Arclight Films is an exciting label devoted to showcasing the best in action, comedy and drama from around the world.
Arclight Films is a full service international sales, production and distribution company. Founded in Australia in 2002 by Gary Hamilton and Victor Syrmis, the company currently has offices in Los Angeles, New York, London, Sydney, Melbourne, Toronto and Tokyo, and works with many of the most creative and successful professionals in the entertainment industry.
Arclight Films encompasses two subsidiary releasing labels, Darclight Films and Easternlight Films. The labels catering respectively to genre films and Asian films are the product of Arclight's unique understanding of the global marketplace, and its experience and expertise at effectively positioning films within it.
QUICK CONTACTS
- Gary Hamilton
Managing Director
gary@arclightfilms.com - Chris Perry
VP Sales Operations
chris@arclightfilms.com - Ying Ye
Managing Director,
Easternlight Films
ying@arclightfilms.com
NEWSLETTER SIGNUP
Mark Lindsay joins Arclight as head of sales and acquisitions
Mark Lindsay has been named president of sales and acquisitions for Arclight Films and will head up the company's New York office.
Lindsay most recently served as president of the now defunct Kimmel International and before that held senior positions at Miramax International, Spelling Films International and Lorimar Motion Pictures. He reports to Arclight managing director Gary Hamilton.
"Mark is one of the industry's most experienced international sales and distribution executives, and he has a long and successful involvement in identifying projects and negotiating financing for features and co-productions," Hamilton said. "So we are delighted that he has joined us." More >
Wog Boy sequel set to start shooting in Melbourne
A sequel to highly successful Australian comedy THE WOG BOY goes into production next week in Melbourne. It will be distributed by the Transmission/Paramount joint venture with Arclight Films handling international sales.
WOG BOY 2, THE KINGS OF MYKONOS will again star Nick Giannopoulos and Vince Colosimo (LANTANA) as best mates Steve and Frank. The story follows them from the streets of Melbourne's western suburbs to the villages of sunny Mykonos after Steve discovers he has inherited a beach on the island worth millions, from an uncle he has never met.
A wog is now an affectionate term used for European immigrants in Australia and this film taps into Greek culture for its comedy, just as the last one did. A Valiant car that featured in the last film gets to reprise its role. More >
Arclight boards William Tell: The Legend, Bait
Gary Hamilton's Arclight Films has boarded international rights to William Tell: The Legend to be produced by Alison Semenza and Todd Moyer's fledgling Flagship Films.
Til Schweiger will star in the action-oriented treatment of the Swiss legend about Tell, who sparked the Austrian uprising that led to the formation of Switzerland after he was ordered to shoot an apple off his son's head for defying a local Hapsburg ruler.
Nick Hurran will direct from a screenplay he co-wrote with Scott Reynolds and principal photography is scheduled to begin on September 1 in Romania. More >
