Filmnet 1985 – 1992

Filmnet was a premium subscription based movie channel. It began life in the Netherlands on March 29th 1985 and was a owned between the Dutch ATN (Abonnee Televisie Nederland), Rob Houwer and Peter Jelgersma (Dutch filmmakers) and the Swedish Esselte Group. Scandinavia was next, broadcasting the channel in English 24 hours a day to Norway, Sweden and Denmark. Filmnet was criticised in the UK for showing hard-core pornography in the lates 1980’s, despite the fact the channel was encrypted (Although pirate decoder boxes were available to buy!). Later it was sold to the South-African M-Net/Nethold group which sold it to Canal+ in 1993 after poor viewing figures. Localised versions of Canal+ replaced the Filmnet channels in Belgium, Holland, Flanders, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland and Poland. But the channel’s brand still lives on.. now with multi branded Filmnet channels in Greece.

Filmnet + 1992 – 1994

Filmnet Plus 1994

These next set of idents, use multi-layering CG techniques to acheive a textured look, just by using different lighting conditions. Simple, yet wonderfully atmospheric!

Filmnet 1995

Filmnet Holding Stills