Strand Releasing
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Industry | Film distribution |
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Founded | 1989 |
Founder | Jon Gerrans Marcus Hu |
Headquarters | Culver City, California, USA |
Products | Motion pictures |
Website | StrandReleasing.com |
Strand Releasing is a theatrical distribution company founded in 1989 and is based in Culver City, California. The company has distributed over 300 auteur-driven titles from acclaimed international and American directors such as Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Gregg Araki, François Ozon, Jean-Luc Godard, Catherine Breillat, Claire Denis, Fatih Akin, Aki Kaurismaki, Claude Miller, Manoel de Oliveira, Gaspar Noe, Andre Techine and Terence Davies.
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Notable reissues[edit]
- Kiss of the Spider Woman (1985) by Héctor Babenco
- The Graduate (1967) by Mike Nichols
- Faster Pussycat Kill Kill (1965) by Russ Meyer
- Contempt (1963) by Jean-Luc Godard
Movies produced[edit]
- Bad Actress (2011) executive produced by Marcus Hu and Jon Gerrans
- Slipstream (2007)
- Psycho Beach Party (2000)
- Innocence (2000)
- Just One Time (1999) executive produced by Marcus Hu
- Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss (1998) executive produced by Marcus Hu
- Latin Boys Go To Hell (1997)
- Hustler White (1996)
- Frisk (1995)
- Mod Fuck Explosion (1994) executive produced by Marcus Hu
- Grief (1993) executive produced by Marcus Hu
- The Living End (1992)
LGBT titles[edit]
- Mala Mala (2014) by Antonio Santini and Dan Sickles
- Lilting (2014) by Hong Khaou
- The Way He Looks (2014) by Daniel Ribiero
- Noordzee, Texas (2012) by Bavo Defurne
- L.A. Zombie (2010) by Bruce LaBruce
- Hideaway (2009) by François Ozon
- Otto (2008) by Bruce LaBruce
- Before I Forget (2007) by Jacques Nolot
- Saturn in Opposition (2007) by Ferzan Özpetek
- The Witnesses (2007) by Andre Techine
- The Bubble (2006) by Eytan Fox
- Time to Leave (2005) by François Ozon
- The Dying Gaul (2005) by Craig Lucas
- Mysterious Skin (2004) by Gregg Araki
- Party Monster (2003) by Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey
- Son Frere (2003) by Patrice Chéreau
- Yossi and Jagger (2002) by Eytan Fox
- Porn Theater (2002) by Jacques Nolot
- Burnt Money (2002) by Marcelo Piñeyro
- Princesa (2001) by Henrique Goldman
- His Secret Life (2001) by Ferzan Özpetek
- Lan Yu (2001) by Stanley Kwan
- Borstal Boy (2000) by Peter Sheridan
- 101 Rent Boys (2000) by Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey
- Skin Flick (1999) by Bruce LaBruce
- Criminal Lovers (1999) by François Ozon
- Show Me Love (1998) by Lukas Moodysson
- Macho Dancer (1998) by Lino Brocka
- Head On (1998) by Ana Kokkinos
- Edge of Seventeen (1998) by David Moreton
- Steam (1997) by Ferzan Özpetek
- The Delta (1996) by Ira Sachs
- Hustler White (1996) by Bruce LaBruce
- Stonewall (1995) by Nigel Finch
- Wild Reeds (1994) by Andre Techine
- Totally F***ed Up (1993) by Gregg Araki
- Super 8½ (1993) by Bruce LaBruce
- No Skin Off My Ass (1993) by Bruce LaBruce
- The Living End (1992) by Gregg Araki
- Swoon (1992) by Tom Kalin
- Young Soul Rebels (1991) by Isaac Julien
- Looking for Langston (1989) by Isaac Julien
- Three Bewildered People in the Night (1987) by Gregg Araki
Honors and awards[edit]
Strand Releasing was honored with a four-week retrospective in 1999 at the New York Museum of Modern Art.[1] The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Outfest, honored Strand Releasing with a lifetime achievement award in 2002.[2] In 2009, MOMA honored Strand Releasing with "Carte Blanche" a 20-year retrospective honoring select filmmakers from the Strand roster including Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Fatih Akin, François Ozon and Jacques Nolot, adding their films into the MOMA permanent collection. In 2009, the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, the Provincetown International Film Festival and the Seattle International Film Festival also honored Strand Releasing with lifetime achievement awards.