Fortissimo Films


Fortissimo Films is an international film, television and video sales organization specializing in the production, presentation, promotion and distribution of feature films, founded in 1991 with offices in Amsterdam and Beijing.https://fortissimofilms.com/
Fortissimo Films’ library includes feature films, feature-length documentaries, animated films, and short subjects. The company represents over 100 films from every corner of the globe. These included features by Wong Kar Wai ; Martin Scorsese ; John Cameron Mitchell ; Jim Jarmusch ; Iwai Shunji ; Pen-ek Ratanaruang ; Tsai Ming-Liang ; Diao Yinan, and Tian Zhuangzhuang and more recently films by ZHANG Yang, ZHANG Chong and LIU Fendou.
Fortissimo's documentaries include Morgan Spurlock’s Super Size Me; Andrew Jarecki’s Capturing the Friedmans; Sydney Pollack’s Sketches of Frank Gehry; Julian Schnabel’s Berlin; Tamra Davis’s Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child; and Kevin Macdonald's Marley.
Additionally, the catalogue features a range of works by directors comprising Gregg Araki, Sergei Bodrov, Fruit Chan, Peter Greenaway, Hou Hsiao-hsien, Kore-eda Hirokazu, Kurosawa Kiyoshi, Richard Linklater, Mira Nair, the Pang Brothers, Park Chanwook, Paul Schrader, Todd Solondz, Béla Tarr, Tsui Hark, Wang Xiaoshuai, Zhang Yang, Zhang Yuan and many other acclaimed filmmakers.
Fortissimo also manages existing libraries on behalf of independent producers and directors, such as Wong Kar Wai’s Jet Tone, Killer Films, Hart Sharp Entertainment and directors Jim Jarmusch, Hal Hartley and Alex van Warmerdam.
Approximately 15 films per year are added to the lineup. Upcoming titles include Love After Love'' by Ann Hui.
On August 17, 2016, after more than 20 years in international distribution, the company filed for bankruptcy in the Netherlands.
The company has restarted business in 2017 under new management.

Selected Fortissimo filmography

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