XYZ Films, a privately owned US-based company founded in 2013, acquires and distributes film and television rights. Employing approximately 30 people, the company's most recent annual revenue (2023) was below $25 million.
XYZ Films acquired worldwide sales rights outside of Japan for the supernatural horror film “Never After Dark,” a Japanese-language film, on a date not specified in the provided text. This deal, revealed at the Cannes market, continues the company's focus on international genre films. Separately, XYZ Films dubbed the Swedish film *Watch the Skies* into English using artificial intelligence and screened it in 110 AMC theaters in the US. The company's chief operating officer, Maxime Cottray, noted the challenges of the US market for foreign language films. Finally, XYZ Films promoted Pip Ngo to Executive Vice President of Sales and Acquisitions and Alex Williams to Director of Acquisitions and Development; both will remain based in Los Angeles.