Via Vision Entertainment of Australia Acquires 'Chronos'

Janson Media announced today that it has licensed the film Chronos to Via Vision Entertainment, an independent company that specializes in delivering premium DVD content to major retailers throughout Australia. The Omnimax Grand Prize-winning Chronos, a hallmark in the canon of special venue films, is the first non-verbal, non-fiction motion picture shot entirely in time-lapse photography. Directed by filmmaker Ron Fricke, Chronos is presented as a visual symphony in seven movements, contrasting the worlds of natural beauty and man-made monuments, as it explores the essence of time. Chronos recounts the story of Western Civilization without uttering a single word. Fricke, whose film Koyaanisqatsi was a 1983 FILMMEX Audience Award Winner, developed a camera which has the capacity to shoot computer-precise, motion controlled time-lapse cinematography for Chronos, creating a revolutionary concept in the IMAX process. Through the influence of accelerating time, the camera follows the transition of human intelligence from the remnants of the Nile civilization to the high technology of North America and Europe. Via Vision Entertainment is a boutique, independent, Australian based DVD label that specializes in taking premium DVD content to major retailers Australia-wide. The company is a joint venture between Paul Dainty and Nick Wayman. Since its inception in late 2005, VVE has acquired an impressive array of award winning titles ranging from The Audrey Hepburn Story (starring Jennifer Love Hewitt), children"s programming like Zoey 101 (starring Jamie Lynn Spears), and more. Established in 1989, Janson Media is an independent content distribution company based in the United States, with a rights portfolio of over 1,500 hours of exclusive programming available for licensing to worldwide television, VOD, DVD/video, non-theatric, and emerging new media markets, and a publisher/ manufacturer of award-winning DVDs. The company has licensed programming to virtually every country in the world, and its clients include most major broadcasters and media companies.