Biografia
United King Films, owned by Moshe Edery and Leon Edery (RIP), is the leading entertainment content enterprise in Israel today. The company started its business interests in film distribution broadening their scope and becoming leaders of local distribution, production and marketing of a vast range of entertainment and its related businesses. The company stands at the forefront of every aspect of the local entertainment industry from feature films to television, home entertainment/DVD, stage performances and a wide range of music productions.
United King Films' business properties cross the field of entertainment from Cinema City movie megaplex, to being the owner of rights to the biggest catalog of Israeli movies as well as foreign independent titles. To owning 100% of NMC, a music production company and distribution which is also the owner of NMC United, the largest Home Entertainment (DVD) distributor in Israel and the exclusive licensee for a number of the major American studios as well as independent titles, local films and performances and original children's products. A latest acquisition under the United King umbrella is "TelAd", which has the franchise to broadcast on satellite and cable TV channels including MGM; E Entertainment channel; Biographical and History Channels; and now also Israeli films channel. "TelAd" also own editing, sound, graphics, and converting studios. Other acquisitions include Solan Communication producing for the stage (Festigal); Dori Media (TV channels); Talit Productions (Children TV), ADD Talent Agency.
In March 2002, Cinema City, the largest cinema megaplex in the Middle East was opened by United King Films together with the French producers, Samuel and Victor Hadida and the local investor Mr. Ya'acov Cohen. Cinema City is a state of the art entertainment center with branches in Ramat Hasharon, Rishon LeZion, Jerusalem, Kefar Saba Natania, Hadera, Ashdod and Beer-Sheva. Each has numerous screens including VIP luxury screening halls and lounges. The complex also services private screenings and conference facilities for business and social events.
Since its opening, the Cinema City megaplex has become the top entertainment center in Israel constituting about 40% of the country's box office admissions.
In the past years United King Films has become a major player in the film distribution of art house and mainstream cinema with an impressive catalog of American, European and Asian films to its name, including Paul Haggis' 2006 Academy Award ® winning CRASH, Roman Polanski's The Pianist, Kathryn Bigelow's Zero Dark Thirty, Spike Jonze' Her, David O Russell' American Hustle, Martin Scorsese' Wolf of Wall Street and Silence, Andrew Niccol' Lord of War, George Clooney's Good Night and Good Luck and Ides of March, Hirokazu Koreeda's Nobody Knows, Lee Chang-Dong's BURNING, Lee Daniels' The Butler, Jean-Pierre & Luc Dardenne's Le Gamin Au Velo, Benh Zeitlin's Beast of the Southern Wild, Demien Chazelle's Whiplash and LA LA Land, Steven Spielberg's The Post and The Fabelmans, Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert's Everything Everywhere All At Once and Jacques Audiard's Emilia Perez to name a few.
United King is a haven for Israeli cinema and the major investor in Israeli film productions. In recent years, the company has established itself as the leading producer in the Israeli film industry, producing and distributing approximately 15 new films annually such as Beaufort, Lebanon, Turn Left at the End of The World, Walk on Water, Aviva My Love, The Secrets, This is Sodom Foot Note, Apples from the Desert, Maktub, The Last Band in Lebanon, The Other Story, Seven Blessings, Hemda, Shuli, Matchmaker 1 & 2, Jinxed, Golstar, The Ring, Soda.
The company takes a particular interest in new projects investing enormous amounts of time and energy in developing Israeli talent and the local film industry.
In this capacity, United King Films have taken on the task of rejuvenating the archives of Israel's film treasures to preserve and release the old film favorites of all times. In order to achieve this goal the company has founded the biggest DVD authoring studio in Israel with editing and sound suites, "DVD Master".
To date 400 titles were rejuvenated in their facilities. They have also opened Israel's first DCP facility for Digital cinema.
In United King Films' many activities, developing the local entertainment market, reaching the vast audience and enhancing their entertainment pleasure is always at the top of their priorities. The company will continue to invest resources, time, energy and their spirit to stay at the top of the Israeli market.
