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Posted March 11, 2022 by Mike Tyrkus in News
 
 

Focus Features Releases Commemorative Reel to Honor 20th Anniversary


For twenty years, Focus Features has created unforgettable cinematic experiences for audiences around the world. Now, to commemorate two decades of powerful storytelling and remarkable filmmaking, the studio has released a new reel, looking back at some of their most iconic onscreen moments.

Focus 20 logo

Focus Features chairman Peter Kujawski said, “Cinema holds great power,” said Focus Features chairman Peter Kujawski. “That is the simple belief that has guided us since we asked you to join us on a journey of discovery that began twenty years ago. It has been a voyage motivated by the boundless joy that comes from experiencing the world anew when seeing it through the eyes of others, and it has been steered by the conviction that sharing that experience in a theater with friends, family, and strangers not only delights us, but brings us closer to our loved ones, our community, and the world at large.”

In addition to the new logo and commemorative reel, the studio will continue the celebration by having AMC Theatres highlight the anniversary beginning April 29 with “Focus 20” week at select theatres nationwide. The chain will showcase seven titles from the Focus Features library, each of them receiving an afternoon and primetime screening over the seven-day period. Titles will include: Downton Abbey (2019), Brokeback Mountain (2005), Burn After Reading (2008), Darkest Hour (2017), Atonement (2007), Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind (2004), and Harriet (2019). Learn more about the Focus 20 Celebration HERE!

Additionally, Focus Features is also the first film brand with a dedicated hub on the streaming Peacock platform. The network will collect the studio’s historically acquired specialty films in one place to direct specialty film fans. In the coming weeks, Peacock will also be a home for Focus Features’ digital series including Reel Destinations and You Know That Scene.

For more information, please follow Focus Features on:

Official Website / Facebook / Twitter / Instagram / #Focus20

Mike Tyrkus

Mike Tyrkus

Editor in Chief at CinemaNerdz.com
An independent filmmaker, co-writer and director of over a dozen short films, the Editor in Chief of CinemaNerdz.com has spent much of the last three decades as a writer and editor specializing in biographical and critical reference sources in literature and the cinema, beginning in February 1991 reviewing films for his college newspaper. He was a member of the Detroit Film Critics Society, as well as the group's webmaster and one-time President for over a decade until the group ceased to exist. His contributions to film criticism can be found in Magill's Cinema Annual, VideoHound's Golden Movie Retriever (of which he was the editor for nearly a decade until it too ceased to exist), the International Dictionary of Films and Filmmakers, and the St. James Film Directors Encyclopedia (on which he collaborated with editor Andrew Sarris). He has also appeared on the television program Critic LEE Speaking alongside Lee Thomas of FOX2 and Adam Graham, of The Detroit News. He currently lives in the Detroit area with his wife and their dogs.
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