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UK-WIDE RE-RELEASE
(FAMILY MATTERS)		All That Heaven Allows (1955, US)

Re-release date: w/c 24 October 2025		Douglas SirkAn upper-class widow falls in love with a much younger, down-to-earth nurseryman, much to the disapproval of her children and criticism of her country club peers.


1h 29 minsPark Circus / sales@parkcircus.com£75 MG vs 35%4K DCPAD / HoHFilmBankMedia - For non-theatrical venues booking multiple Menu titles, FAN members can get the first title for £50 if they book 3 or more films. Contact kashif.shirazi@filmbankmedia.com for more info.

https://www.filmbankmedia.com/licences/stsl/stsl-pricing-options/		Park Circus also holds many other Douglas Sirk titles
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LOVE AND OBSESSIONFloating Clouds (1955, Japan)Mikio NaruseA tragic social drama set in post war Japan about a lonely woman trying to find purpose and stability in a devastated Tokyo.

2 hr 3 minsBFI Distribution / bookings.films@bfi.org.uk25%/£90MG + VAT – licence only for blu-ray screeningBlu-Ray£90 + VAT (Blu-Ray screenings, venue to supply own disc)Venue to supply own disc
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LOVE AND OBSESSIONBrief Encounter (1945, UK)David LeanMeeting a stranger in a railway station, a woman is tempted to cheat on her husband.

1h 26 minsPark Circus / sales@parkcircus.com£75 MG vs 35%
+ combi drive charge		DCPPark Circus has non-theatrical licences for disc screeningsThis film will be included on a combi drive that'll hold Brief Encounter, Far From Heaven, Stella Dallas, Volver and Imitation of Life. The combi drive will be sent for £80 to reduce individual DCP costs.
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LOVE AND OBSESSIONLetter From an Unknown Woman (1948, US)Max OphülsA pianist about to flee from a duel receives a letter from a woman he cannot remember, who may hold the key to his downfall.

1h 27 minsBFI Distribution / bookings.films@bfi.org.uk35% £80MG + £20 DCP restore fee

25% £90MG + VAT – licence only (DVD/Blu-Ray)		DCP£80 + VAT plus additional £20 + VAT digital restore fee (DCP) / £90 + VAT (Blu-Ray screenings, venue to supply own disc)Venue to supply own disc
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LOVE AND OBSESSIONThe Bitter Tears of Petra Von Kant (1972, Germany)Rainer Werner FassbinderA troubled fashion designer strikes up a romance with a much younger woman.

2h 4 minsArrow Films / cameron@arrowfilms.co.uk25% vs £100 MGDCP35% / £100 for DCP bookings and a flat £100 for BD bookings if the site sources their own copy of the film (rises to £150 if they have to supply)
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SCANDAL AND DEFIANCEMamma Roma (1962, Italy)Pier Paolo Pasolini
An ex-prostitute reunites with her son, but an extortion scheme threatens her aspirations for a decent life.


1h 50 minsJanus Films / belovarac@janusfilms.com35% vs MG $250 USD

(MG covers multiple screenings over booking)		DCPJanus has non-theatrical rights ($100 vs 35% USD). BFI FAN to provide DVD copies - email ti.s@watershed.co.uk for DVDNo Blu-Ray available
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SCANDAL AND DEFIANCEVictims of Sin (1951, Mexico)Emilio FernándezIn México City, a Cuban dancer from "Cabaret Changó" rescues a baby from a garbage can and decides to raise him, but her pachuco pimp gets in her way.

