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Foundation date 1 january 1989
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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(2007)Filmography of Strand Releasing (83 films)
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Lilting (2014)
, 1h31Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romantic drama
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Ben Whishaw, Cheng Pei-pei, Morven Christie, Peter Bowles
Lilting tells the story of a mother’s attempt at understanding who her son was after his untimely death. Her world is suddenly disrupted by the presence of his lover. Together, they attempt to overcome their grief whilst struggling against not having a shared language.
Interior. Leather Bar. (2013)
, 1hDirected by James Franco, Travis Mathews
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Documentary
Themes Films about films, Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentaire sur l'homosexualité, Documentary films about films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors James Franco, Brenden Shucart, Michael Lannan, Travis Mathews, Joel Michaely
Le film présente James Franco et Travis Mathews dans leur propre rôle, travaillant ensemble sur un projet de film dont le but est d'imaginer et de recréer les 40 minutes du film La Chasse sorti en 1980, contenant des scènes à caractère sexuel explicite, qui avaient alors été censurées et supprimées. Les autres acteurs présents à l'écrans sont Val Lauren, Christian Patrick, Brenden Gregory, Brad Roberge, Colin Chavez et A.J. Goodrich.
The Future (2013)
, 1h34Directed by Alicia Scherson
Origin Italie
Genres Drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Medical-themed films, Films about disabilities, La cécité
Actors Manuela Martelli, Rutger Hauer, Nicolas Vaporidis
Narrated from the future, Bianca tells the story of how she and her younger brother, Tomas, are orphaned after their parents die in a car accident. The children of Chilean immigrants, they have no family in Italy. A social worker explains that a bureaucratic problem prevents them from accessing their mother's pension, so they will only receive funds from their father's account. Bianca, old enough to become her brother's guardian, takes a job as an apprentice at a hair salon, though the owner will not allow her to become a hairdresser until she has three years of experience. Tomas, who believes that accidents cause supernatural change to reality, shifts his interest from computers to bodybuilding, and he begins to skip school to hang out at a local gym, where he takes a job as an unpaid intern.
Gerontophilia (2013)
, 1h22Directed by Bruce LaBruce
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romantic comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Katie Boland, Marie-Hélène Thibault, Brian D. Wright
Lake, un jeune homme de dix-huit ans, sort avec une fille de son âge, mais se découvre une préférence sexuelle pour les hommes âgés : il est sous le charme d'un vieil homme de quatre-vingt-deux ans, M. Peabody, résidant dans une maison de retraite où il vient d'être embauché pour l'été.
I Used to Be Darker (2013)
, 1h30Directed by Matthew Porterfield
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Actors Kim Taylor, Hannah Gross, Adèle Exarchopoulos
Fuyant l'Irlande du Nord après avoir compris qu'elle était enceinte, Taryn, 19 ans, trouve refuge chez sa tante Kim à Baltimore. Celle-ci est en train de se séparer de son compagnon, Bill, sous le regard réprobateur de leur fille Abby.
Wetlands (2013)
, 1h45Directed by David Wnendt
Origin German
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about anarchism, Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Films about prostitution, Erotic thriller films, Films about child abuse
Actors Meret Becker, Axel Milberg, Carla Juri, Christoph Letkowski, Marlen Kruse, Edgar Selge
18-year-old Helen uses vegetables for masturbation and believes that body hygiene is overrated in our society. She provokes others by saying and doing things most people would not even dare to imagine.
The Ghastly Love of Johnny X (2013)
, 1h46Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Comedy, Fantasy, Musical
Themes Comedy science fiction films, Musical films
Actors Creed Bratton, Will Keenan, Reggie Bannister, Kevin McCarthy, Kate Maberly, Paul Williams
White Elephant (2012)
, 2hDirected by Pablo Trapero
Origin Argentine
Genres Drama
Themes Films about religion
Actors Ricardo Darín, Jérémie Rénier, Martina Gusmán
Two priests, the old veteran Father Julián and his new younger Belgian colleague, Father Nicolás, and the social worker Luciana, work in a slum area of Buenos Aires, Argentina known as Ciudad Oculta. Together they fight to resolve the issues of the neighborhood’s society. Their work will have them face the clerical hierarchy, the organized crime and the repression, risking their lives defending their commitment and loyalty towards the people of the neighbourhood.
