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Ciby 2000 (also written asCiBy 2000 andCIBY 2000) is a French film production and distribution company founded in 1990 byFrancis Bouygues.[1] It was best known for producingart house andindependent films in France and in other countries.
The fifty films produced or co-produced by Ciby 2000 includePedro Almodóvar'sThe Flower of My Secret andLive Flesh;Jane Campion'sThe Piano;David Lynch'sTwin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me,The Straight Story andLost Highway;Wim Wenders'The End of Violence;Robert Altman'sKansas City;Mike Leigh'sSecrets & Lies; andEmir Kusturica'sBlack Cat, White Cat andUnderground.
In its nine years of existence, Ciby 2000 produced or co-produced fourPalme d'Or winners:The Piano,Underground,Taste of Cherry andSecrets & Lies. The company officially folded in 1998 amidst financial difficulties.[1][2] The company was relaunched in 2004 with the release ofImmortal.
The name Ciby 2000 is a play on the name of American directorC. B. DeMille whose last name sounds similar to the Frenchdeux mille, "two thousand". The company stopped in 1998 due to financial difficulties,[3][2] and Martin Bouygues' reluctance to support it. Paramount made an offer to buy the company for 500 million francs, but Monique Bouygues, Francis' widow, refused; the catalog was thus dispersed between TF1, MK2 and several companies.[4]
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