SquareOne Entertainment is one of the leading independent film distributors in German speaking Europe, known for films like THE IMITATION GAME, BOOK CLUB, ALL IS LOST, THE WIFE, TRAUTMANN and UNHEIMLICH PERFEKTE FREUNDE.
As a Munich-based company we are dedicated to bringing outstanding stories with global reach and local expertise to all screens. Over the past two decades, we have has been responsible for the coproduction, marketing and distribution of domestic and international independent films and series in German-speaking Europe. Years of collaboration with established, first-class content producers enables our team of experts to have early access to premium quality content with a commercial focus. Historically, we have acquired rights through single picture acquisitions with independent production studios from around the globe. Most recently however our team has transitioned our emphasis on acquisition in tandem with production activities. We acquire and coproducer, benefitting from both activities in combination. We make significant, risk-balanced investments in our content every year, to drive the quality of our every growing library creating value for tomorrow. This broader strategic emphasis makes us more resilient for the future.
The Tank
Cast
Luciane Buchanan, Mark Mitchinson, Matt Whelan
Director
Scott Walker
Video start
24.08.2023 (EST) / 01.09.2023 (DVD/BD)
Production year
2023
Country
NZL
Local rating
16
Oakland, California in the year 1978: A young family unexpectedly inherits a picturesque cottage located by the sea. However, what seems like paradise quickly turns into a nightmare for Jules (Luciane Buchanan), Ben (Matt Whelan), and their daughter. Strange things happen at night, and the huge water tank next to the house holds an ancient family secret - a bloodthirsty monster lurking within it...
Mafia Mamma
Production
IDEA(L), Vocab Films, New Sparta
Cast
Toni Collette, Monica Bellucci
Director
Catherine Hardwicke
Video start
17.08.2023 (EST) / 25.08.2023 (DVD/BD)
Production year
2023
Country
USA
Local rating
16
Kristin, a writer in her middle age, is grappling with the challenges of her son leaving for college, a chauvinistic boss, and her husband's recent infidelity. Amidst this turmoil, Bianca, a trusted advisor to Kristin's estranged grandfather, informs her of his passing and insists she attend his funeral in Italy. Though hesitant at first, Kristin's friend Jenny, a vocal attorney, convinces her that this journey could be the key to her recovery. However, things take a dangerous turn when the funeral transforms into a bloody shootout, and Kristin discovers that her grandfather intended for her, the only living heir, to take on the mantle of leader for Calabria's most formidable Mafia family.
The Food Club
Production
Apulia Film
Cast
Kirsten Olesen, Stina Ekblad, Kristen Lehfeldt
Director
Barbara Topsøe-Rothenborg
Video start
29.06.2023 (EST) / 07.07.2023 (DVD/BD)
Production year
2020
Country
DNK
Local rating
12
When the "best ager" Marie is abandoned by her husband, her world initially collapses. However, her two best friends since childhood, Berling and Vanja, persuade her to go on a joint trip to Apulia, including an Italian cooking course. Under the southern sun the three women soon learn that their friendship is the most important thing they have left in life - and that it is never too late to face a new future. But for that, each one must rediscover herself...
Dalíland
Production
Zephyr Films, Pressman Film, Room 9 Entertainment
Cast
Ben Kingsley, Barbara Sukowa, Ezra Miller, Christopher Briney
Director
Mary Harron
Kino start
07.09.2023
Video start
01.12.2023 (EST) / 08.12.2023 (DVD/BD)
Production year
2021
Country
UK
The focal point of DALíLAND revolves around the later years of the peculiar and fascinating marriage between Salvador Dalí and his tyrannical wife Gala, as their seemingly unbreakable bond begins to crumble. As a counterpoint to the glam rock era of 1970s Manhattan, a series of flashbacks depict the story of Dalí and Gala's intense love.
Freaks Out
Production
Gabriele Mainetti
Cast
Claudio Santamaria, Aurora Giovinazzo, Pietro Castellitto
Director
Gabriele Mainetti
Video start
15.06.2023 (EST) / 23.06.2023 (DVD/BD)
Production year
2021
Country
Italy
Local rating
16
They are a freak of nature and the greatest attraction in the circus: a magically gifted albino, a magnetic dwarf, a werewolf with superpowers and an electric dancer. When the Germans march into Rome in 1943 and their foster father Israel disappears without a trace while searching for an escape route, a bizarre odyssey begins for Cencio, Mario, Fulvio, and Matilde through the war-torn eternal city. The four of them must fight together for survival and hope to have found a new home in Circus Berlin. However, the circus director, a fanatical Nazi named Franz, pursues his own perverse plans and conducts grotesque human experiments.
Slayers
Production
Bondlt Media Capital, Buffalo 8 Productions, Fasehun Films
Cast
Thomas Jane Abigail Breslin Kara Hayward
Director
K. Asher Levin
Video start
22.06.2023 (EST) / 30.06.2023 (DVD/BD)
Production year
2022
Country
USA
Local rating
16
Elliot Jones, a tough vampire hunter, has made it his life's mission to seek revenge on the bloodsuckers who murdered his daughter during her teenage years. After years of pursuit he has finally discovered their secluded, luxurious hideout. However, in order to get closer to the vampires he must blend in with a colorful group of social media stars as the influencers have caught the attention of the mysterious billionaire, Beverly Rektor, who invites them to a party at her estate. Soon though the young guests realize that the wealthy individuals are nothing more than ancient vampires who are keeping them trapped in a house of horrors.
