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Third Window Films

Third Window Films is a UK based distributor of movies from East Asia founded in 2005. They have provided distribution for numerous award winning films, such as Oasis (2002 film) (Winner of Marcello Mastroianni Award, FIPRESCI Prize Signis Award and Special Director's Award at the Venice Film Festival), Himizu (film) (Winner of the Marcello Mastroianni Award at the Venice Film Festival), Villain (2010 film) (Best Actress winner at the Montreal Film Festival), Kotoko (film) (Winner of the Best Film Award in the Orrizonti of the Venice Film Festival), Memories of Matsuko (Best Actress, Best Editing and Best Music at Japanese Acadamy Awards) and more.

Although receiving cult status in the UK for releasing such films as Love Exposure, Cold Fish, Fish Story (film), Tetsuo: The Iron Man and others, many of Third Window Films' titles are blockbusters that feature household names in their native countries. For instance, Guns and Talks features Korean idol Won Bin star of Mother (2009 film), For Love's Sake by Takashi Miike played Out of Competition at the Cannes Film Festival, Vulgaria (film) was the highest grossing Hong Kong film of 2012 and Confessions (film), held the number one spot in Japan for a whole month despite strong competition from Sex and the City 2 and Iron Man 2 and was Japan's official nomination for the 2010 Academy Awards.

In 2011 Third Window Films opened a branch office in Japan, Third Window Films Japan, to handle international co-productions. Their first co-production, The Land of Hope directed by Sion Sono, won the NETPAC Award at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2012.

Releases

Green Fish. South Korea, 1997
No.3. South Korea, 1997
Teenage Hooker Became a Killing Machine. South Korea, 2000
Peppermint Candy. South Korea, 2000
No Blood No Tears. South Korea, 2001
Say Yes (film) South Korea, 2001
Friend (2001 film). South Korea, 2001
Kick the Moon. South Korea, 2001
Guns & Talks. South Korea, 2001
Oasis (2002 film). South Korea, 2002
Wild Card. South Korea, 2003
The President's Last Bang. South Korea, 2005
Dasepo Naughty Girls. South Korea, 2006

PTU (film). Hong Kong, 2003
Vulgaria (film). Hong Kong, 2012

Tetsuo: The Iron Man. Japan, 1986
Tetsuo II: Body Hammer. Japan, 1992
Tokyo Fist. Japan, 1995
Bullet Ballet. Japan, 1998
Eyes of the Spider. Japan, 1998
Serpent's Path. Japan, 1998
Kamikaze Girls. Japan, 2004
Confessions of a Dog. Japan, 2005
Turtles Are Surprisingly Fast Swimmers. Japan, 2005
Memories of Matsuko. Japan, 2006
Funuke Show Some Love, You Losers!. Japan, 2007
Adrift in Tokyo. Japan, 2007
The Foreign Duck, The Native Duck & God in a Coin Locker. Japan, 2007
Fine, Totally Fine. Japan, 2008
Love Exposure Japan, 2009
Lala Pipo: A Lot of People. japan, 2009
Instant Swamp. Japan, 2009
Kakera: A Piece of Our Life. Japan, 2009
Fish Story (film). Japan, 2009
Crime or Punishment?!?. Japan, 2009
Confessions (film).Japan, 2010
Cold Fish. Japan, 2010
Villain (2010 film). Japan, 2010
Sawako Decides. Japan, 2011
Quirky Guys and Gals. Japan, 2011
Underwater Love. Japan, 2011
Isn't Anyone Alive?. Japan, 2011
Kotoko (film). Japan, 2011
Himizu (film). Japan, 2011
Mitsuko Delivers. Japan, 2011
The Woodsman & the Rain. Japan, 2011
For Love's Sake. Japan, 2012
The Land of Hope. Japan, 2012
The Story Of Yonosuke. Japan, 2013
See You Tomorrow, Everyone. Japan, 2013

Links

Official Website http://thirdwindowfilms.com/
Official Facebook page http://www.facebook.com/thirdwindowfilms/
Official Twitter Account http://www.twitter.com/thirdwindow/
Official YouTube page http://www.youtube.com/thirdwindowfilms/