Associated Film Distribution
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Associated Film Distribution was a British film distribution company active in the late 1970s and early 1980s, known for handling the UK releases of various international and independent films.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Associated Film Distribution canonical | 6 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3321688 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Associated Film Distribution Context triple: [The Mirror Crack'd, productionCompany, Associated Film Distribution]
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A.
Icon Film Distribution
Icon Film Distribution is a UK-based film distribution company known for releasing a range of independent, arthouse, and international films.
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B.
Alliance Films
Alliance Films was a major Canadian film distribution and production company known for releasing a wide range of independent and international movies in Canada and other markets.
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C.
Altitude Film Distribution
Altitude Film Distribution is a UK-based independent film distribution company known for releasing critically acclaimed and arthouse titles in cinemas and on home entertainment platforms.
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D.
Sony Pictures Releasing
Sony Pictures Releasing is the film distribution arm of Sony Pictures Entertainment, responsible for marketing and releasing the studio’s movies worldwide.
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E.
Transmission Films
Transmission Films is an Australian film distribution and production company known for releasing acclaimed independent and international films.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Associated Film Distribution Target entity description: Associated Film Distribution was a British film distribution company active in the late 1970s and early 1980s, known for handling the UK releases of various international and independent films.
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A.
Icon Film Distribution
Icon Film Distribution is a UK-based film distribution company known for releasing a range of independent, arthouse, and international films.
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B.
Alliance Films
Alliance Films was a major Canadian film distribution and production company known for releasing a wide range of independent and international movies in Canada and other markets.
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C.
Altitude Film Distribution
Altitude Film Distribution is a UK-based independent film distribution company known for releasing critically acclaimed and arthouse titles in cinemas and on home entertainment platforms.
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D.
Sony Pictures Releasing
Sony Pictures Releasing is the film distribution arm of Sony Pictures Entertainment, responsible for marketing and releasing the studio’s movies worldwide.
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E.
Transmission Films
Transmission Films is an Australian film distribution and production company known for releasing acclaimed independent and international films.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (26)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
British company
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film distribution company ⓘ |
| activePeriod |
early 1980s
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late 1970s ⓘ |
| alternateName | AFD ⓘ |
| basedIn | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| businessActivity |
acquiring distribution rights
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booking films into cinemas ⓘ marketing films ⓘ |
| businessModel | theatrical film distribution ⓘ |
| classification | entertainment company ⓘ |
| country | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| distributionTerritory | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| era | 20th century film industry ⓘ |
| field | cinema ⓘ |
| handled |
UK releases of independent films
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UK releases of international films ⓘ |
| industry | film distribution ⓘ |
| market | British cinema exhibitors ⓘ |
| notableFor |
distributing independent films in the United Kingdom
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distributing international films in the United Kingdom ⓘ |
| product | theatrical film releases ⓘ |
| regionServed | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| scope | national film distribution ⓘ |
| status | defunct ⓘ |
| typeOfBusiness | independent distributor ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Associated Film Distribution Description of subject: Associated Film Distribution was a British film distribution company active in the late 1970s and early 1980s, known for handling the UK releases of various international and independent films.
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
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