Factory 25 is a Brooklyn-based independent film distribution and production company, founded by Matt Grady in 2009.

History

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Grady founded Factory 25 in 2009 after leaving a position as director of production at Plexifilm.[1] The name Factory 25 is from "the manufacturing home of the famous 1909 Honus Wagner tobacco card".[2]

The company's first release, Frownland,[3] was the film that inspired Grady to create his own distribution company, as he believed no other company would distribute the film.[4]

As of 2010, Grady remained the company's sole employee.[5]

Releases

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The films that Factory 25 produces and distributes are often microbudget features with nontraditional narratives. Factory 25 largely focuses on physical releases such as DVDs, Blu-Rays, VHS Tapes, CDs and Vinyl LPs. As of 2010, a typical production run consisted of 1,000 DVD-LP pairs (movie and soundtrack), where sale of 40% of the production run would be the break-even point.[5] The company's physical releases often include objects such as 16mm film strips, drawings and written essays.[6] Matt Grady has expressed a desire to make the company's physical releases collectible and appealing, "like a fetish item".[7] The company has worked and distributed films alongside notable distribution companies such as Oscilloscope Laboratories and streaming services such as Fandor.[8][9]

Filmography

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Distributed By Factory 25:

Title Year Director
Hero 1983 Alexandre Rockwell
In the Soup[10] 1992 Alexandre Rockwell
Dutch Harbor - Where the Sea Breaks Its Back 1998 Braden King and Laura Moya
Funny Ha Ha 2002 Andrew Bujalski
High School Record 2005 Ben Wolfinsohn
We Go Way Back 2006 Lynn Shelton
You Weren't There 2007 Joe Losurdo and Christina Tillman
Frownland[11][12] 2007 Ronald Bronstein
Altamont Now 2008 Joshua von Brown
Make-out With Violence 2008 The Deagol Brothers
Until the Light Takes Us 2008 Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell
You Wont Miss Me 2009 Ry Russo-Young
Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo 2009 Jessica Oreck
Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be the Same 2009 Jody Lee Lipes
Impolex 2009 Alex Ross Perry
Wah Do Dem 2009 Sam Fleischner and Ben Chace
Rio Breaks 2009 Justin Mitchell
Damon and Naomi: 1001 Nights 2009 Cedrick Eymenier
All the Way from Michigan Not Mars 2009 Matt Boyd
Gabi on the Roof in July 2010 Lawrence Michael Levine
Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then 2010 Brent Green
Shit Year 2010 Cam Archer
Two Gates of Sleep 2010 Alistair Banks Griffith
Vacation! 2010 Zach Clark
N.Y. Export: Op. Jazz 2010 Jody Lee Lipes and Henry Joost
Convento 2010 Jarred Alterman
I am Secretly an Important Man 2010 Peter Sillen
The Oregonian 2011 Calvin Lee Reeder
The Zone 2011 Joe Swanberg
The Color Wheel[12] 2011 Alex Ross Perry
The Family Jams 2011 Kevin Barker
A Rubberband is an Unlikely Instrument 2011 Matt Boyd
The Other Side of Sleep 2011 Rebecca Daly
Kids of Today 2011 Jerome de Missolz
Green[13] 2011 Sophia Takal
Buttons 2011 The Safdie Brothers
Art History 2011 Joe Swanberg
Silver Bullets 2011 Joe Swanberg
New Jerusalem 2011 Rick Alverson
Fake It So Real 2011 Robert Greene
Jobriath A.D. 2012 Kieran Turner
Kid-Thing 2012 David Zellner
Bad Fever 2012 Dustin Guy Defa
Better Than Something: Jay Reatard 2012 Alex Hammond and Ian Markiewicz
Sun Don't Shine[14] 2012 Amy Seimetz
Pavilion[9] 2012 Tim Sutton
Nancy, Please 2012 Andrew Semans
Marvin, Seth and Stanley 2012 Stephen Gurewitz
Richard's Wedding 2012 Onur Tukel
Exit Elena 2012 Nathan Silver
Apocalypse: A Bill Callahan Tour Film 2012 Hanly Banks
Ape 2012 Joel Potrykus
Francine[15] 2012 Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky
First Winter 2012 Benjamin Dickinson
All the Light in the Sky 2012 Joe Swanberg
The Sheik and I 2012 Caveh Zahedi
The Voice of the Voiceless 2013 Maximón Monihan
Boneshaker[16] 2013 Frances Bodomo
Privacy Setting 2013 Joe Swanberg
Hellaware 2013 Michael M. Bilandic
Bluebird[17] 2013 Lance Edmands
Little Feet[16] 2013 Alexandre Rockwell
See You Next Tuesday 2013 Drew Tobia
Go Down Death[18] 2013 Aaron Schimberg
Brothers Hypnotic 2013 Reuben Atlas
Young Bodies Heal Quickly 2014 Andrew T. Betzer
Christmas, Again 2014 Charles Poekel
Down in Shadowland 2014 Tom DiCillo
Sex and Broadcasting: A Film About WFMU 2014 Tim K. Smith
Diamond Tongues[19] 2015 Pavan Moondi and Brian Robertson
Videophilia (and Other Viral Syndromes)[20] 2015 Juan Daniel F. Molero
Stinking Heaven[19] 2015 Nathan Silver
Almost There[21] 2015 Dan Rybicky and Aaron Wickenden
Uncle Kent 2[19] 2015 Todd Rohall
Bloomin Mud Shuffle 2015 Frank V. Ross
Come Down Molly 2015 Gregory Kohn
Ma 2015 Celia Rowlson-Hall
Homemakers 2015 Colin Healey
The Arbalest 2016 Adam Pinney
All This Panic 2016 Jenny Gage
Icaros: A Vision 2016 Leonor Caraballo and Matteo Norzi
No Light and No Land Anywhere 2016 Amber Sealey
For the Plasma 2016 Bingham Bryant and Kyle Molzan
Werewolf 2016 Ashley McKenzie
Sylvio 2017 Albert Birney and Kentucker Audley
Assholes 2017 Peter Vack
The Show About the Show 2017 Caveh Zahedi
Sundowners 2017 Pavan Moondi
Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story 2019 Steve Sullivan
Jobe'z World 2019 Michael M. Bilandic
Two Plains & a Fancy 2019 Lev Kalman and Whitney Horn
August at Akiko's 2019 Christopher Makoto Yogi
Ham on Rye[22] 2019 Tyler Taormina
Empty Metal 2019 Adam Khalil and Bayley Sweitzer
Out of Time: The Material Issue Story 2021 Balin Schneider
Actual People 2021 Kit Zauhar
The Reverend 2021 Nick Canfield


