XYZ Films
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Company type | Private |
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Industry | Film |
Founded | 2008Los Angeles, California, United States | in
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Headquarters | Los Angeles, California , United States |
Services | Film production, sales and distribution |
Website | xyzfilms |
XYZ Films is an American independent film production and sales company founded in 2008 by Aram Tertzakian, Nate Bolotin and Nick Spicer,[1][2] and is based in Los Angeles. It focuses on international genre films, including The Raid: Redemption, The Raid 2and On the Job.
According to an article from Variety, XYZ Films has licensed more than 200 films since 2009.[3] It has produced a handful of Netflix original films, including Apostle (2018), The Night Comes For Us (2018), and I Don't Feel at Home in this World Anymore (2017), among others.
History
[edit]XYZ Films was founded by Aram Tertzakian, Nate Bolotin, and Nick Spicer, who met at the University of California, Los Angeles.[2] All had worked previously in the industry. Todd Brown, editor-in-chief of film website Twitch Film, joined after they invested there.[4] Early deals included one with Time Inc. that did not produce any projects but raised their profile. Believing the market in the US to be too small, they invested in international genre films.
The Raid: Redemption, an Indonesian action film that was produced on a budget of around $1 million, grossed over $14 million worldwide.[5] They partnered with French film distributor Celluloid Dreams in 2010,[4] and, in 2013, they expanded beyond North American sales into international sales.[6] XYZ limits budgets to keep costs down, then markets films to genre fans based on its reputation.[7] XYZ said they focus on commercial films that still take risks.[8] In 2015, they partnered with distributor Abbolita Films.[9]
In October 2017, XYZ Films founders Aram Tertzakian, Nate Bolotin and Nick Spicer were listed in Variety's New Leaders in Film featured profile.[3] Their 2017 film I Don't Feel at Home in this World Anymore was awarded the Grand Jury Prize in Drama at the 2017 Sundance Film Festival.[citation needed]
In 2023, XYZ announced the creation of the New Visions label for speculative fiction and horror films by new and emerging directors.[10] The first film to premiere as a New Visions release was Zarrar Kahn's In Flames.[10]
Selected filmography
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Year | Film | Director | Cast | Release date | |
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2011 | Greetings to the Devil[4] | Juan Felipe Orozco | August 12, 2011 | ||
2012 | The Raid[4] | Gareth Evans | March 23, 2012 | ||
Errors of the Human Body | Eron Sheean | July 28, 2012 | |||
Save the Date | Michael Mohan | November 8, 2012 | |||
2013 | The Rambler | Calvin Reeder | January 21, 2013 | ||
Frankenstein's Army[4] | Richard Raaphorst | July 26, 2013 | |||
Big Bad Wolves[11] | Aharon Keshales and Navot Papushado | August 15, 2013 | |||
On the Job[4] | Erik Matti | September 27, 2013 | |||
The Dirties[12] | Matt Johnson | October 4, 2013 | |||
Avenged | Michael S. Ojeda | October 15, 2013 | |||
Wolf[13] | Jim Taihattu | December 19, 2013 | |||
