First Floor Features
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| Industry | Film |
| Founded 📆 | 1984 |
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| Defunct | 25 February 2004 |
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| Products 📟 | Motion pictures |
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First Floor Features is a Dutch film production company founded by Laurens Geels and Dick Maas.
History
First Floor Features was founded in 1984
The first film the studio released was Abel in 1986.[1]
In 1991, Geels and Maas built a film studio in Almere. In March 1991, the studio complex was opened by Minister Hedy d'Ancona and the two studio spaces of 900 and almost 1700 m², respectively, could also be rented by other film producers. However, interest was disappointing, and the 10 million guilder Film Factory was sold to the NOB with First Floor Features becoming a tenant. The outside area of the studios consisted of the set houses of Zonnedael, used for filming Flodder. In 1999, the house for Big Brother was placed here.
In 1998, the company focused on the English-language market. The 1999 film Do Not Disturb attracted few viewers, and the 2001 English-language remake of the film The Lift, Down even became a flop. Dick Maas left the organization in 2001.
The cost of the English-language film Resistance turned out to be much higher than expected, and FFF ran into financial problems from which the company was unable to recover.[2] On 25 February 2004, the company was declared bankrupt.[3]
Filmography
Film
| Year | Title | Director | Distributor |
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| 1986 | Abel | Alex van Warmerdam | Concorde Film |
| Flodder | Dick Maas | ||
| 1988 | Amsterdamned | ||
| 1990 | Wings of Fame | Otakar Votocek | Cannon Film Distributors |
| My Blue Heaven | Ronald Beer | Cannon Tuschinski Film Distribution | |
| 1991 | Oh Boy! | Orlow Seunke | Concorde Film |
| 1992 | The Northerners | Alex van Warmerdam | United International Pictures |
| Flodders in America | Dick Maas | ||
| 1995 | Long Live the Queen | Esmé Lammers | Concorde Film |
| Flodder 3 | Dick Maas | ||
| 1997 | Character | Mike van Diem | Buena Vista International |
| 1999 | De Rode Zwaan | Martin Lagestee | |
| Do Not Disturb | Dick Maas | ||
| 2001 | Down | ||
| 2002 | Tom & Thomas | Esmé Lammers | |
| Valentín | Alejandro Agresti | Cinemien | |
| 2003 | Resistance | Todd Komarnicki | A-Film Distribution |
Television
- Flodder (1993-1999)
- Westzijde Posse (1996-1997)
References
- ↑ Beerekamp, Hans (31 July 1985). "Film Alex van Warmerdam eerste produkt nieuwe studio" [Film Alex van Warmerdam first product new studio]. NRC Handelsblad (in Nederlands). Retrieved 28 December 2024.
- ↑ "Filmproducent in financiële nood". NRC Handelsblad (in Nederlands). 11 November 2003. Archived from the original on 6 February 2025. Retrieved 6 February 2025. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Blokker, Bas; Berkhout, Karel (19 March 2004). "`Filmbedrijf Geels is failliet". NRC Handelsblad (in Nederlands). Archived from the original on 5 February 2025. Retrieved 5 February 2025. Unknown parameter
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