Altitude Film Distribution
Altitude Film Distribution was launched in 2012 by Optimum Releasing founder Will Clarke[1] and is part of The Altitude Film Entertainment Group.[2]
The Altitude Film Entertainment group comprises Altitude Film Production led by Will Clarke chairman and joint-CEO with Andy Mayson; Altitude Film Sales with Managing Director Mike Runagall; and Altitude Film Distribution with Head of Distribution Hamish Moseley.
History
Altitude Film Distribution’s first release came in 2014 with the Oscar-winning documentary 20 Feet from Stardom, which was followed by Fruitvale Station and Abel Ferrara's Welcome to New York. In 2015, Altitude released Ira Sachs' Love Is Strange; a biopic film, Amy, about the British singer Amy Winehouse, which was directed by Asif Kapadia and was released in cinemas on 3 July 2015 in the United Kingdom; international espionage thriller Spooks: The Greater Good; and Narcopolis, a science fiction film. In 2016, they released Bolshoi Babylon, a behind-the-scenes portrait of Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre. On April 27, 2016, it was announced that Altitude would partner with the British Academy Award winning film director Kevin Macdonald, on a new documentary film on Whitney Houston's life and death. It is currently in progress and is scheduled to be released in 2017. It's been revealed that the movie is to include rare unheard tracks & performances, with family members & friends to help build up the film through recorded interviews and archive footage.[3]
Theatrical Releases
| Title | Director | Theatrical Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| 20 Feet From Stardom | Morgan Neville | 28 March 2014 |
| Fruitvale Station | Ryan Coogler | 6 June 2014 |
| A Promise | Patrice Leconte | 1 August 2014 |
| Welcome To New York | Abel Ferrara | 8 August 2014 |
| Love Is Strange | Ira Sachs | 13 February 2015 |
| White Bird in a Blizzard | Gregg Araki | 6 March 2015 |
| Spooks: The Greater Good | Bharat Nalluri | 8 May 2015 |
| The Connection | Cédric Jimenez | 29 May 2015 |
| Amy | Asif Kapadia | 3 July 2015 |
| Narcopolis | Justin Trefgarne | 29 September 2015 |
| Bolshoi Babylon | Nick Read | January 2016 |
| Moonlight | Barry Jenkins | 17 February 2017 |
| Whitney | Kevin Macdonald | 2017 |
| The Nightmare | Rodney Ascher | TBC |
| Infini | Shane Abbess | TBC |
| Cub | Jonas Govaerts | TBC |
| Marshland | Alberto Rodríguez | TBC |
| Palio | Cosima Spender | TBC |
| When Animals Dream | Jonas Alexander Arnby | TBC |
| A Nazi Legacy : What Our Father’s Did | David Evans | TBC |
| Loveless | Andrey Zvyagintsev | TBC |
| The Florida Project | Sean Baker | TBC |
Home Entertainment Releases
| Title | Director |
|---|---|
| Flu | Sung-su Kim |
| Sxtape | Bernard Rose |
| Dracula 3D | Dario Argento |
| All Cheerleaders Die | Lucky McKee, Chris Sivertson |
| Iceberg Slim | Jorge Hinojosa |
| Somm | Jason Wise |
| Narco Cultura | Shaul Schwarz |
| Torment | Jordan Barker |
| The Rendlesham UFO Incident | Daniel Simpson |
| Drew: The Man Behind The Poster | Erik Sharkey |
| Doc of the Dead | Alexandre O. Philippe |
| Wolves | David Hayter |
| Superfast | Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer |
| Colt 45 | Fabrice Du Welz |
| The Dead 2 | Howard J. Ford, Jonathan Ford |
| Zombie Fight Club | Joe Chien |
References
- ↑ http://www.altitudefilment.com/about
- ↑ Kemp, Stuart (2013-10-31). "U.K. Sales and Production Banner Altitude Film Launches Distribution Division". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2016-03-15.
- ↑ "Whitney Houston's life to be documented on film". BBC. Retrieved 2016-04-28.