Altered Innocence

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Altered Innocence
Industry Entertainment
Founded2015
FounderFrank Jaffe
Headquarters
Los Angeles
,
United States
Website alteredinnocence.net

Altered Innocence is an American film distribution company specializing in films with LGBT and coming of age themes. [1]

Contents

History

Altered Innocence was founded in 2015 by former Strand Releasing employee, Frank Jaffe, to give queer cult films proper Blu-ray and digital releases. [2] The company also distributes films for theatrical release. [3]

In May 2021, Altered Innocence released a short film anthology, described as a "cinematic mixtape", titled Altered Innocence Volume 1. [4]

In 2024, Altered Innocence partnered with film distribution company MVD Entertainment Group; the former had previously been affiliated with OCN Distribution, a sister company of Vinegar Syndrome. [5] [6]

Releases

Spine NumberTitleDirectorRelease yearNotes
AI-1 Concrete Night Pirjo Honkasalo 2013U.S. distribution [7]
AI-2Desire Will Set You Free Yony Leyser 2015U.S. distribution [8]
AI-3 Violet Bas Devos20142017 Blu-ray release [9]
AI-4Baby Bump Kuba Czekaj 20152017 Blu-ray release [10]
AI-5 Doors Cut Down Antonio Hens2000
AI-6A Closer Walk With TheeJohn C. Clark and Brie Williams20172017 Blu-ray release [11]
AI-7 Center of My World Jakob M. Erwa 20162017 Blu-ray release [12]
AI-8Brothers of the Night Patric Chiha 20162017 Blu-ray release
AI-9 Sleeping Giant Andrew Cividino 20152018 Blu-ray release [13]
AI-10John FromJoão Nicolau20152018 Blu-ray release
AI-11 The Poet and the Boy Kim Yang-Hee2017U.S. distribution [14]
AI-12 The Wild Boys Bertrand Mandico 2017U.S. distribution [15]
AI-13 Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution Yony Leyser 2017U.S. distribution [16]
AI-14 Permanent Green Light Dennis Cooper and Zac Farley20182018 Blu-ray release
AI-15 Knife + Heart Yann Gonzalez 2018U.S. distribution [17]
AI-16The Erlprince Kuba Czekaj 20162019 Blu-ray release
AI-17Tiger MilkUte Wieland2017U.S. distribution rights [18]
AI-18 The Harvesters Etienne Kallos 2018U.S. distribution [19]
AI-19 You'll Never Be Alone Alex Anwandter 20162020 Blu-ray release
AI-20 Luz Tilman Singer 20182020 Blu-ray release [20]
AI-21Equation to an UnknownFrantz Salieri1980
AI-22 Home Fien Troch 20162020 Blu-ray release [21]
AI-23StarfishA.T. White20182020 Blu-ray release [22]
AI-24 House of Cardin P. David Ebersole and Todd Hughes 20192020 DVD release [23]
AI-25Rapture in BlueRyder Houston2020DVD release
AI-26Love Express: The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk Kuba Mikurda2018U.S. distribution [24]
AI-27MadameStéphane Riethauser2019 Blu-ray release
AI-28 Queer Japan Graham Kolbeins 2019North American distribution [25]
AI-29Altered Innocence Vol. 1Cam Archer, Anna Cazenave Cambet, Antonio Hens, Yann GOnzalez, Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel, Shaun Hughes, Peter Strickland, Alexis Langlois, Bertrand Mandico, João Nicolau, Gjertrud Maria Bergaust2000 - 2019
AI-30 Adoration Fabrice du Welz 2019U.S. distribution [26]
AI-31 So Long Billie (Pompei) Anna Falguères and John Shank20192021 Blu-ray release
AI-32Sound and Fury Jean-Claude Brisseau 1988
AI-33A Dim ValleyBrandon Colvin2020U.S. distribution [27]
AI-34 Wild Tigers I Have Known Cam Archer 2006
AI-35Death of Nintendo Raya Martin 2020DVD release
AI-36 LA Plays Itself Fred Halsted 1972
Sex Garage1972
Sextool1975
AI-37 Arrebato (Rapture)Iván Zulueta1979
AI-38Pals (Colegas) Eloy de la Iglesia 1982
AI-39 Hypnosis Valery Todorovsky 2020 Blu-ray release
AI-40 Stop-Zemlia Kateryna Gornostai 2021U.S. distribution [28]
AI-41 My Best Part Nicolas Maury 2020U.S. distribution [29]
AI-42The Islands of Yann Gonzalez Yann Gonzalez 2006 - 2021
You and the Night 2013
AI-43Passing Strangers Arthur J. Bressan, Jr. 1974
Forbidden Letters1979
AI-44Apocalypse After: Short Films by Bertrand Mandico Bertrand Mandico 1999 - 2018
AI-45Beyond GravityGarth Maxwell1989
Jack Be Nimble 1993
AI-46 After Blue (Dirty Paradise) Bertrand Mandico 2021North American distribution [30]
AI-47Saturday Night at the BathsDavid Buckley1975
AI-48Grand JetéIsabelle Stever2022U.S. distribution [31]
AI-49 Élisa Jean Becker1995
AI-50Dressed in BlueAntonio Giménez Rico1983
AI-51 Brother's Keeper Ferit Kerahan2021U.S. distribution [32]
AI-52 Wild Reeds André Téchiné 1994
AI-53 Beautiful Beings Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson 2022U.S. distribution [33]
AI-54 The Wounded Man Patrice Chéreau 1983
AI-55 Irreversible Gaspar Noé 2002
AI-56Altered Innocence Vol. 2Osama Chami, Enrique Gimeno, William Laboury, Mathia Broe, Alexis Langlois, Adam Baran, Sam Max, Christian Tafdrup, Érica Sarmet, Christian Zetterberg, Naïla Guiguet, Sarah Veltmeyer2008 - 2021
AI-57 Hidden Pleasures Eloy de la Iglesia 1977
Confessions of a Congressman 1978
AI-58 The Hole in the Fence Joaquín del Paso2021U.S. distribution [34]
AI-59Name Above TitleCarlos Conceição2020
Other Tales of Woe by Carlos Conceição2010 - 2023
AI-60 Coming Out Heiner Carow 1989
AI-61 Astrakan David Depesseville2022North American distribution [35]
AI-62 Fögi is a Bastard Marcel Gisler 1998
AI-63Stielke, Heinz, FifteenMichael Kann1987
AI-64The Strangler (L'Étrangleur) Paul Vecchiali 1970
AI-65 Gay USA Arthur J. Bressan, Jr. 1977
Snapshots of 1970s LGBT ResistanceLilli Vincenz, Sharon Hayes, Kate Millett, Ronald Chase, Wakefield Poole1970 - 1974
AI-66 She Is Conann Bertrand Mandico 2023North American distribution [36]
AI-67 Sitcom François Ozon 1998
Criminal Lovers 1999
Water Drops on Burning Rocks 2000
AI-68 The People's Joker Vera Drew 2022North American distribution [37]
AI-69 You Are Not Alone Lasse Nielsen and Ernst Johansen1978
AI-70 Suicide Room Jan Komasa 2011
AI-71Le Beau Mec Wallace Potts 1979
AI-72Endless Summer SyndromeKaveh Daneshmand2023
AI-73 Eat the Night Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel 2024
AI-74Juice Arthur J. Bressan, Jr. 1984
Daddy Dearest1984
AI-75Lost Country Vladimir Perišić 2023
AI-76 Queens of Drama Alexis Langlois 2024
AI-77 The Maiden Graham Foy 2022
AI-78So Unreal Amanda Kramer 2023
AI-79 Zappa Bille August 1983
Twist and Shout 1984
AI-80 Taxi zum Klo Frank Ripploh 1980

