Mongrel Media

{{Short description|Canadian film distribution company}}

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| type = Division

| founders = Hussain Amarshi

| foundation = Toronto {{start date and age|1994}}

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| location = Toronto, Ontario, Canada

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| key_people = Hussain Amarshi (CEO)

| industry = Entertainment

| products = Indie Film Motion Pictures

| owner = Hussain Amarshi

| parent = Métropole Films Distribution

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| homepage = {{url|http://www.mongrelmedia.com/}}

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Mongrel Media is an independent Canadian film distribution company established in 1994 by Hussain Amarshi.{{cite news|url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/mongrel-media-ceo-turns-passion-for-film-into-box-office-successes-1.1292369|title=Mongrel Media CEO turns passion for film into box office successes|last=Buckner|first=Dianne|date=4 October 2012|publisher=CBC|accessdate=29 July 2020}} It is the exclusive Canadian theatrical distributor for Sony Pictures Classics, and a selection of smaller titles from Neon, A24, Amazon Studios, Saban Films, Fox Searchlight Pictures, and IFC Films. Mongrel Media is represented in Quebec by Métropole Films Distribution. In January 2014, it also acquired Canadian distribution rights to 300 film titles from the StudioCanal library.{{cite news|url=http://playbackonline.ca/2014/01/07/mongrel-media-picks-up-studiocanal-film-library/|title=Mongrel Media picks up StudioCanal film library|last=Vlessing|first=Etan|date=7 January 2014|work=Playback|publisher=Brunico Communications|accessdate=4 February 2014}} Titles sold under the Mongrel International umbrella included Neon's Beach Rats and A24's first foreign language film Menashe. In January 2020, Mongrel Media was confirmed as the Canadian distributor for the ninth installment of the Saw franchise, Spiral: From the Book of Saw.{{cite web |last=Burwick |first=Kevin |title=Bewildering Saw 9 Title Allegedly Leaks, But Is It for Real? |url=https://movieweb.com/saw-9-official-title-spiral/ |website=MovieWeb |date=January 22, 2020 |accessdate=March 21, 2020}}

In 2021 the company launched its own proprietary streaming service, offering a selection of films from both its catalogue and that of the American Magnolia Pictures available from its website for a subscription fee of $6.99 per month.[https://www.tricitynews.com/the-mix/canadian-indie-film-distributor-mongrel-media-launching-subscription-streamer-3666120 "Canadian indie film distributor Mongrel Media launching subscription streamer"]. Tri-City News, April 26, 2021.