Ciby 2000
Ciby 2000 (also written as CiBy 2000 and CIBY 2000) is a French film production and distribution company founded in 1990 by Francis Bouygues.[1] It was best known for producing art house and independent films in France and in other countries.
The fifty films produced or co-produced by Ciby 2000 include Pedro Almodóvar's The Flower of My Secret and Live Flesh; Jane Campion's The Piano; David Lynch's Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, The Straight Story and Lost Highway; Wim Wenders' The End of Violence; Robert Altman's Kansas City; Mike Leigh's Secrets & Lies; and Emir Kusturica's Black Cat, White Cat and Underground.
In its nine years of existence, Ciby 2000 produced or co-produced four Palme d'Or winners: The Piano, Underground, Taste of Cherry and Secrets & Lies. The company officially folded in 1998 amidst financial difficulties.[1][2] The company was relaunched in 2004 with the release of Immortal.
The name Ciby 2000 is a play on the name of American director C. B. DeMille, whose last name sounds similar to the French deux mille, "two thousand".
Movies
- High Heels (1991)
- Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (1992)
- Luna Park (1992)
- The Hour of the Pig (1993)
- The Piano (1993)
- Uncovered (1994)
- The Glass Shield (1994)
- The Flower of My Secret (1995)
- Underground (1995)
- Secrets & Lies (1996)
- Kansas City (1996)
- Muriel's Wedding (1996)
- Live Flesh (1997)
- The End of Violence (1997)
- Lost Highway (1997)
- Messieurs les enfants (1997)
- Black Cat, White Cat (1998)
- Que la lumière soit (1998)
- The Straight Story (1999)
- Immortal (2004) (Australian Distributor)
References
- "Groupe Bouygues: histoire" (in French). Groupe Bouygues. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
- Fleming, Michael (Mar 9, 1997). "Ciby 2000 on block". Variety. Retrieved 14 September 2011.