1h 30 minsFilm Noir UK / southwestsilents@gmail.com £150 MG vs 30%
(no delivery costs)		DCPFilm Noir UK also has non-theatrical screening rights (£75 MG vs 35%) and can provide digital download for MOV files
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SCANDAL AND DEFIANCEThe Eternal Breasts (aka Forever A Woman) (1955, Japan)Kinuyo TanakaFumiko, mother of two children and wife of an unfaithful man who shows a low self esteem, shares her family life with her asleep vocation as a poetess. The beginning of her successful literary career coincides with her divorce and the development of a serious illness: a breast cancer, which leads her to lose her breasts. In the last stage of her life she meets a young journalist arrived from Tokyo, an admirer of her work, who want to write a story on her life. Both live a secret love history.
1h 46 minsJanus Films / belovarac@janusfilms.com35% vs MG $250 USD

(MG covers multiple screenings over booking)		4K DCPJanus has non-theatrical rights ($100 vs 35% USD). Non Theatrical Materials not available - venue would have to provide own version.
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SCANDAL AND DEFIANCEFar From Heaven (2002, US) Todd HaynesIn 1950s Connecticut, a flustered housewife faces a marital crisis and mounting racial tensions in the outside world.1h 47 minsPark Circus / sales@parkcircus.com£75 MG vs 35%
+ combi drive charge		DCPFilmBankMedia - For non-theatrical venues booking multiple Menu titles, FAN members can get the first title for £50 if they book 3 or more films. Contact kashif.shirazi@filmbankmedia.com for more info.

https://www.filmbankmedia.com/licences/stsl/stsl-pricing-options/		This film will be included on a combi drive that'll hold Brief Encounter, Far From Heaven, Stella Dallas, Volver and Imitation of Life. The combi drive will be sent for £80 to reduce individual DCP costs.
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FAMILY MATTERSStella Dallas (1937, US)King VidorA working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future.A working-class woman is willing to do whatever it takes to give her daughter a socially promising future.

1h 46 minsPark Circus / sales@parkcircus.com£75 MG vs 35%
+ combi drive charge		DCPPark Circus has non-theatrical licencesThis film will be included on a combi drive that'll hold Brief Encounter, Far From Heaven, Stella Dallas, Volver and Imitation of Life. The combi drive will be sent for £80 to reduce individual DCP costs.
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FAMILY MATTERSVolver (2006, Spain)Pedro AlmodóvarAfter her death, a mother returns to her home town in order to fix the situations she couldn't resolve during her life.

2h 1 minPark Circus / sales@parkcircus.com£75 MG vs 35%
+ combi drive charge		DCPFilmBankMedia - For non-theatrical venues booking multiple Menu titles, FAN members can get the first title for £50 if they book 3 or more films. Contact kashif.shirazi@filmbankmedia.com for more info.

https://www.filmbankmedia.com/licences/stsl/stsl-pricing-options/		This film will be included on a combi drive that'll hold Brief Encounter, Far From Heaven, Stella Dallas, Volver and Imitation of Life. The combi drive will be sent for £80 to reduce individual DCP costs.
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FAMILY MATTERSThe Silences of the Palace (1994, Tunisia)Moufida TlatliAs she grows up, Alia (the daughter of housemaid Khedija) learns the secrets of the peaceful palace where she and her mother live.

1h 56 minsCinetele Films / cinetelefilms@cinetelefilms.net35% vs £100 MGDCP35% vs £100 MG
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FAMILY MATTERSImitation of Life (1934, US)John M. Stahl
A struggling widow and her daughter take in a Black housekeeper and her fair-skinned daughter; the two women start a successful business but face familial, identity, and racial issues along the way.


1h 51 minsPark Circus / sales@parkcircus.com£75 MG vs 35%
+ combi drive charge		4K DCPFilmBankMedia - For non-theatrical venues booking multiple Menu titles, FAN members can get the first title for £50 if they book 3 or more films. Contact kashif.shirazi@filmbankmedia.com for more info.

https://www.filmbankmedia.com/licences/stsl/stsl-pricing-options/		This film will be included on a combi drive that'll hold Brief Encounter, Far From Heaven, Stella Dallas, Volver and Imitation of Life. The combi drive will be sent for £80 to reduce individual DCP costs.
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