First Run Features

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|location = New York, NY, USA

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First Run Features is an independent film distribution company based in New York City.[http://realscreen.com/2010/07/29/firstrunfeatures-20100729/ Kelly Anderson, Distributor profile: First Run Features, Real Screen, July 29, 2010]

History

First Run was founded in 1979 by a group of filmmakers in order to advance the distribution of independent film.[https://www.firstrunfeatures.com/presskits/first_run_press/fran.pdf The Independent: "Fran Spielman" interviewed by Eric Breitbart and Morris Sapadin] vol 4 no I In the 1980s, the company focused on more mainstream documentaries and started distributing films on video.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/06/14/arts/film-finding-a-place-for-small-movies-in-the-big-picture.html |title= Finding a Place for Small Movies in the Big Picture |work= The New York Times |date= 1998-07-14 |access-date= 2017-11-05}}

It is one of America's largest independent distributors of documentaries and art films, releasing 12 to 15 films a year in theaters nationwide and 40 to 60 titles on DVD and VOD annually. First Run distributes a large number of documentaries and foreign films, including many films about LGBT issues, Jewish experience, and political and human rights issues.

First Run is the American distributor for Michael Apted's Up series, Ross McElwee's Sherman's March, the Oscar-nominated The Most Dangerous Man in America, Maidentrip, Girl Model, Eames: The Architect and the Painter, For the Bible Tells Me So, A Jihad for Love, God Loves Uganda , D. A. Pennebaker and Chris Hegedus's Kings of Pastry, Joe Berlinger's Crude, Alex Gibney and Eugene Jarecki's The Trials of Henry Kissinger, Alice, Save Me, Anita: Speaking Truth to Power and Moving Midway, among many others. Many of the films First Run Features has distributed have been endorsed by Human Rights Watch.

Notable films

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Year ! Title
2016 \| A Matter of Time{{cite news\|last=Devlin\|first=Mike\|title=Kathryn Calder raises ALS awareness with personal doc A Matter of Time\|url=https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/local-arts/kathryn-calder-raises-als-awareness-with-personal-doc-a-matter-of-time/\|access-date=August 22, 2020\|newspaper=Vancouver Sun\|date=July 28, 2016}}
2015 \| Welcome to Leith{{cite news\|last=Van Cott\|first=Kaeli\|title=First Run Features Acquires Sundance Doc 'Welcome to Leith'\|url=http://www.indiewire.com/article/first-run-features-acquires-sundance-doc-welcome-to-leith-20150622\|access-date=February 1, 2016\|newspaper=Indiewire\|date=July 22, 2015}}
2015 \| Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art{{cite news\|last=Rosen\|first=Steven\|title=Land Art\|url=http://citybeat.com/cincinnati/article-33724-land_art.html/\|access-date=January 29, 2016\|newspaper=Cincinnati City Beat\|date=September 30, 2015}}
2015 \| The Looking Glass{{cite news\|last=Levine\|first=Sydney\|title=John Hancock's 'The Looking Glass' is Coming to Theaters Via First Run Features\|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/sydneylevine/john-hancocks-the-looking-glass-is-coming-to-theaters-via-first-run-features-20151006/\|access-date=January 29, 2016\|newspaper=Indiewire\|date=October 6, 2015}}
2013 \| A Girl and a Gun
2012 \| Pink Ribbons, Inc.{{cite news\|last=Vlessing\|first=Etan\|title=NFB's Drisdell discusses challenges of "Pink Ribbons" release\|url=http://realscreen.com/2012/01/25/nfbs-drisdell-discusses-challenges-of-pink-ribbons-release/\|access-date=February 1, 2012\|newspaper=Reelscreen\|date=January 27, 2012}}
2011 \| The Man Nobody Knew{{cite video \|people=Carl Colby (director) \|date=September 2011 \|title=The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby \|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1931549/ \|medium=Motion picture \|publisher=Act 4 Entertainment \|location=New York City \|ref=September 23, 2011}}
2010 \| The Most Dangerous Man in America
2009 \| Crude
2009 \| Ballerina
2009 \| Altiplano
2009 \| A Wink and a Smile
2008 \| Moving Midway
2008 \| A Jihad for Love
2008 \| Constantine's Sword
2008 \| Praying with Lior
2007 \| For the Bible Tells Me So
2007 \| Save Me
2007 \| The Power of Forgiveness
2007 \| Please Vote for Me
2007 \| Breaking the Maya Code
2004 \| Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train
2003 \| Bonhoeffer
2002 \| The Butterfly
2001 \| Venus Boyz
2001 \| The Fluffer
1999 \| Gendernauts
1999 \| After Stonewall
1995 \| Whitewash
1993 \| Speak Up! It's So Dark
1992 \| Utz
1992 \|Alice
1991 \| The Architecture of Doom
1986 \| Sherman's March
1984 \| Before Stonewall
1983 \| Wild Style
1979 \| The War at Home{{Cite magazine\|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-classic-vietnam-era-documentary-the-war-at-home-and-its-lessons-of-nonviolence\|title=The Classic Vietnam-Era Documentary "The War at Home" and Its Lessons of Nonviolence\|last=Canby\|first=Peter\|magazine=The New Yorker\|date=2018-10-12\|access-date=2019-01-27\|language=en\|issn=0028-792X}}
1975 \| A Boy and his Dog

