Private company

CNN Films

Logo: Warner Bros. Discovery, Cable News Network, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons3

Film production company

Cable News Network Films (known as CNN Films) is a motion picture division of CNN Worldwide, originally launched in 2012. Its first film, Girl Rising premiered in spring 2013 in the United States.2 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0

Last updated Oct 20, 2026.

Overview

2012Founded1

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Cable News Network Films (known as CNN Films) is a motion picture division of CNN Worldwide, originally launched in 2012. Its first film, Girl Rising premiered in spring 2013 in the United States.2

Corporate structure

CNN Films is part of a group headed by Warner Bros. Discovery. 146 entities, 17 countries on record. Switch between the flow chart and the network, and select any entity to see its details.

Built from parent and subsidiary links from GLEIF, the Global Legal Entity Identifier Foundation (CC0); subsidiaries, stakes and holdings from Wikidata (CC0); major holders from Schedules 13D and 13G. Each entity in the chart links to its source.

Subsidiaries and ownership

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Owners

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Timeline

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