Factory 25


Factory 25 is a Brooklyn-based independent film distribution and production company, founded by Matt Grady in 2009.

History

Grady founded Factory 25 in 2009 after leaving a position as director of production at Plexifilm. The name Factory 25 is from "the manufacturing home of the famous 1909 Honus Wagner tobacco card".
The company's first release, Frownland, was the film that inspired Grady to create his own distribution company, as he believed no other company would distribute the film.
, Grady remained the company's sole employee.

Releases

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., a typical production run consisted of 1,000 DVD-LP pairs, where sale of 40% of the production run would be the break-even point. The company's physical releases often include objects such as 16mm film strips, drawings and written essays. Matt Grady has expressed a desire to make the company's physical releases collectible and appealing, "like a fetish item". The company has worked and distributed films alongside notable distribution companies such as Oscilloscope Laboratories and streaming services such as Fandor.

Filmography

Distributed By Factory 25:
TitleYearDirector
Hero1983Alexandre Rockwell
In the Soup1992Alexandre Rockwell
Dutch Harbor - Where the Sea Breaks Its Back1998Braden King and Laura Moya
Funny Ha Ha2002Andrew Bujalski
High School Record2005Ben Wolfinsohn
We Go Way Back2006Lynn Shelton
You Weren't There2007Joe Losurdo and Christina Tillman
Frownland2007Ronald Bronstein
Altamont Now2008Joshua von Brown
Make-out With Violence2008The Deagol Brothers
Until the Light Takes Us2008Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell
You Wont Miss Me2009Ry Russo-Young
Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo2009Jessica Oreck
Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be the Same2009Jody Lee Lipes
Impolex2009Alex Ross Perry
Wah Do Dem2009Sam Fleischner and Ben Chace
Rio Breaks2009Justin Mitchell
Damon and Naomi: 1001 Nights2009Cedrick Eymenier
All the Way from Michigan Not Mars2009Matt Boyd
Gabi on the Roof in July2010Lawrence Michael Levine
Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then2010Brent Green
Shit Year2010Cam Archer
Two Gates of Sleep2010Alistair Banks Griffith
Vacation!2010Zach Clark
N.Y. Export: Op. Jazz2010Jody Lee Lipes and Henry Joost
Convento2010Jarred Alterman
I am Secretly an Important Man2010Peter Sillen
The Oregonian2011Calvin Lee Reeder
The Zone2011Joe Swanberg
The Color Wheel2011Alex Ross Perry
The Family Jams2011Kevin Barker
A Rubberband is an Unlikely Instrument2011Matt Boyd
The Other Side of Sleep2011Rebecca Daly
Kids of Today2011Jerome de Missolz
Green2011Sophia Takal
Buttons2011The Safdie Brothers
Art History2011Joe Swanberg
Silver Bullets2011Joe Swanberg
New Jerusalem2011Rick Alverson
Fake It So Real2011Robert Greene
Jobriath A.D.2012Kieran Turner
Kid-Thing2012David Zellner
Bad Fever2012Dustin Guy Defa
Better Than Something: Jay Reatard2012Alex Hammond and Ian Markiewicz
Sun Don't Shine2012Amy Seimetz
Pavilion2012Tim Sutton
Nancy, Please2012Andrew Semans
Marvin, Seth and Stanley2012Stephen Gurewitz
Richard's Wedding2012Onur Tukel
Exit Elena2012Nathan Silver
Apocalypse: A Bill Callahan Tour Film2012Hanly Banks
Ape2012Joel Potrykus
Francine2012Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky
First Winter2012Benjamin Dickinson
All the Light in the Sky2012Joe Swanberg
The Sheik and I2012Caveh Zahedi
The Voice of the Voiceless2013Maximón Monihan
Boneshaker2013Frances Bodomo
Privacy Setting2013Joe Swanberg
Hellaware2013Michael M. Bilandic
Bluebird2013Lance Edmands
Little Feet2013Alexandre Rockwell
See You Next Tuesday2013Drew Tobia
Go Down Death2013Aaron Schimberg
Brothers Hypnotic2013Reuben Atlas
Young Bodies Heal Quickly2014Andrew T. Betzer
Christmas, Again2014Charles Poekel
Down in Shadowland2014Tom DiCillo
Sex and Broadcasting: A Film About WFMU2014Tim K. Smith
Diamond Tongues2015Pavan Moondi and Brian Robertson
Videophilia (and Other Viral Syndromes)2015Juan Daniel F. Molero
Stinking Heaven2015Nathan Silver
Almost There2015Dan Rybicky and Aaron Wickenden
Uncle Kent 22015Todd Rohall
Bloomin Mud Shuffle2015Frank V. Ross
Come Down Molly2015Gregory Kohn
Ma2015Celia Rowlson-Hall
Homemakers2015Colin Healey
The Arbalest2016Adam Pinney
All This Panic2016Jenny Gage
Icaros: A Vision2016Leonor Caraballo and Matteo Norzi
No Light and No Land Anywhere2016Amber Sealey
For the Plasma2016Bingham Bryant and Kyle Molzan
Werewolf2016Ashley McKenzie
Sylvio2017Albert Birney and Kentucker Audley
Assholes2017Peter Vack
The Show About the Show2017Caveh Zahedi
Sundowners2017Pavan Moondi
Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story2019Steve Sullivan
Jobe'z World2019Michael M. Bilandic
Two Plains & a Fancy2019Lev Kalman and Whitney Horn
August at Akiko's2019Christopher Makoto Yogi
Ham on Rye2019Tyler Taormina
Empty Metal2019Adam Khalil and Bayley Sweitzer
Out of Time: The Material Issue Story2021Balin Schneider
Actual People2021Kit Zauhar
The Reverend2021Nick Canfield

Produced By Factory 25:
TitleYearDirector
Summer of Blood2014Onur Tukel
Applesauce2015Onur Tukel
Abby Singer/Songwriter2015Onur Tukel
Cooklyn2016Bryan Wizemann
Tormenting the Hen2017Theodore Collatos
The Great Pretender2018Nathan Silver
Queen of Lapa2019Theodore Collatos
You Mean Everything to Me2020Bryan Wizemann
Inspector Ike2020Graham Mason
All The Old Bells2020Brent Green

Music Releases

AlbumYearArtist
Torben2010Brock Enright & Kirsten Deirup
Exclamation Point2010DA!
Sub-Urban Insult Rock for the Anti-Lectual2010Tutu & the Pirates
Heaven Know's What: Original Music From the Film2015Ariel Pink and Blood Orange

Accolades

Factory 25 was named "Best Distributor" by The L Magazine in their "Best of Brooklyn 2013: Film" article.