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Strand Releasing

Strand Releasing is an American film production 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 Kaurismäki, Claude Miller, Manoel de Oliveira, Gaspar Noé, André Téchiné and Terence Davies.

Industry

1989 (1989)

Jon Gerrans
Marcus Hu

Culver City, California, United States

Motion pictures

(1988; 2012 reissue) by Ron Mann[1]

Comic Book Confidential

(1985; 2001 reissue) by Héctor Babenco[2]

Kiss of the Spider Woman

(1971; 2003 reissue) by James Bidgood[3]

Pink Narcissus

(1967; 1997 re-release) by Mike Nichols[4]

The Graduate

(1965; 1995 re-release) by Russ Meyer[5]

Faster, Pussycat! Kill! Kill!

(1965; 1995 re-release) by Joseph Cates

Who Killed Teddy Bear

(1963; 1997 re-release) by Jean-Luc Godard[6]

Contempt

(2022)

99 Moons

(2018)

Daughter of Mine

(2017)

Zama

(2011)

Tyrannosaur

(2011) executive produced by Marcus Hu and Jon Gerrans

Bad Actress

(2010)

Happiness Runs

(2009)

Feed the Fish

(2007)

Slipstream

(2000)

Psycho Beach Party

(2000)

Innocence

(1999) executive produced by Marcus Hu

Just One Time

(1999)

I Stand Alone

(1998) executive produced by Marcus Hu

Billy's Hollywood Screen Kiss

(1997)

First Love, Last Rites

(1996)

Hustler White

(1995)

Frisk

(1995)

Stalingrad

(1994) executive produced by Marcus Hu

Mod Fuck Explosion

Grief (1993) executive produced by Marcus Hu

(1992)

The Living End

(2018) by Steve McLean

Postcards from London

(2018) by Christophe Honoré

Sorry Angel

(2017) by Ofir Raul Graizer

The Cakemaker

(2016) by Neil Armfield

Holding the Man

(2015) by Ray Yeung

Front Cover

(2014) by Antonio Santini and Dan Sickles

Mala Mala

(2014) by Hong Khaou

Lilting

(2014) by Daniel Ribeiro

The Way He Looks

(2012) by Bavo Defurne

Noordzee, Texas

(2012) by Laurent Bouhnik

Desire

(2010) by Bruce LaBruce

L.A. Zombie

(2009) by François Ozon

Hideaway

(2008) by Bruce LaBruce

Otto

(2007) by Jacques Nolot

Before I Forget

(2007) by Ferzan Özpetek

Saturn in Opposition

(2007) by Andre Techine

The Witnesses

(2006) by Eytan Fox

The Bubble

(2005) by François Ozon

Time to Leave

(2005) by Craig Lucas

The Dying Gaul

(2004) by Gregg Araki

Mysterious Skin

(2003) by Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey

Party Monster

(2003) by Patrice Chéreau

Son Frere

(2002) by Eytan Fox

Yossi and Jagger

(2002) by Jacques Nolot

Porn Theater

(2002) by Marcelo Piñeyro

Burnt Money

(2001) by Henrique Goldman

Princesa

(2001) by Ferzan Özpetek

His Secret Life

(2001) by Stanley Kwan

Lan Yu

(2000) by Peter Sheridan

Borstal Boy

(2000) by Randy Barbato and Fenton Bailey

101 Rent Boys

Muscle (1999) by

Hisayasu Satō

Skin Flick (1999) by

Bruce LaBruce

(1999) by François Ozon

Criminal Lovers

(1998) by Lukas Moodysson

Show Me Love

(1998) by Lino Brocka

Macho Dancer

(1998) by Ana Kokkinos

Head On

(1998) by David Moreton

Edge of Seventeen

(1997) by Ferzan Özpetek

Steam

(1996) by Ira Sachs

The Delta

(1996) by Bruce LaBruce

Hustler White

(1995) by Nigel Finch

Stonewall

(1994) by André Téchiné

Wild Reeds

(1993) by Gregg Araki

Totally F***ed Up

(1993) by Bruce LaBruce

Super 8½

(1993) by Bruce LaBruce

No Skin Off My Ass

(1992) by Gregg Araki

The Living End

(1992) by Tom Kalin

Swoon

(1991) by Isaac Julien

Young Soul Rebels

(1989) by Marlon Riggs

Tongues Untied

(1989) by Isaac Julien

Looking for Langston

(1987) by Gregg Araki

Three Bewildered People in the Night

Honors and awards[edit]

Strand Releasing was honored with a four-week retrospective in 1999 at the New York Museum of Modern Art.[7] The Los Angeles Gay and Lesbian Film Festival, Outfest, honored Strand Releasing with a lifetime achievement award in 2002.[8] 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.

Archive[edit]

The Strand Releasing Collection at the Academy Film Archive contains trailers and prints for many films released by Strand.[9]

Official website

Strand Releasing Distributor Profile

Strand Releasing 20th at MOMA