Exit the dream of Fortissimo, after a long, meditative fight. Image: Ashes of Time, Redux.
Established in 1991, Fortissimo Films has specialised in arthouse films around the world, with a catalogue of prime filmmakers which includes Australia and Asian cinema as well. Under founders Wouter Barendrecht and Helen Loveridge, and Michael Werner, it developed a level of mystique and panache which compelled substantial attention in festival and arthouse exhibition circles. It had taste, daring and imagination.
