Alliance Vivafilm
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| Subsidiary | |
| Industry | Distribution and production |
| Fate | Acquisition |
| Successor | Entertainment One |
| Founded | 1984 (launch) 2007 (relaunch as a result of Alliance Atlantis collapse) |
| Defunct | 2013 |
| Headquarters | Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Products | Film distribution, Home video |
| Revenue |
 $250m CAD
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| Divisions |
Maple Pictures Momentum Pictures Aurum Producciones |
| Website | www |
Alliance Films (formerly Alliance Entertainment, Alliance Communications, Alliance Atlantis Releasing Ltd. and also known as Alliance Vivafilm in Quebec) was a Canadian motion picture distribution and production company, which had served Canada, the United Kingdom, and Spain.
Because Entertainment One acquired Alliance Films in early 2013, it was dissolved into that company. It was one of the major motion picture companies to distribute independent films outside the United States and other countries.
The company was formed in 1984 by Stephen Roth, Denis Héroux, John Kemeny, Robert Lantos, Andras Hamori and Susan Cavan as Alliance Entertainment. It acquired a Montreal-based Francophone distribution company, Vivafilm, in 1990. In 1998, it merged with Atlantis Communications, forming Alliance Atlantis Communications.
Formally known as Motion Picture Distribution LP, it was re branded and relaunched in 2007 due to the collapse of its preceding company, Alliance Atlantis, which was sold off piece by piece to CanWest Global, GS Capital Partners, along with several other smaller companies. Société générale de financement du Québec, an investment agency of the provincial government, owns 51% of the voting shares of the company and 38.5% of the equity. GS Capital owns the remainder of the company.
Alliance Films was headquartered in Montreal, Quebec, in the Quartier International.
In the mid-2000s, Alliance Films began to produce films in moderation. In addition to producing films as The Rocket with Cinémaginaire (as well as other movies), National Lampoon's Senior Trip with New Line Cinema and Munich with Universal Pictures, DreamWorks SKG and Amblin Entertainment of and before the days of Alliance Atlantis respectively, they were responsible for co-producing the 2008 teen slasher Prom Night with Screen Gems and Original Film. They also produced and distributed the war drama Passchendaele, and co-produced the comedy Stone of Destiny with Infinity Features Entertainment and The Mob Film Company. They are also responsible for co-producing the 2011 horror film Insidious with FilmDistrict and Wanderlust with Universal Pictures and Apatow Productions.
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