The Lair
Production
Rather Good Films Production
Cast
Charlotte Kirk, Jonathan Howard, Jamie Bamber, Leon Ockender
Director
Neil Marshall
Video start
11.05.2023 (EST) / 19.05.2023 (DVD/BD)
Production year
2022
Country
USA
Local rating
18
Royal Air Force combat pilot Kate Sinclair is shot down over a dangerous rebel stronghold in Afghanistan. While fleeing from the Taliban, she comes across an old, sealed bunker where experiments with aliens and humanoid fetuses were apparently conducted. What was once bred as a living weapon of war is now awakening and has only one goal: to kill! Kate manages to escape to a US military base initially. However, when the creatures from the bunker break free and attack the command post, all hell breaks loose...
Inside
Production
Heritec, Schiwago Film, A Privat View, MMC Studios
Cast
Willem Dafoe
Director
Vasilis Katsoupis
Kino start
16. March 2023
Video start
22.9.2023 (EST) / 29.09.2023 (DVD/BD)
Production year
2021
Country
Germany, Belgium, Greece
Local rating
12
Inside tells the story of Nemo (Willem Dafoe), an art thief who enters a collector’s penthouse apartment hunting for valuable works of art. As he enters, the security system locks everything down. And then malfunctions. He is locked inside. At first, he expects his partner-in-crime to arrive, then the security guards or the police. Or the owner. But no one comes. And days stretch out into weeks and months. He is locked inside a prison adorned with exquisite, strange, even eerie works of art: works that he both covets and admires, but which are now, for him, useless. Instead, he must use all of his cunning and invention to survive. The luxury penthouse – this locus of perfection and aspiration – has become a prison. And then a place of revelation.
Bandit
Production
Yale Production, Goldrush Entertainment
Cast
Josh Duhamel, Mel Gibson, Elisha Cuthbert
Director
Allan Ungar
Video start
27.04.23 (EST) / 05.05.23 (DVD/BD)
Production year
2022
Country
USA
Local rating
12
BANDIT is a thrilling true-life story of Gilbert Galvan Jr., who successfully got away with 63 bank and jewelry heists during his crime spree. It tells the tale of the career criminal (Josh Duhamel), who escapes from a U.S. prison and crosses the border into Canada, assuming a new identity.
On The Line
Production
Three Point Capital, BondIt Media Capital, R-Lines Productions, CaliWood Pictures
Cast
Mel Gibson, Kevin Dillon, Enrique Arce, Nadia Fares
Director
Romuald Boulanger
Video start
01.12.22 (EST) / 16.12.22 (DVD/BD)
Production year
2022
Country
USA
Local rating
16
Psychopath Gary kidnaps the wife and child of rough-and-ready Elvis Cooney (Mel Gibson) during a late-night radio talk show. Gary wants to make the gruff presenter pay for the suicide of his former assistant and plays a sadistic game with Elvis and his team. He kills some employees and threatens to blow up Elvis' family. A breathless race against time begins...
Euer Ehren
Production
SquareOne Productions, Monafilm, ARD Degeto
Cast
Sebastian Koch, Paula Beer, Tobias Moretti, Rainer Bock
Director
David Nawrath
Video start
03.11.22 (EST) / 04.11.22 (DVD/BD)
Production year
2021
Country
Germany, Austria
Local rating
12
Michael Jacobi is one of the most respected judges of Innsbruck thanks to his successful fight against organized crime. When his son Julian causes an accident and flees from the scene, Jacobi throws his strict principles overboard to help him. The badly injured victim turns out to be the son of a Serbian clan chief, who has recently been arrested. His daughter Arija Sailovic, eager to take over the family business and not believing in her brother’s accident, starts doing her own research. The investigation of Commissioner Kirchner also puts Jacobi under a lot of pressure. While his life is running off the rails, Jacobi does all he can to protect his son and not only enrages the gangsters, but also the powerful tycoon Uli Lindner . When a brutal gang war begins and Jacobi is getting caught up in his own lies, the situation threatens to escalate.
Shark Bait
Production
Picaro Films
Cast
Holly Earl, Malachi Pullar-Latchman, Catherine Hannay
Director
James Nunn
Video start
25.08.22 (EST) / 09.09.22 (DVD/BD)
Production year
2021
Country
UK
Local rating
16
College student Nat and her four friends celebrate spring break on the sandy beaches of Mexico. After a night of drinking, the youngsters steal two jet skis at dawn and race out to sea. A bad accident occurs in which one of the friends breaks his leg. Miles away from the coast, one of the jet skis starts to sink, and the second one won’t work anymore. With no idea of how to get home, the friends drift farther and farther out to open sea, when the blood from the open fracture attracts a merciless shark. A merciless fight for life begins.