Short Film Collections

Spine

Number

Collection TitleFilm titleDirectorRelease

Year

Notes
AI-29Altered Innocence Vol. 1Our Time Cam Archer 2004
Grabber LoverAnna Cazenave Cambet2016
Doors Cut DownAntonio Hens2000
Les Vacances Continuent Yann Gonzalez 2015
After School Knife FightCaroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel2017
BunnyShaun Hughes2018
GU04 Peter Strickland 2019
Terror, Sisters!Alexis Langlois2019
Niemand Bertrand Mandico 2019
Gambozinos (Wild Haggis)João Nicolau2013
Jakt (Hunt)Gjertrud Maria Bergaust2018
AI-42The Islands of Yann GonzalezWe Will Never Be Alone Again Yann Gonzalez 2012
I Hate You Little Girls2008
By the Kiss2006
Three Celestial Bodies2009
Intermission (Entracte)2007
Land of My Dreams2012
Islands2017
Fou de Bassan2021
AI-44Apocalypse After: Short Films by Bertrand MandicoThe Blue Cavalier Bertrand Mandico 1999
He Says He's Dead...2006
The Life and Death of Henry Darger2010
Boro in the Box2011
Living Still Life2012
Prehistoric Cabaret2013
Salammbô2014
Our Lady of Hormones2015
Any Virgin Left Alive?2015
Depressive Cop2015
Ultra Pulpe (Apocalypse After)2018
AI-56Altered Innocence Vol. 2Young DiegoOsama Chami & Enrique Gimeno2021
YandereWilliam Laboury2019
AmphiMathias Broe2018
The Demons of DorothyAlexis Langlois2021
Trade CenterAdam Baran2021
ChaperoneSam Max2022
AwakeningChristian Tafdrup2008
A Wild Patience Has Taken Me HereÉrica Sarmet2021
Shower BoysChristian Zetterberg2021
DustinNaïla Guiguet2020
Kiem HolijandaSarah Veltmeyer2017
AI-59Other Tales of Woe by Carlos ConceiçãoBad BunnyCarlos Conceição2017
Versailles2013
Turquoise Boy2023
Goodnight Cinderella2014
Hell2011
The Flesh2010
AI-65Snapshots of 1970s LGBT ResistanceGay and ProudLilli Vincenz1970
Gay PowerSharon Hayes and Kate Millett1971
ParadeRonald Chase1972
Freedom Day Parade Wakefield Poole 1974

