Factory 25 is a Brooklyn-based independent film distribution and production company, founded by Matt Grady in 2009.
Grady founded Factory 25 in 2009 after leaving a position as director of production at Plexifilm. [1] The name Factory 25 is from "the manufacturing home of the famous 1909 Honus Wagner tobacco card". [2]
The company's first release, Frownland, [3] was the film that inspired Grady to create his own distribution company, as he believed no other company would distribute the film. [4]
As of 2010 [update] , Grady remained the company's sole employee. [5]
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. As of 2010 [update] , a typical production run consisted of 1,000 DVD-LP pairs (movie and soundtrack), where sale of 40% of the production run would be the break-even point. [5] The company's physical releases often include objects such as 16mm film strips, drawings and written essays. [6] Matt Grady has expressed a desire to make the company's physical releases collectible and appealing, "like a fetish item". [7] The company has worked and distributed films alongside notable distribution companies such as Oscilloscope Laboratories and streaming services such as Fandor. [8] [9]
Distributed By Factory 25:
Title | Year | Director |
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Hero | 1983 | Alexandre Rockwell |
In the Soup [10] | 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 [11] [12] | 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 [12] | 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 [13] | 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 [14] | 2012 | Amy Seimetz |
Pavilion [9] | 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 [15] | 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 [16] | 2013 | Frances Bodomo |
Privacy Setting | 2013 | Joe Swanberg |
Hellaware | 2013 | Michael M. Bilandic |
Bluebird [17] | 2013 | Lance Edmands |
Little Feet [16] | 2013 | Alexandre Rockwell |
See You Next Tuesday | 2013 | Drew Tobia |
Go Down Death [18] | 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 [19] | 2015 | Pavan Moondi and Brian Robertson |
Videophilia (and Other Viral Syndromes) [20] | 2015 | Juan Daniel F. Molero |
Stinking Heaven [19] | 2015 | Nathan Silver |
Almost There [21] | 2015 | Dan Rybicky and Aaron Wickenden |
Uncle Kent 2 [19] | 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 |
Ham on Rye [22] | 2019 | Tyler Taormina |
Empty Metal | 2019 | Adam Khalil and Bayley Sweitzer |
Out of Time: The Material Issue Story | 2021 | Balin Schneider |
Actual People | 2021 | Kit Zauhar |
The Reverend | 2021 | Nick Canfield |
Produced By Factory 25:
Title | Year | Director |
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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 | 2020 | Bryan Wizemann |
Inspector Ike | 2020 | Graham Mason |
All The Old Bells | 2020 | Brent Green |
Album | Year | Artist |
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Torben | 2010 | Brock Enright & Kirsten Deirup |
Exclamation Point | 2010 | DA! |
Sub-Urban Insult Rock for the Anti-Lectual | 2010 | Tutu & the Pirates |
Heaven Know's What: Original Music From the Film | 2015 | Ariel Pink and Blood Orange |
Factory 25 was named "Best Distributor" by The L Magazine in their "Best of Brooklyn 2013: Film" article. [23]
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