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| Industry | Film industry |
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| Headquarters | Los Angeles, California , U.S. |
Area served | Worldwide |
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| Website | utopiadistribution |
Utopia is an American film production, distribution and sales agency founded in 2018, by Robert Schwartzman and Cole Harper. The company is best known for releasing films Mickey and the Bear (2019), Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets (2020), Shiva Baby (2021), Vortex (2021), We're All Going to the World's Fair (2022), and Sharp Stick (2022).
In February 2019, it was announced Robert Schwartzman and Cole Harper had launched Utopia, a film production, distribution, and sales company. [1] The company's first releases were Fiddlin directed by Julie Simone, [2] American Dharma directed by Errol Morris, and Mickey and the Bear directed by Annabelle Attanasio, in November 2019. [3] [4] The company also handled international sales on Sword of Trust directed by Lynn Shelton. [5]
In September 2020, the company launched Altavod providing distributors and filmmakers full control to distribute their film projects, with 91% of sales going directly to the filmmakers. [6] In November 2020, Utopia launched Utopia Originals which would additionally handle the sales of television projects. [7]
| Release Date | Title | Notes |
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| August 27, 2019 | Fiddlin | |
| November 1, 2019 | American Dharma | |
| November 15, 2019 | Mickey and the Bear | |
| Release Date | Title | Notes |
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| July 1, 2020 | Suzy Q | |
| July 10, 2020 | Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets | |
| September 15, 2020 | House of Cardin | |
| September 21, 2020 | Turning Point | |
| December 4, 2020 | Minor Premise | |
| December 22, 2020 | The Emoji Story | |
| February 12, 2021 | Crestone | |
| March 16, 2021 | Martha: A Picture Story | |
| April 2, 2021 | Shiva Baby | |
| April 30, 2021 | Golden Arm | |
| April 30, 2021 | Dope is Death | |
| August 10, 2021 | Materna | |
| September 24, 2021 | El Planeta | |
| October 19, 2021 | Red Heaven | |
| November 9, 2021 | The Dilemma of Desire | |
| December 24, 2021 | The Scary of Sixty-First | |
| January 18, 2022 | Saul at Night | |
| March 8, 2022 | Adventures in Success | |
| March 18, 2022 | Jane by Charlotte | |
| April 22, 2022 | We're All Going to the World's Fair | |
| April 29, 2022 | Vortex | |
| July 29, 2022 | Sharp Stick | |
| October 28, 2022 | Holy Spider | |
| April 12, 2023 | Sick of Myself | |
| October 13, 2023 | Divinity | |
| October 20, 2023 | Another Body | co-distribution with WILLA |
| December 1, 2023 | The Sweet East |
| Release Date | Title | Notes |
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| February 9, 2024 | Drift | |
| February 23, 2024 | Drugstore June | |
| March 22, 2024 | Femme | |
| TBA | Chestnut | |
| TBA | Hung Up On a Dream | |
| TBA | I Live Here Now | |
| TBA | Not An Artist | |
| TBA | Pet Shop Days | |
| TBA | Show Me the Picture: The Story of Jim Marshall |
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