Zaytoun (2012)
, 1h47Directed by Eran Riklis
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Thriller, Adventure
Themes Films about religion, Transport films, Films about automobiles, Films about Jews and Judaism, Road movies
Actors Stephen Dorff, Ashraf Barhom, Alice Taglioni, Mira Awad, Ali Suliman, Abdallah El Akal
During the 1982 Lebanon War, an Israeli fighter pilot, Yoni, is shot down over Beirut and captured by the Palestine Liberation Organization. Fahed, a precocious young Palestinian refugee who is angered by the death of his father in an Israeli air attack, agrees to help Yoni escape and lead him out of the city if Yoni will get him over the border and back to his family's ancestral village, where Fahed intends to plant an olive tree that his father had been tending in Beirut. As they embark on a hazardous road trip across the war-ravaged country, Yoni and Fahed move from suspicion and mutual antagonism to a tentative camaraderie as they make their way closer to the place they both call home.
California Solo (2012)
, 1h34Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Actors Robert Carlyle, Kathleen Wilhoite, Alexia Rasmussen, A Martinez, Michael Des Barres, Danny Masterson
Robert Carlyle plays Lachlan MacAldonich, a former Britpop rocker-turned-agricultural worker, who gets caught driving drunk and faces deportation after living in Los Angeles for 12 years. His efforts to stay in the U.S. force him to confront his past and current demons. The film addresses immigration issues, alcoholism, and personal redemption.
Romeos (2011)
, 1h34Origin German
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, LGBT-related films, Transgender in film, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Liv Lisa Fries, Gilles Tschudi, Katrin Heß
The film is a drama and tragicomedy which revolves around the romantic relationship between Lukas, a 20-year-old gay trans man and a cisgender bisexual man named Fabio.
Oslo, August 31st (2011)
, 1h35Directed by Joachim Trier
Origin Norvege
Genres Drama
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about drugs, Films about suicide
Actors Anders Danielsen Lie, Malin Crépin, Tone Mostraum
Anders is a recovering drug addict in an Oslo rehab clinic. On 30 August, he is given a day's leave to attend a job interview in the city center. After visiting his friend Thomas, he proceeds to his appointment. In the interview, he admits to being a drug addict and storms out. He then wanders the streets of Oslo for the rest of the day and night, meeting, and sometimes confronting, people from his past. The film ends the next day, 31 August. Anders, who has bought some drugs on his day away from the rehab clinic, retreats to a room and injects.
Tyrannosaur (2011)
, 1h32Directed by Paddy Considine
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime, Romance
Themes Films about families, Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Films about domestic violence, Rape and revenge films
Actors Peter Mullan, Olivia Colman, Eddie Marsan, Sian Breckin, Julia Mallam, Sally Carman
One night, unemployed widower Joseph (Peter Mullan) drunkenly kicks his dog Bluey to death. He buries the dog and goes to the post office, where he mocks some Asian workers then throws a brick through the window when they tell him to leave. At the pub, Joseph attacks two young men playing pool one of whom threatened and mocked him. He then hides in a second-hand shop, where employee Hannah (Olivia Colman) offers to pray for him. That night, Joseph goes to his home and is attacked by the men from the post office. The next morning, Joseph wakes up and goes to the shop, where Hannah looks after him. He begins to berate and insult her, before leaving.
Here (2011)
, 2h6Directed by Braden King
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Adventure, Romance
Actors Ben Foster, Lubna Azabal, Peter Coyote
Will Shepard (Foster), a solitary young man who lives in the San Francisco bay area, travels to Armenia to undertake a mapping survey in the rural areas of the country to confirm ground features and coordinates with GPS satellite data. There he meets Gadarine Nazarian (Azabal), a spirited Armenian ex-pat and professional photographer, who has returned home to face family issues. She decides to accompany Will on his journey, acting as his interpreter, while taking photographs too. They fall in love as they wander the countryside. Their affair lasts several days, but he has to move on.
North Sea Texas (2011)
, 1h36Directed by Bavo Defurne
Origin Belgique
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes L'adolescence, Films about children, Films about sexuality, Bisexuality-related films, LGBT-related films, Teen LGBT-related films, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Jelle Florizoone, Eva Van Der Gucht, Thomas Coumans, Ella-June Henrard
The film starts off with a young Pim at a fair in which he holds his mother's, Yvette, hand. At the fair, young Pim meets Zoltan, a fairworker who would later rent a room in their house but leave early enough in Pim's life that he has little memory of him. The film then jumps some years into the future.