Factory 25
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Factory 25 is a Brooklyn-based independent film distribution and production company, founded by Matt Grady in 2009.
History
Grady founded Factory 25 in 2009 after leaving a position as director of production at Plexifilm. The company's first release, Frownland, was the film that inspired Grady to create his own distribution company, as he believed no other company would distribute the film.[1]According to Grady, the origins of the name Factory 25 came from the factory number in Virginia where the original T206 Honus Wagner baseball card was printed. He then cross-referenced the Factory Records catalog number to find the 25th Factory Records release was the Joy Division album Closer, one of Grady's favorite records.[2]
Releases
According to Grady, Factory 25 focuses on releasing "conceptually provocative narratives and documentaries".[3]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. Factory 25 puts a great deal of attention into the packaging, design and presentation of their releases.[4]They have released compilations of films from filmmakers such as Joe Swanberg and Caveh Zahedi. The company also releases films theatrically, on VOD, digitally and more recently on streaming services such as Kanopy and Amazon Prime.
Filmography
Distributed By Factory 25:
| Title | Year | Director |
|---|---|---|
| Hero | 1983 | Alexandre Rockwell |
| In the Soup | 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 | 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 | 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 | 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 | 2012 | Amy Seimetz |
| Pavilion | 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 | 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 | 2013 | Frances Bodomo |
| Privacy Setting | 2013 | Joe Swanberg |
| Hellaware | 2013 | Michael M. Bilandic |
| Bluebird | 2013 | Lance Edmands |
| Little Feet | 2013 | Alexandre Rockwell |
| See You Next Tuesday | 2013 | Drew Tobia |
| Go Down Death | 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 | 2015 | Pavan Moondi and Brian Robertson |
| Videophilia (and Other Viral Syndromes) | 2015 | Juan Daniel F. Molero |
| Stinking Heaven | 2015 | Nathan Silver |
| Almost There | 2015 | Dan Rybicky and Aaron Wickenden |
| Uncle Kent 2 | 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 |
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 | 2019 | Bryan Wizemann |
Music Releases
| 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 |
Accolades
Factory 25 was named "Best Distributor" by The L Magazine in their "Best of Brooklyn 2013: Film" article.[5] Founder Matt Grady was named "One of the Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture," by Brooklyn Magazine[6]
References
- ^ https://www.moviemaker.com/archives/articles/factory-25-trailblazer-tuesday/
- ^ https://www.moviemaker.com/archives/articles/factory-25-trailblazer-tuesday/
- ^ https://vimeo.com/blog/post/introducing-matt-grady/
- ^ https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/factory-25-matt-grady
- ^ http://www.thelmagazine.com/2013/07/best-of-brooklyn-2013-film/
- ^ http://www.bkmag.com/2014/03/11/the-100-most-influential-people-in-brooklyn-culture/