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ARTE Distribution has secured a new wave of agreements for its Cinema Icons Collection with international partners. This top-selling selection brings together premium biographical documentaries on cinema’s most iconic figures, both past and present, and continues to achieve strong audience performance across global broadcasters.

The collection highlights renowned Hollywood legends, including “Julie Andrews” (52’), whose portrait has seen significant success in the US, Austria, Switzerland, Denmark and the UK, as well as “James Dean” (52’), which has been widely aired in Italy, Eastern Europe and Argentina.

Contemporary A-list talents also feature prominently in the catalogue and consistently draw buyer interest. The “Kate Winslet” (52’) documentary has been picked up across Asia, Eastern Europe, the UK and New Zealand, while the biography “Brad Pitt” (52’) has recently reached Spain, Denmark, Switzerland, Austria, Asia, Greece, the Middle East and Latin America.

Regularly expanded, the Cinema Icons Collection added several new titles this year, including portraits of “Bruce Lee” (52’), “Nicolas Cage” (52’) and “Tom Hanks” (52’), which are already generating strong momentum in Poland, Spain, Greece, Canada, Switzerland and Denmark.

The line-up also showcases acclaimed profiles of major directors, with high-performing titles dedicated to “Steven Spielberg” (52’), “Tim Burton” (52’) and “Clint Eastwood” (52’), all of which continue to register solid international sales.

ARTE Distribution’s continually expanding cinema offering provides a successful range of high-quality portrait documentaries. In recent years, the company has notably distributed the high-profile biography “Becoming Marilyn” (52’) in territories such as Japan, the UK and Switzerland, as well as “Nicole Kidman” (52’), “Cary Grant” (52’) and “Jodie Foster” (52’) to leading broadcasters including CANAL+ Poland, Telefónica (Spain) and NHK (Japan).