25/04/13) The Young and Prodigious T. S. Spivet (14/11/13)
2014
12 Years a Slave (20/02/14) 3 Days to Kill (20/03/14) Dallas Buyers Club (23/01/14) Divergent (03/04/14) The Face of Love (08/05/14) The House of Magic (17/04/14) The Homesman (24/07/14) I, Frankenstein (30/01/14) Maya the Bee (09/10/14) Lucy (31/07/14) Non-Stop (27/02/14) The Quiet Ones (08/05/14) Sabotage (15/05/14) Samba (13/11/14) Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (28/08/14) Step Up: All In (10/07/14) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1 (20/11/14) Transcendence (19/06/14)
2015
Ooops! Noah Is Gone... (16/07/15) Child 44 (07/05/15) The Little Prince (29/07/15) La Famille Bélier (16/04/15) The Divergent Series: Insurgent (18/03/15) The Gunman (26/03/15) The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2 (18/11/15) The Last Witch Hunter (22/10/15) Mortdecai (19/02/15) Paddington (12/02/15) Sicario (08/10/15) Taken 3 (15/01/15)
2016
Ballerina (21/12/16) Blair Witch (15/09/16) Deepwater Horizon (29/09/16) Elle (02/06/16) Gods of Egypt (25/02/16) La La Land (22/02/16) Nine Lives (05/10/16) Moonwalkers (31/03/16) Nerve (22/09/16) Now You See Me 2 (09/06/16) Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (18/02/16) Robinson Crusoe (18/02/16) Sing Street (17/11/16) Shut In (01/12/16) Snowden (10/11/16) The Divergent Series: Allegiant (10/03/16) The Nice Guys (19/05/16) The Sea of Trees (12/05/16)
2017
American Assassin (12/10/17) The Son of Bigfoot (26/07/17) C'est la vie! (16/11/17) Two Is a Family (26/01/17) The Glass Castle (19/10/17) Human Flow (14/12/17) Jigsaw (26/10/17) John Wick: Chapter 2 (09/02/17) Miss Sloane (23/02/17) A Monster Calls (02/02/17) My Little Pony: The Movie (12/10/17) Overdrive (03/08/17) Paddington 2 (06/02/17) Patriots Day (12/01/17) Power Rangers (23/03/17) Stronger (05/01/17) Valerian and the City of a Thousand Planets (26/07/17) With Open Arms (18/05/17) Wonder (23/11/17) The Warriors Gate (20/04/17)
2018
12 Strong (01/02/18) A Simple Favor (27/09/18) Ghostland (24/05/18) The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society (26/04/18) Kursk (06/12/18) Kin (20/09/18) Loro (01/11/18) Midnight Sun (19/04/18) Only the Brave (31/05/18) Robin Hood (22/11/18) Sicario: Day of the Soldado (05/07/18) The Spy Who Dumped Me (09/08/18)
2019
After (18/04/19) Anna (12/09/19) The Queen's Corgi (14/02/19) Bon Dieu 2 (28/03/19) The Hummingbird Project (21/03/19) John Wick: Chapter 3 – Parabellum (16/05/19) The Kill Team (31/10/19) Knives Out (28/11/19)