Produced By Factory 25:

Title Year Director
Summer of Blood 2014 Onur Tukel
Applesauce 2015 Onur Tukel
Abby Singer/Songwriter 2015 Onur Tukel
Cooklyn 2016 Bryan Wizemann
Tormenting the Hen 2017 Theodore Collatos
The Great Pretender 2018 Nathan Silver
Queen of Lapa 2019 Theodore Collatos
You Mean Everything to Me 2020 Bryan Wizemann
Inspector Ike 2020 Graham Mason
All The Old Bells 2020 Brent Green

Music Releases

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Album Year Artist
Torben 2010 Brock Enright & Kirsten Deirup
Exclamation Point 2010 DA!
Sub-Urban Insult Rock for the Anti-Lectual 2010 Tutu & the Pirates
Heaven Know's What: Original Music From the Film 2015 Ariel Pink and Blood Orange

Accolades

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Factory 25 was named "Best Distributor" by The L Magazine in their "Best of Brooklyn 2013: Film" article.[23]

References

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  1. ^ "Factory Boy: Matt Grady Talks Distribution". December 22, 2010.
  2. ^ Hillis, Aaron (2 July 2013). "Factory 25: Turning art films into art objects". MovieMaker. Playa Vista, California. Retrieved 29 Dec 2019.
  3. ^ Renninger, Bryce J. (June 26, 2009). "New Distrib Factory 25 Melds Music and Film in Brooklyn".
  4. ^ "MovieMaker Magazine: The Art and Craft of Making Movies".
  5. ^ a b Ryzik, Melena (20 August 2019). "D.I.Y. Music Labels Embrace D.I.Y. Film". The New York Times. Retrieved 29 Dec 2019.
  6. ^ Dollar, Steve (December 22, 2010). "The Art Is in the Packaging". The Wall Street Journal.
  7. ^ Ryzik, Melena (August 20, 2010). "Jagjaguwar, Factory 25 and Indie Film". The New York Times.
  8. ^ "Fandor Partners With Cinedigm, Factory 25 and Oscilloscope Laboratories". www.prnewswire.com.
  9. ^ a b Sridhar, Srimathi (June 26, 2012). "Factory 25 Acquires 'Pavilion' for Worldwide Distribution; Exclusive Digital Distribution with Oscilloscope Labs". IndieWire. Penske Business Media. Retrieved 30 Dec 2019.
  10. ^ "Alexandre Rockwell on Restoring and Preserving the Unique Black and White of In the Soup". Filmmaker (Interview). Filmmaker Magazine. 1 August 2017. Retrieved 29 Dec 2019.
  11. ^ Brody, Richard (October 6, 2009). "Frownland". The New Yorker. Condé Nast. Retrieved 30 Dec 2019.
  12. ^ a b Cronk, Jordan (11 April 2016). "Knoxville's Big Ears Festival, the Avant-Garde SXSW, Adds a Film Program". Brooklyn. Brooklyn Magazine. Retrieved 30 Dec 2019.
  13. ^ Macaulay, Scott (9 August 2012). "FACTORY 25 ACQUIRES SOPHIA TAKAL'S "GREEN" FOR WORLD DISTRIBUTION".
  14. ^ Brody, Richard (January 17, 2013). "The State of the "Art Film"". The New Yorker. Retrieved 29 Dec 2019 – via Condé Nast.
  15. ^ Cox, Gordon (September 10, 2012). "Factory 25 takes 'Francine'".
  16. ^ a b Salovaara, Sarah (18 November 2014). "Factory 25 Acquires Little Feet and Boneshaker".
  17. ^ McNary, Dave (December 2, 2014). "John Slattery's 'Bluebird' Bought for U.S. by Factory 25".
  18. ^ Salovaara, Sarah (27 February 2014). "Go Down Death Acquired by Factory 25".
  19. ^ a b c Choi, Sarah (25 June 2015). "Fandor and Factory 25 Jointly Acquire 7 Feature Films". IndieWire. Penske Business Media. Retrieved 30 Dec 2019.
  20. ^ "Peru Oscar Entry 'Videofilia' Ports To Factory 25; 'The War Show' Acquired By Bond/360 – Film Briefs". www.yahoo.com.
  21. ^ Page, Aubrey (November 12, 2015). "Factory 25 Acquires Outsider Art Documentary 'Almost There'". IndieWire. Penske Business Media. Retrieved 30 Dec 2019.
  22. ^ Kay, Jeremy. "Locarno Film Festival selection 'Ham On Rye' lands at Factory 25 (exclusive)". Screen.
  23. ^ "Best of Brooklyn 2013: Film". The L Magazine. July 31, 2013. Retrieved 29 Dec 2019.

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