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Film distributors and distribution companies by country

537 theatrical film distributors in 17 countries — the companies cinemas book films from — each taken from a national distributors' association or film institute list, or from published release schedules, rather than from memory, with the source and check date shown.

77 distributors

Germany

Paramount Home Entertainment (Germany) GmbH, Sony Pictures Entertainment Deutschland GmbH, Universal Pictures Germany…

51 distributors

United Kingdom

Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures, Universal Pictures, Walt Disney and more.

49 distributors

United States

Focus Features, Lionsgate, Paramount, Searchlight Pictures and more.

43 distributors

France

PARAMOUNT PICTURES FRANCE, SONY PICTURES ENTERTAINMENT FRANCE, UNIVERSAL PICTURES INTERNATIONAL, WARNER BROS DISCOVERY…

36 distributors

Netherlands

The Walt Disney Company Benelux, Universal Pictures International Nederland, Warner Bros. Pictures International…

30 distributors

Canada

A-Z Films, Axia Films, CropGlass, Elevation Pictures and more.

28 distributors

Switzerland

Sony Pictures Releasing GmbH, The Walt Disney Company (Switzerland) GmbH, Universal Pictures International Switzerland…

28 distributors

Belgium

Disney Belgium, Paramount Pictures, Sony Pictures Belgium, Universal Pictures Belgium and more.

28 distributors

Italy

Universal Pictures International Italy, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures Italia, Warner Bros. Entertainment Italia…

25 distributors

Spain

Disney, Paramount, Sony Pictures, Universal and more.

24 distributors

Australia

Paramount Pictures Australia, Sony Pictures Releasing, The Walt Disney Company Australia & New Zealand, Universal…

24 distributors

Norway

The Walt Disney Company Nordic, Twentieth Century Fox Norway, United International Pictures, Warner Bros. Discovery and…

24 distributors

Sweden

United International Pictures (UIP) Sweden, Walt Disney Company Nordic, Warner Bros Discovery Sweden, Biografcentralen…

21 distributors

New Zealand

Disney Media & Entertainment Distribution New Zealand, Paramount Pictures New Zealand, Sony Pictures NZ Ltd, Universal…

21 distributors

Denmark

United International Pictures, Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Denmark A/S, All Right Film A/S, Andersen Film…

20 distributors

Finland

The Walt Disney Company Nordic & Baltic, Warner Bros. Finland Oy, B-Plan Distribution Oy, Bright Fame Pictures and more.

Austria

DistributorTypeListed byWebsite
Constantin FilmIndependentNational film institute listconstantinfilm.at
filmdelightsIndependentNational film institute listfilmdelights.com
FilmgartenIndependentNational film institute listfilmgarten.at
Filmladen FilmverleihIndependentNational film institute listfilmladen.at
Luna FilmverleihIndependentNational film institute listlunafilm.at
Panda Lichtspiele Filmverleih GmbHIndependentNational film institute listpandafilm.at
Polyfilm VerleihIndependentNational film institute listpolyfilm.at
StadtkinoIndependentNational film institute liststadtkinowien.at

Curated list: distributors with international independent films that released at least three Austrian Film Institute-supported features in five years. Excludes the majors' Austrian arms. No Austrian distributor trade-association member list was found (WKO Firmen A-Z lists every trade licensee, not curated).

How this directory was built

Every entry comes from a list published by a national distributors' association or film institute, fetched on the check date shown on each country page. In the United States, Australia and New Zealand, where independents have no public association list, entries come from 2026 theatrical release schedules (The Numbers, Box Office Mojo), and each company's own site was checked. Poland and Ireland keep their association lists private, so we say so rather than filling the gap from memory. No personal contact details are included.

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