Umbrella Entertainment
Umbrella Entertainment was founded in 2001 as a film distributor for Australia and New Zealand. It is based in Kew, Victoria, Australia and produces media content, including television programs and documentaries, for distribution on DVD, Blu-ray and online streaming services. It also undertakes rights management activities such as film distribution for both theatrical and non-theatrical release, television licensing, video on demand as well as serving as a film and video performance rights organisation.
Operations[edit]
Umbrella Entertainment acquires international and Australian feature films and documentaries from the conceptual stages of production through to completion.
In addition to theatrical films, Umbrella Entertainment holds the rights to more than 1,500 library titles and has one of the largest collections of remastered classic Australian Films and TV Programs on DVD in Australia.[citation needed]
Umbrella holds one of the largest commercial libraries of Australian and ozploitation films, regularly restoring genre classic films. Umbrella Entertainment exhibits the releases of rare, classic and cult Australian films.
Umbrella has been responsible for restoring many "lost" Australian films which had been unavailable for decades. These include films by Alex Proyas[1] and Brian Trenchard-Smith. All restorations are scanned in either 4K (from 35mm) and 2K (from 16mm) from original film materials.
Umbrella Entertainment acquires, distributes and manages the release of theatrical titles throughout Australia, New Zealand and elsewhere.
Restoration of Australian films[edit]
Umbrella remasters and preserves Australian films, TV programs, documentaries for worldwide video-on-demand platforms, TV, Blu-ray and DVD.[2] Umbrella uses a Melbourne post-production facility to manage its film archive transfers to digital media.
Some of Umbrella's Blu-ray and DVD releases have included the restoration of Australian genre films and inclusion of previously unpublished extras and special features. As well as being sourced from National Film and Sound Archives, Umbrella produces extra featurettes and interviews with cast and crew, and includes previously untouched archived materials including footage, outtakes, interviews and production documents.
References[edit]
- ↑ "The trippy first film from Alex Proyas "Spirits of the Air, Gremlins of the Clouds" will finally get a Blu-Ray release". Flick.com.au. 21 June 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
- ↑ Groves, Don (23 March 2015). "Umbrella restores more Oz classics". If Magazine. Retrieved 13 September 2019.
External links[edit]
- Umbrella Entertainment
- Groves, Don (18 September 2018). "Umbrella Entertainment keeps faith in Oz films and documentaries". If Magazine.
- "South Australian Film Corporation partners with Umbrella Entertainment to re-release South Aussie screen classics" (Press release). South Australian Film Corporation. May 26, 2017.
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