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| Industry | Film distribution |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1989; 37 years ago (1989) |
| Founders | Jon Gerrans Marcus Hu |
| Headquarters | Culver City, California, United States |
| Products | Motion pictures |
| Website | StrandReleasing.com |
Strand Releasing is an American film distribution company founded in 1989 and is based inCulver City, California. The company has distributed over 300auteur-driven titles from acclaimed international and American directors such asApichatpong 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 andTerence Davies.
Strand Releasing was honored with a four-week retrospective in 1999 at theNew 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 includingApichatpong Weerasethakul,Fatih Akin,François Ozon andJacques Nolot, adding their films into the MOMA permanent collection. In 2009, theYerba Buena Center for the Arts in San Francisco, theProvincetown International Film Festival and theSeattle International Film Festival also honored Strand Releasing with lifetime achievement awards.
The Strand Releasing Collection at theAcademy Film Archive contains trailers and prints for many films released by Strand.[9]