2014 | Killers[14] | Mo Brothers | February 1, 2014 | ||
Dead Snow: Red vs. Dead[7] | Tommy Wirkola | February 12, 2014 | |||
Parts per Billion | Brian Horiuchi | March 25, 2014 | |||
The Raid 2[8] | Gareth Evans | March 28, 2014 | |||
Stage Fright | Jerome Sable | May 9, 2014 | |||
These Final Hours[8] | Zak Hilditch | July 31, 2014 | |||
Electric Boogaloo: The Wild, Untold Story of Cannon Films | Mark Hartley | August 2, 2014 | |||
Life After Beth[15] | Jeff Baena | August 15, 2014 | |||
Out of the Dark | Lluís Quílez | August 27, 2014 | |||
Redeemer | Ernesto Díaz Espinoza | September 2014 | |||
At the Devil's Door | Nicholas McCarthy | September 12, 2014 | |||
Tusk[8] | Kevin Smith | September 19, 2014 | |||
The Dead Lands[9] | Toa Fraser | October 30, 2014 | |||
2015 | Preservation[8] | Christopher Denham | January 9, 2015 | ||
Spring[16] | Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead | March 20, 2015 | |||
River | Jamie M. Dagg | June 1, 2015 | |||
Stung | Benni Diez | July 3, 2015 | |||
2016 | Baskin | Can Evrenol | January 1, 2016 | ||
The Invitation[17] | Karyn Kusama | April 8, 2016 | |||
Holidays[18] | Various directors | April 22, 2016 | |||
Mercy | Chris Sparling | June 4, 2016 | |||
Yoga Hosers | Kevin Smith | September 2, 2016 | |||
Operation Avalanche[19] | Matt Johnson | September 16, 2016 | |||
ARQ[20] | Tony Elliott | September 16, 2016 | |||
Under the Shadow[21] | Babak Anvari | September 30, 2016 | |||
The Oath[22] | Baltasar Kormákur | September 6, 2016 | |||
Headshot[23] | Mo Brothers | December 8, 2016 | |||
2017 | iBoy[24] | Adam Randall | January 27, 2017 | ||
XX[25] | Various directors | February 17, 2017 | |||
I Don't Feel at Home in this World Anymore[26] | Macon Blair | February 24, 2017 | |||
The Void[27] | Steven Kostanski and Jeremy Gillespie | March 21, 2017 | |||
Pilgrimage[9] | Brendan Muldowney | April 23, 2017 | |||
Kuso | Steven Ellison | July 21, 2017 | |||
Bushwick | Jonathan Milott and Cary Murnion | August 25, 2017 | |||
Brawl in Cell Block 99 | S. Craig Zahler | October 6, 2017 | |||
6 Days[28] | Toa Fraser | November 3, 2017 | |||
Sweet Virginia | Jamie M. Dagg | November 17, 2017 | |||
Beyond Skyline | Liam O'Donnell | December 15, 2017 | |||
2018 | Mom and Dad[29] | Brian Taylor | January 19, 2018 | ||
I Kill Giants | Anders Walter | March 23, 2018 | |||
The Cleanse | Bobby Miller | May 4, 2018 | |||
In Darkness | Anthony Byrne | May 25, 2018 | |||
Our House | Anthony Scott Burns | July 27, 2018 | |||
BuyBust[30] | Erik Matti | August 1, 2018 | |||
Mandy[31] | Panos Cosmatos | September 14, 2018 | |||
Apostle[32] | Gareth Evans | October 12, 2018 | |||
The Night Comes For Us[33] | Timo Tjahjanto | October 19, 2018 | |||
Anna and the Apocalypse[34] | John McPhail | November 30, 2018 | |||
2019 | The Standoff at Sparrow Creek[35] | Henry Dunham | January 18, 2019 | ||
Arctic[36] | Joe Penna | February 1, 2019 | |||
The Prodigy[37] | Nicholas McCarthy | February 8, 2019 | |||
Framing John DeLorean[38] | Don Argott and Sheena M. Joyce | June 7, 2019 | |||
Jallikattu[39][40][41] | Lijo Jose Pellissery | October 4, 2019 | |||
Code 8[42] | Jeff Chan | December 13, 2019 | |||
2020 | Color Out of Space[43] | Richard Stanley | January 24, 2020 | ||
Come to Daddy | Ant Timpson | February 7, 2020 | |||
