Madman Films boasts Australia's strongest catalogue of independent and foreign language films.

With more than 20 Academy Award®-winning titles alongside numerous winners of awards from the major European festivals as well as the Australian Film Institute, Madman distributes to both the rental and retail markets in Australia and New Zealand. Madman represents all rights for many of its films, from theatrical to home video, TV, VOD and other rights. In addition, a number of independent Australian theatrical distributors sublicense films to Madman to service the home video market on their behalf.

With a strong focus on highly-regarded foreign-language film, independent cinema and documentaries, Madman Films has cemented its position as the pre-eminent Australian distributor of alternative and niche cinema.

Highlights of Madman Films recent DVD release schedule have included the Australian critical and commercial success, Look Both Ways, French box office smash 36 Quai Des Orfevres, Oscar®-winner Tsotsi, as well as Neil Armfield's Candy and Tommy Lee Jones' The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada.

In addition, Madman has had significant success with the ground-breaking Aboriginal language feature Ten Canoes, and achieved Australia's third highest-selling DVD of 2006, Kenny.

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