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Year

! Title

2016

| A Matter of Time{{cite news|last=Devlin|first=Mike|title=Kathryn Calder raises ALS awareness with personal doc A Matter of Time|url=https://vancouversun.com/entertainment/local-arts/kathryn-calder-raises-als-awareness-with-personal-doc-a-matter-of-time/|access-date=August 22, 2020|newspaper=Vancouver Sun|date=July 28, 2016}}

2015

| Welcome to Leith{{cite news|last=Van Cott|first=Kaeli|title=First Run Features Acquires Sundance Doc 'Welcome to Leith'|url=http://www.indiewire.com/article/first-run-features-acquires-sundance-doc-welcome-to-leith-20150622|access-date=February 1, 2016|newspaper=Indiewire|date=July 22, 2015}}

2015

| Troublemakers: The Story of Land Art{{cite news|last=Rosen|first=Steven|title=Land Art|url=http://citybeat.com/cincinnati/article-33724-land_art.html/|access-date=January 29, 2016|newspaper=Cincinnati City Beat|date=September 30, 2015}}

2015

| The Looking Glass{{cite news|last=Levine|first=Sydney|title=John Hancock's 'The Looking Glass' is Coming to Theaters Via First Run Features|url=http://blogs.indiewire.com/sydneylevine/john-hancocks-the-looking-glass-is-coming-to-theaters-via-first-run-features-20151006/|access-date=January 29, 2016|newspaper=Indiewire|date=October 6, 2015}}

2013

| A Girl and a Gun

2012

| Pink Ribbons, Inc.{{cite news|last=Vlessing|first=Etan|title=NFB's Drisdell discusses challenges of "Pink Ribbons" release|url=http://realscreen.com/2012/01/25/nfbs-drisdell-discusses-challenges-of-pink-ribbons-release/|access-date=February 1, 2012|newspaper=Reelscreen|date=January 27, 2012}}

2011

| The Man Nobody Knew{{cite video |people=Carl Colby (director) |date=September 2011 |title=The Man Nobody Knew: In Search of My Father, CIA Spymaster William Colby |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1931549/ |medium=Motion picture |publisher=Act 4 Entertainment |location=New York City |ref=September 23, 2011}}

2010

| The Most Dangerous Man in America

2009

| Crude

2009

| Ballerina

2009

| Altiplano

2009

| A Wink and a Smile

2008

| Moving Midway

2008

| A Jihad for Love

2008

| Constantine's Sword

2008

| Praying with Lior

2007

| For the Bible Tells Me So

2007

| Save Me

2007

| The Power of Forgiveness

2007

| Please Vote for Me

2007

| Breaking the Maya Code

2004

| Howard Zinn: You Can't Be Neutral on a Moving Train

2003

| Bonhoeffer

2002

| The Butterfly

2001

| Venus Boyz

2001

| The Fluffer

1999

| Gendernauts

1999

| After Stonewall

1995

| Whitewash

1993

| Speak Up! It's So Dark

1992

| Utz

1992

|Alice

1991

| The Architecture of Doom

1986

| Sherman's March

1984

| Before Stonewall

1983

| Wild Style

1979

| The War at Home{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/culture-desk/the-classic-vietnam-era-documentary-the-war-at-home-and-its-lessons-of-nonviolence|title=The Classic Vietnam-Era Documentary "The War at Home" and Its Lessons of Nonviolence|last=Canby|first=Peter|magazine=The New Yorker|date=2018-10-12|access-date=2019-01-27|language=en|issn=0028-792X}}

1975

| A Boy and his Dog

References

Sources

[http://www.firstrunfeatures.com/ First Run Features website]
[http://www.the-numbers.com/market/Distributors/FirstRun.php First Run Features box office]