Vivarium[44] | Lorcan Finnegan | March 27, 2020 | |||
Archive | Gavin Rothery | July 10, 2020 | |||
Cut Throat City[45] | RZA | July 31, 2020 | |||
The Silencing | Robin Pront | August 14, 2020 | |||
Sputnik | Egor Abramenko | August 14, 2020 | |||
The Owners[46] | Julian Berg | September 4, 2020 | |||
Alone | John Hyams | September 18, 2020 | |||
2067 | Seth Larney | October 2, 2020 | |||
The Wolf of Snow Hollow | Jim Cummings | October 9, 2020 | |||
Synchronic[47] | Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead | October 23, 2020 | |||
What Lies Below | Braden R. Duemmler | December 4, 2020 | |||
Audrey | Helena Coan | December 15, 2020 | |||
Skylines | Liam O'Donnell | December 18, 2020 | |||
2021 | The Block Island Sound | Kevin McManus and Matthew McManus | March 11, 2021 | ||
Stowaway[48][49] | Joe Penna | April 22, 2021[50][51] | |||
The Paper Tigers | Tran Quoc Bao | May 7, 2021 | |||
The Deep House | Julien Maury and Alexandre Bustillo | June 30, 2021 | |||
Masquerade[52] | Shane Dax Taylor | July 30, 2021 | |||
No Man of God | Amber Sealey | August 27, 2021 | |||
Yakuza Princess | Vicente Amorim | September 3, 2021 | |||
Prisoners of the Ghostland[53] | Sion Sono | September 17, 2021[54] | |||
Night Raiders | Danis Goulet | November 12, 2021 | |||
2022 | Dual[55] | Riley Stearns | January 22, 2022 | ||
Gatlopp: Hell of a Game | Alberto Belli | June 23, 2022[56] | |||
The Summoned | Mark Meir | July 7, 2022[57] | |||
I Came By | Babak Anvari | August 31, 2022 | |||
Blackout | Sam Macaroni | October 12, 2022 | |||
Old Man | Lucky McKee | October 14, 2022 | |||
Something in the Dirt | Justin Benson and Aaron Moorhead | November 4, 2022 | |||
Nocebo | Lorcan Finnegan | November 22, 2022 | |||
The Harbinger | Andy Mitton | December 1, 2022 | |||
The Mean One | Steven LaMorte | December 9, 2022 | |||
2023 | Legions | Fabián Forte | January 19, 2023 | ||
The Resurrection of Charles Manson | Remy Grillo | February 16, 2023 | |||
Huesera: The Bone Woman | Michelle Garza Cervera | February 23, 2023 | |||
BlackBerry | Matt Johnson | May 12, 2023 | |||
God Is a Bullet | Nick Cassavetes | June 23, 2023 | |||
Run Rabbit Run | Daina Reid | June 28, 2023 | |||
Hidden Strike | Scott Waugh | John Cena & Jackie Chan | July 29, 2023 | ||
My Animal | Jacqueline Castel | September 8, 2023 | |||
2024 | Lovely, Dark, and Deep | Teresa Sutherland | February 22, 2024[58] | ||
Code 8: Part II | Jeff Chan | February 28, 2024 | |||
In Flames | Zarrar Kahn | April 12, 2024 | |||
Humane | Caitlin Cronenberg | April 26, 2024 | |||
New Life[59] | John Rosman | May 3, 2024 | |||
Krazy House | Steffen Haars and Flip van der Kuil | May 16, 2024 | |||
Backspot[60] | D. W. Waterson | May 31, 2024 | |||
Skywalkers: A Love Story[61] | Jeff Zimbalist and Maria Bukhonina | July 19, 2024 | |||
Upcoming | |||||
2024 | The Wasp[62] | Guillem Morales | August 30, 2024 | ||
Subservience | S.K. Dale | September 13, 2024 | |||
Skyline: Warpath | Liam O'Donnell | Fall 2024 | |||
Get Away | Steffen Haars | December 6, 2024 | |||
TBA | Love Is the Monster | Alex Noyer | |||
Ash | Steven Ellison | ||||
Havoc | Gareth Evans | ||||
The Furious | Kenji Tanigaki | ||||
Et Tu[63] | Max Tzannes | ||||
Hallow Road | Babak Anvari | ||||
The Ritual | David Midell |
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