2009 Lifetime Achievement Award

Strand Releasing

Strand Releasing was formed in 1989 and its goal has been to fuse quality art films with commercial product. Strand Releasing has produced or executive produced ten feature films, including Gregg Araki's THE LIVING END, Richard Glatzer's GRIEF, Tommy O'Haver's BILLY'S HOLLYWOOD SCREEN KISS, Todd Verow's FRISK, Robert Lee King's adaptation of Charles Busch's PSYCHO BEACH PARTY, Brian Sloan's I THINK I DO, the films of Bruce LaBruce and Paul Cox's INNOCENCE.

Strand has distributed the works of such renowned international artists as Manoel de Oliveira, Lino Brocka, Jon Jost, Terence Davies, Gaspar Noe, Lodge Kerrigan, Cindy Sherman, Nigel Finch, Raoul Ruiz, John Maybury, Ferzan Ozpetek, Jacques Audiard, Benoit Jacqout, Hal Hartley, Nina Menkes, Jon Moritsugu, John Duigan, Francois Ozon, Lou Ye, Marcelo Pineyro and John Curran.

This year, Strand Releasing celebrates its 20th anniversary with a slate including Terence Davies' OF TIME AND THE CITY, Pablo Trapero's LEONERA, Lucrecia Martel's THE HEADLESS WOMAN, Doris Dörrie's CHERRY BLOSSOMS, and Johan Renck's DOWNLOADING NANCY. Strand's recent hits include Fatih Akin's THE EDGE OF HEAVEN and Claude Miller's A SECRET.

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