The Cinema Guild
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| Industry | Film distribution |
|---|---|
| Founded | 1968 |
| Founder | Philip and Mary-Ann Hobel |
| Headquarters | New York, NY, USA |
| Products | Motion pictures, DVDs, Blu-rays |
| Website | http://www.cinemaguild.com |
The Cinema Guild Inc. was established by Philip and Mary-Ann Hobel, producers known for their work in documentaries and features, including the film Tender Mercies.
Since 1968, the Cinema Guild has been a distributor of both documentary and fiction films (narrative features and shorts), offering distribution in all markets, including educational, non-theatrical, theatrical, television, cable, internet, and home video.
The Cinema Guild launched its own home video brand in March 2009.[1] The company released its first Blu-ray, Marwencol, in 2011.[2]
Internationally acclaimed filmmakers who have released films through The Cinema Guild include Claire Denis, Jacques Rivette, Agnès Varda, Pedro Costa, Béla Tarr, Hong Sang-soo, Alexander Sokurov, and Nuri Bilge Ceylan.
The distributor has also worked with such U.S.-based independent filmmakers as Andrew Bujalski, Jem Cohen, and Matthew Porterfield.
Releases
- 24 City (Jia Zhangke, 2008)
- 35 Shots of Rum (Claire Denis, 2008)
- The Beaches of Agnès (Agnès Varda, 2008)
- Jerichow (Christian Petzold, 2008)
- The Order of Myths (Margaret Brown, 2008)
- Our Beloved Month of August (Miguel Gomes, 2008)
- Shirin (Abbas Kiarostami, 2008)
- Around a Small Mountain (Jacques Rivette, 2009)
- Beeswax (Andrew Bujalski, 2009)
- The Betrayal (Ellen Kuras, 2009)
- Change Nothing (Pedro Costa, 2009)
- Everyone Else (Maren Ade, 2009)
- Sweetgrass (Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Ilisa Barbash, 2009)
- Aurora (Cristi Puiu, 2010)
- Marwencol (Jeff Malmberg, 2010)
- Putty Hill (Matthew Porterfield, 2010)
- The Strange Case of Angelica (Manoel de Oliveira, 2010)
- The Day He Arrives (Hong Sang-soo, 2011)
- Once Upon a Time in Anatolia (Nuri Bilge Ceylan, 2011)
- Patience (After Sebald) (Grant Gee, 2011)
- The Turin Horse (Béla Tarr and Ágnes Hranitzky, 2011)
- Two Years at Sea (Ben Rivers, 2011)
- Leviathan (Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Verena Paravel, 2012)
- Neighbouring Sounds (Kleber Mendonça Filho, 2012)
- Museum Hours (Jem Cohen, 2012)
- Night Across the Street (Raúl Ruiz, 2012)
- Planet of Snail (Yi Seung Jun, 2012)
- Manakamana (Stephanie Spray, Pacho Velez, 2013)
- Norte, the End of History (Lav Diaz, 2013)
- Stray Dogs (Tsai Ming-liang, 2013)