Film Distribution
Each year, hundreds of great films go to top-tier festivals, screen for sold-out crowds, then drop off the face of the earth, never seen again aside from by the directors' grandmothers. Simply put, distribution companies - even the smallest ones - are based on a blockbuster model. They aren't set up to take chances, to give smaller films the time and guerilla flexibility they need to successfully grow their audiences.
Cyan Pictures, instead, is built from the ground up to support independent films. From sharing revenue and responsibility more fairly with filmmakers, to leveraging an unusually broad array of release channels and advertising approaches, Cyan Pictures distributes films in a way that actually makes sense - and money - for everyone involved.
Releases
Interpreter of Maladies
The upcoming film adaptation of Jhumpa Lahiri's Pulitzer-winning, bestselling short story collection.
Currently shooting in Boston and India.
Naming Number Two
Nanna Maria's last feast might be her family's last hope. This New Zealand hit took the World Dramatic Cinema Audience Award at Sundance 2006, was an official selection at Berlin 2006, and won four (and was nominated for twelve) New Zealand Screen Awards.
In theaters early 2008
The Oh in Ohio
Parker Posey, Paul Rudd, Danny Devito, Mischa Barton and Liza Minnelli star in this quirky sex comedy about a woman who seems to have it all, except for in bed, where sex has always left her a bit short of the finish line. A Spotlight Premiere at SxSW 2006.
Now on DVD
Ever Since the World Ended
Set a few years after the Kyoto Plague has wiped out all but 187 residents, this disorienting, San Francisco-set fictional documentary explores a near-future society just beginning to build itself again from scratch. Glowingly reviewed by critics - from the NY Times through to Time Out London and the LA Weekly. Best Feature winner at the 2002 San Francisco Indiefest.
On DVD July 10th
We Go Way Back
When twenty-three-year-old Kate's quarter-life crisis is brought to a head by a letter from her thirteen-year-old self, she has no choice but to confront her past. Grand Jury Prize and Best Cinematography winner at Slamdance 2006.
Now in international release
