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| Founded | 1990(as American Film Investment Corporation) 1994(as Golden Films) |
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| Founder | Diane Eskenazi |
| Headquarters | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Website | https://www.goldenfilms.com/ |
Golden Films is an American production studio founded in 1990 by Diane Eskenazi, known asAmerican Film Investment Corporation for its first four years in business.[citation needed] The studio has produced a variety of animated shortfilms including theEnchanted Tales series, which were originally distributed bySony, and a series of well known specials for Hallmark.
TheEnchanted Tales series is based on fairy tales and classic literature, most of which had already been made into animated features byDisney. This prompted Disney to sue one of Golden Films' distributors after a string ofDisney Renaissance-era films ended up in direct competition with Golden Films' productions on thehome video market. As both Disney and Golden Films had relied on the samepublic domain source material, Disney ultimately lost the case.[1] The Golden Films library also uses classical music and over 200 original songs. Production of new animated content ceased in 2004, but these films are still licensed to TV networks and other distributors.
In 2021, after a 17-year production hiatus, Golden Films began collaborating with another company called Peace Builders to produce live-action documentaries known as theOne World series.
Golden Films has produced over 90 films and series which include theEnchanted Tales series of animated films which Golden Films produced for Sony. Golden Films also created and produced the animated seriesKing Arthur and the Knights of Justice.
In 2021, Golden Films began working with Peace Builders to produce a collection of sociopolitical shortfilms known as theOne World series, created by international ambassadors representingGeneration Z. These include the originalOne World miniseries, which celebrates ethnic diversity;We Rise, which presents methods of coping with stress and anxiety;Call for Peace, which concerns theRusso-Ukrainian War; andCode Red Planet Earth, which discusses the effects of and potential solutions toclimate change.
Golden Films' productions have been distributed by a variety of distributors. In the United States, distributors have includedSony Wonder,Columbia TriStar,Cartoon Network (Latin America), andHallmark. International distributors includeBBC, Universal,Grupo Planeta andPolygram. Current distribution includes Amazon, Tubi, Pluto TV, Comcast, Apple TV, Redbox, Roku Apple TV and many other streaming platforms.
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