# Axiom Films

Axiom Films is an international film distributor and producer based in London.
Founded in 1997 by producer Douglas Cummins and partner Rocio Freire-Bernat, Axiom specialises in independent and world cinema, as well as documentary, filmed opera and dance.
Notable films under Axiom ownership include Half Nelson, for which actor Ryan Gosling was nominated for the Best Actor award at the 2007 Academy Awards, In a Better World, which won the Best Foreign Language Film at the 2011 Academy Awards, and the majority of Wim Wenders’s feature and documentary films.
Axiom is owned by UKI Investments and founders Douglas Cummins and Rocio Freire-Bernat, who also retain a controlling interest and act as managing director and director of acquisitions respectively. UKI is one of the largest privately owned investment companies in the United Kingdom, with interests in real estate, mining, agriculture, financial services and technology across a broad geographical footprint. Axiom distributes an average 10 theatrical releases and 20 DVD films each year, as well as online and digitally through LoveFilm, iTunes and FilmFlex.

## Films under UK and Irish ownership

| Title | Directed by | Original Release Year | Country |
| About Elly | Asghar Farhadi | 2009 | Iran |
| À l'aventure | Jean-Claude Brisseau | 2008 | France |
| Alice in the Cities | Wim Wenders | 1974 | Germany |
| Any Way the Wind Blows | Tom Barman | 2003 | Belgium |
| The American Friend | Wim Wenders | 1977 | Germany |
| Atash / Thirst (English title) | Tawfik Abu Wael | 2004 | Israel/Palestine |
| Ballast | Lance Hammer | 2008 | USA |
| Blood and Rain | Jorge Navas | 2009 | Colombia/Argentina |
| Blue Eyelids | Ernesto Contreras | 2007 | Mexico |
| Born and Bred | Pablo Trapero | 2006 | Argentina |
| Brilliant Moon | Neten Chokling | 2010 | USA |
| Broken Lines | Sallie Aprahamian | 2008 | UK |
| Buena Vista Social Club | Wim Wenders | 1999 | Germany/USA/UK/France/Cuba |
| Carancho | Pablo Trapero | 2010 | Argentina |
| Chop Shop | Ramin Bahrani | 2008 | USA |
| Cold Weather | Aaron Katz | 2011 | USA |
| Juan | Kasper Holten | 2010 | Denmark |
| Dark Horse | Todd Solondz | 2011 | USA |
| De Bruit et de Fureur | Jean-Claude Brisseau | 1988 | France |
| Deliver Us from Evil | Ole Bornedal | 2009 | Denmark/Sweden/Norway |
| Don't Look Down | Eliseo Subiela | 2008 | Argentina/France |
| Ed Hardy: Tattoo the World | Emiko Emori | 2010 | USA |
| Easier with Practice | Kyle Patrick Alvarez | 2009 | USA |
| El Bola | Achero Mañas | 2000 | Spain |
| The Exterminating Angels | Jean-Claude Brisseau | 2006 | France |
| Familia Rodante | Pablo Trapero | 2004 | Argentina/Brazil/France/Germany/Spain/UK |
| Frozen River | Courtney Hunt | 2008 | USA |
| Goodbye Solo | Ramin Bahrani | 2009 | USA |
| Half Nelson | Ryan Fleck | 2006 | USA |
| Honeydripper | John Sayles | 2007 | USA |
| The Housemaid | Im Sang-soo | 2010 | South Korea |
| I Don't Want to Sleep Alone | Tsai Ming-liang | 2007 | Malaysia/Taiwan |
| In a Better World | Susanne Bier | 2011 | Denmark/Sweden |
| In the City of Sylvia | José Luis Guerín | 2007 | Spain |
| The Inner Life of Martin Frost | Paul Auster | 2007 | Spain/Portugal/France/USA |
| Kings of the Road | Wim Wenders | 1976 | West Germany |
| The Kreutzer Sonata | Bernard Rose | 2008 | USA |
| La Bohème | Robert Dornhelm | 2008 | Austria/Germany |
| Land of Plenty | Wim Wenders | 2004 | USA |
| Leap Year | Michael Rowe | 2010 | Mexico |
| Libero | Kim Rossi Stuart | 2006 | Italy |
| Life and Debt | Stephanie Black | 2001 | USA |
| Lion's Den | Pablo Trapero | 2008 | Argentina |
| Lisbon Story | Wim Wenders | 1994 | Germany/Portugal/France/Spain |
| The Living Wake | Sol Tryon | 2007 | USA |
| Lost Embrace | Daniel Burman | 2005 | Argentina/France/Italy/Spain |
| Louise-Michel | Gustave de Kervern, Benoît Delépine | 2008 | France |
| Mademoiselle Chambon | Stéphane Brizé | 2009 | France |
| Mammuth | Gustave de Kervern, Benoît Delépine | 2010 | France |
| Milarepa | Neten Chokling | 2006 | Bhutan |
| My Dog Tulip | Paul Fierlinger | 2009 | USA |
| Nightwatching | Peter Greenaway | 2007 | Canada/France/Germany/Poland/Netherlands/UK/USA |
| Notebook on Cities and Clothes | Wim Wenders | 1990 | West Germany/France |
| Off the Black | Jame Ponsoldt | 2006 | USA |
| One Who Set Forth | Marcel When | 2008 | Germany |
| Paris, Texas | Wim Wenders | 1984 | West Germany/France/UK/USA |
| Passenger Side | Matt Bissonnette | 2009 | Canada |
| Q | Laurent Bouhnik | 2011 | France |
| Return to Gorée | Pierre-Yves Borgeaud | 2007 | Luxembourg/Senegal/Swaziland |
| Room 666 | Wim Wenders | 1982 | France/West Germany |
| Side by Side | Christopher Kenneally | 2012 | USA |
| The Sea Wall | Rithy Panh | 2009 | France/Cambodia/Belgium |
| Spanking the Monkey | David O. Russell | 1994 | USA |
| The State of Things | Wim Wenders | 1982 | West Germany/Portugal/USA |
| Sugar | Anna Boden, Ryan Fleck | 2008 | USA |
| Tony Takitani | Jun Ichikawa | 2005 | Japan |
| Tokyo-Ga | Wim Wenders | 1985 | USA/West Germany |
| Tosca | Benoît Jacquot | 2001 | Italy/France/UK/Germany |
| Un Jeu Brutal | Jean-Claude Brisseau | 1983 | France |
| Undertow | Javier Fuentes-León | 2009 | Peru |
| Uniform | Diao Yi'nan | 2003 | China/Hong Kong |
| Vampires | Vincent Lannoo | 2010 | Belgium |
| The Wayward Cloud | Tsai Ming-liang | 2005 | France/Taiwan |
| Who Loves the Sun | Matt Bissonnette | 2006 | Canada |
| Why We Fight | Eugene Jarecki | 2005 | Canada/France/UK/USA |
| Wings of Desire | Wim Wenders | 1987 | West Germany/France |
| Wrong Move | Wim Wenders | 1987 | West Germany |