References

  1. ↑ n.a. "About". Altered Innocence. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  2. ↑ Ferber, Lawrence. "Frank Jaffe, Founder of Altered Innocence". Passport Magazine. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  3. ↑ Meza, Ed. "Altered Innocence to Bow Classic LGBTQ Pics, Such as 'The Wounded Man,' as 'Arrebato' Plays Lumière's MIFC (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  4. ↑ Kramer, Gary M. "Altered Innocence Features a Mixtape of LGBT Coming of Age Films". San Francisco Bay Times. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  5. ↑ "Altered Innocence Joins MVD for Distribution in North America | MVD Entertainment | Serving artists and audiences". MVD Entertainment. 2024-03-12. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
  6. ↑ Altered Innocence. "We are not! Moving over to MVD". Twitter. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
  7. ↑ Barraclough, Leo. "Altered Innocence Picks Up U.S. Rights to 'Concrete Night' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  8. ↑ Barraclough, Leo. "Altered Innocence Picks Up U.S. Rights to 'Desire Will Set You Free' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  9. ↑ n.a. "Violet Blu-Ray Announced". Blu-Ray.com. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  10. ↑ "Baby bump". Swan Library Services. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  11. ↑ "A Closer Walk With Thee - Trailer". Youtube. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  12. ↑ "Center of My World - U.S. Trailer". Youtube. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  13. ↑ "Sleeping giant". Swan Library Services. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  14. ↑ Shackleton, Liz. "Busan festival, market hold steady in uncertain times". Screen Daily. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  15. ↑ Barraclough, Venice’s ‘The Wild Boys’ Acquired by U.S.’s Altered Innocence, MUBI (EXCLUSIVE). "Leo". Variety. Retrieved 15 April 2024.{{cite news}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  16. ↑ McNary, Dave. "Film News Roundup: MoviePass Discounts Price Through Yearly Plan With Fandor". Variety. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  17. ↑ Mack, Andrew. "KNIFE + HEART: Altered Innocence Picks up U.S. Rights". ScreenAnarchy. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  18. ↑ Mack, Andrew. "TIGER MILK: Altered Innocence Acquires U.S. Rights". ScreenAnarchy. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  19. ↑ Mack, Andrew. "THE HARVESTERS (DIE STROPERS): Altered Innocence Acquires Un Certain Regard Title". ScreenAnarchy. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  20. ↑ Gingold, Michael. "INTERNATIONAL SENSATION "LUZ" COMING TO SPECIAL-EDITION BLU-RAY; DETAILS AND ART". Rue Morgue. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  21. ↑ "Home - U.S. Trailer (2016, Fien Troch)". Youtube. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  22. ↑ Orndorf, Brian. "Starfish Blu-ray Announced". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  23. ↑ Duralde, Alonso. "What's New on DVD in October: 'Parasite,' 'Mallrats,' Dolly Parton, and More". The Wrap. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  24. ↑ Hurtado, J. "Exclusive Trailer: LOVE EXPRESS: THE DISAPPEARANCE OF WALERIAN BOROWCZYK Comes To US Screens August 21st from Altered Innocence". ScreenAnarchy. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  25. ↑ Mack, Andrew. "QUEER JAPAN: Altered Innocence Picks up North American Rights". ScreenAnarchy. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  26. ↑ Barraclough, Leo. "Altered Innocence Acquires Fabrice du Welz's 'Adoration' for U.S. (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  27. ↑ Lund, Carson. ""Digital Cinematography is Mostly Mired in a Sort of Default Realism": Brandon Colvin on A Dim Valley". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  28. ↑ Barraclough, Leo. "Altered Innocence Acquires U.S. Rights to Berlinale Film 'Stop-Zemlia' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  29. ↑ Betancourt, Manuel. "'My Best Part' Review: An All Too Twee Character Study Tug-of-War Between Melancholy and Jealousy". Variety. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  30. ↑ Barraclough, Leo. "Locarno Title 'After Blue (Dirty Paradise)' Picked Up by Altered Innocence in North America (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  31. ↑ Barraclough, Leo. "Berlinale Panorama Selection 'Grand Jeté' Acquired by Altered Innocence in U.S. (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  32. ↑ Billington, Alex. "New US Trailer for Turkish Film 'Brother's Keeper' About Two Friends". FirstShowing.net. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  33. ↑ Barraclough, Leo. "Berlinale Title 'Beautiful Beings' Acquired by Altered Innocence in U.S. (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  34. ↑ Raup, Jordan. "The Hole in the Fence Exclusive Trailer: Mexican-Polish Thriller and Venice Selection Arrives This May". The Film Stage. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  35. ↑ Ntim, Zac. "Locarno Coming-Of-Age Drama 'Astrakan' Lands North American Deal". Deadline. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  36. ↑ Barraclough, Leo. "Gory, Transgressive Fantasy Movie 'Conann,' Selected at Cannes and Locarno, Sells to North America (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  37. ↑ Mack, Andrew. "THE PEOPLE'S JOKER: Altered Innocence Acquires North American Rights For Queer Coming-of-Age Superhero Parody". ScreenAnarchy. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
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