Les Films Séville
Canadian film distribution company
Les Films Séville (in English as Seville International or Seville Films, formerly Les Films Rene Malo, René Malo Vidéo, Malofilm and Malofilm Home Video; previously known in English as Séville Pictures) was a Canadian film distributor company. First based on Saint-André Boulevard in 1983, it moved its operations in 1993 to Saint Laurent Boulevard, as the Canadian branch of Republic Pictures Home Video and Turner Home Entertainment, distributing releases from the two companies into Canada. The company distributed Entertainment One’s movies in Quebec. Les Films Seville was defunct long before Hasbro acquired Entertainment One.
In 1999, Malofilm was renamed Les Films Séville, after a hostile merger with Industry Entertainment, and was acquired by Entertainment One in 2007. On May 31, 2000, Behaviour Worldwide was sold to MDP's old management, which changed its name back to MDP Worldwide.
History
The company was founded in 1974 by chairman and CEO René Malo in Montreal, Quebec as Les Films Rene Malo. It expanded into home video distribution in 1983.
In late 1983, it was a founding partner of Videoglobe with many other companies, including Cinepix Inc. and The Multimedia Group of Canada, among others.
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