To follow up on what Dennis wrote. Most foreign films have contracts between 7-15 years. In many cases when this is up one or the other side does not wish to renew for a variety of reasons ( and a common one being that one of them is no longer in business). Another problem is that even when companies acquire or renew rights to one of these older titles they do not obtain any kind of theatrical or non theatrical rights for public exhibition as it is considered to minor to bother with.
You can if you wish try to track down the rights holder who is usually overseas and see if you can make an arrangement to license a showing with them directly but it can be time consuming and in many cases the price quoted is really high. On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 5:04 PM, Deborah Benrubi <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Videolib folks, > > In helping out a campus prof I've just been told by Swank that Farewell my > Concubine (released by Miramax) "has been withdrawn from circulation and is > no longer available for licensing." What could be the reason? Does anyone > have more knowledge of this film and its distribution? Thank you for helping > me understand the issues in PPR for foreign films. > > p.s. Apologies to those of you who responded to my offer of audio tapes. > This is my first day back at work after a sort of family emergency > Thanksgiving week. I'll get back to you shortly. > > Deborah Benrubi > Technical Services Librarian > Gleeson Library|Geschke Center > 2130 Fulton St. > San Francisco, CA 94117 > ph. 415.422.5672 > fax 415.422.2233 > > > VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues > relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, > preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and > related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective > working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication > between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and > distributors. > -- Jessica Rosner Media Consultant 224-545-3897 (cell) 212-627-1785 (land line) [email protected] VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
