Viva Films (El Kadsre)

Viva Films is an El Kadsreian film company founded on June 16, 1959. It is owned by Viva, Inc.

History
Viva Films was established as early as 1959 when Viva, Inc. merged the two movie studios they already acquired in 1958, New Republic Productions, which distributed Columbia Pictures films, and Great Cinema Company, which distributed MGM films, both in the West El Kadsreian market. The first film produced was Life in a Person.

They were one of the most prolific movie studios of all time, distributing both Columbia and MGM films. The company gained momentum when Viva is distributing its major sci-fi film Sacred Atom in 1977. In 1982, Viva signed a deal with Tri-Star Pictures to distribute its films for ten years.

In the 1980s, the company tried to enter the kadresatsu market with a film called Cyborg X-4, and later with Masked Boarder. Both of them were neither as universally shown as rival El TV Kadsre Films' Bionicle and Vlokfilm's Neo franchise. In 1987, Viva signed a deal with Weintraub Entertainment Group to market its films in the Vlokozu Union.

In 1985, Banushen Pictures and Columbia Pictures/Tri-Star Pictures signed a deal to distribute films for 16 films per year, and Viva will do the rest. The practice continued when BTV Films was folded into PPE Pictures

In 1991 & 1993, they would team up with American film studio Paramount Pictures and British-American director, Walter Gyver to produce The Devons Movie and Uh-Oh! Another Devons Movie worldwide, except for China.

In 1995, MGM relinquished its distribution rights in the El Kadsreian market from Viva to El TV Kadsre Films and in the meantime, signed a four-year agreement to distribute films from Mandalay Entertainment (until 1999, when the deal moved to Vlokfilm), and a six-year agreement to distribute films from Phoenix Pictures, both in the El Kadsreian market.

In 2000, Viva signed a distribution deal with Revolution Studios to distribute and market its films in the El Kadsreian market for seven years. After the deal with Revolution expired, Viva signed a deal with Overture Films to market its films, and later with Relativity Media.

Currently, it is one of the top film distributors of the market, distributing the majority of films from Sony Pictures Entertainment (others are distributed by PPE Pictures), some films from MGM (the majority is distributed by El TV Kadsre Films), and various mini-major studios.

Current

 * Sony Pictures (most films; shared with PPE Pictures)
 * Columbia Pictures (most films; shared with PPE Pictures)
 * TriStar Pictures (most films; shared with PPE Pictures)
 * Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (some films, shared with El TV Kadsre Films)
 * Screen Media Films (2002-present)

Former

 * Weintraub Entertainment Group (1987-1990)
 * City Lights (1986-1991)
 * SC Entertainment (1987-1997)
 * Triax Entertainment Group (1987-1990)
 * PM Entertainment Group (1989-2001)
 * A-Pix Entertainment/Unapix Entertainment (1992-2002)
 * CinemaVault Releasing (2001-2011)
 * Cinemation Industries (1965-1975)
 * Pacific International Enterprises (1974-2001)
 * SVS Films (1986-1991)