Universal Pictures International’s EVP and Manager Director Niels Swinkels will now add President, International Distribution ...

EVP and Managing Director Niels Swinkels has been promoted to President of International Distribution at Focus Features.

Focus Features is no longer Focus Features. It’s FilmDistrict — with a new owner and a new name. That’s the takeaway from Universal’s announcement on Tuesday, which unveiled the label’s ...

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The London-based Focus Features International will close its doors on Dec. 31, marking the final step in a dramatic overhaul of the Universal-owned specialty division. Official word of the closure ...

Focus Features has announced a shift in ideology, folding in FilmDistrict and focusing on a broader cache of product. While the label isn't dead, the identity will most certainly change.

Focus Features has set a limited Thanksgiving release of November 27 for two-time Oscar winner Chloé Zhao's Hamnet. The movie will go wide on December 12. Hamnet, which Zhao co-wrote with Maggie ...

Celebrating its 15th anniversary, Focus Features has in that time become a fixture of the art-house scene and awards circuit. The company is known for releasing such movies as “Brokeback ...

Disney dropped The Bikeriders from its slate, but it had no trouble finding a new home as Focus Features quickly snapped up the worldwide rights. Initially set for a December 1 release, the ...

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Niels Swinkels has been named to the new post of president of international distribution at NBCUniversal’s special outlet ...