Thunderbird Releasing
Thunderbird Releasing is a London-based all-rights film distribution company, with a division in Canada, specialising in arthouse, independent and world cinema. Established as Soda Pictures in 2002 by Eve Gabereau and Edward Fletcher, the company releases 25+ films a year and has a library of over 300 titles.
| Private | |
| Industry | Film distributor |
| Founded | London, UK (2002) |
| Headquarters | Shoreditch, London, UK |
Key people | Edward Fletcher, Managing Director; |
| Products | Thunderbird Releasing |
| Owner | Thunderbird Entertainment |
| Website | http://www.thunderbirdreleasing.com |
They have released such groundbreaking films as Fatih Akin’s Head-On, Tran Ahn Hung’s Norwegian Wood, Jim Jarmusch’s Only Lovers Left Alive, Kelly Reichardt’s Old Joy, Meek’s Cutoff and Night Moves, Christian Petzold’s Barbara and Phoenix both starring Nina Hoss, from Saudi Arabia Wadjda, Brazilian award-winner The Second Mother, Icelandic breakout hit Rams, French thriller Disorder starring Matthias Schoenaerts and Diane Kruger and the Oscar-nominated documentary Finding Vivian Maier, as well as on the Canadian side Lone Scherfig’s The Riot Club, Ben Wheatley’s High-Rise and the Western Slow West starring Michael Fassbender. Upcoming they have the critically acclaimed Cannes competitors Paterson and Toni Erdmann, Emily Dickinson biopic A Quiet Passion starring Cynthia Nixon and directed by Terence Davies, and the documentary David Lynch: The Art Life.
Thunderbird Releasing is part of the Thunderbird Entertainment Group, a film and television production company based in Vancouver with additional offices in Toronto and Los Angeles and who are behind the Netflix Original series Beat Bugs and Executive Producers of Blade Runner 2049 starring Ryan Gosling.
Theatrical releases
2019
| Title | Director(s) | Cast | Theatrical release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vita and Virginia (2018) | Chanya Button | Gemma Arterton, Elizabeth Debicki, Isabella Rossellini | 5 July |
| High Life (2018) | Claire Denis | Robert Pattinson, Mia Goth, Juliette Binoche, André Benjamin | 10 May |
| Sorry Angel (2018) | Christophe Honoré | Vincent Lacoste, Pierre Deladonchamps, Denis Podalydès | 22 March |
| The Kindergarten Teacher (2018) | Sara Colangelo | Maggie Gyllenhaal, Gael García Bernal | 8 February |
| Burning (2018) | Lee Chang-dong | Yoo Ah-in, Steven Yuen, Jun Jong-seo | 1 February |
2018
| Title | Director(s) | Cast | Theatrical release date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shoplifters | Hirokazu Kore-eda | Sakura Ando, Lily Franky | 23 November |
| The Gospel According to André (2017) | Kate Novack | André Leon Talley | 28 September |
| The Seagull | Michael Mayer | Annette Bening, Saoirse Ronan, Elisabeth Moss | 7 September |
| The Heiresses | Marcelo Martinessi | Ana Brun | 10 August |
| Racer and the Jailbird (2017) | Michaël R. Roskam | Matthias Schoenaerts, Adèle Exarchopoulos | 13 July |
| Redoubtable (2017) | Michel Hazanavicius | Louis Garrel, Stacy Martin, Bérénice Bejo | 11 May |
| Never Steady, Never Still (2017) | Kathleen Hepburn | Shirley Henderson, Théodore Pellerin, Nicholas Campbell | 20 April |
| Sweet Country (2017) | Warwick Thorton | Hamilton Morris, Sam Neill, Bryan Brown, Thomas M. Wright | 9 March |
| Walk With Me (2017) | Max Pugh, Marc James Francis | Thich Nhat Hanh, Benedict Cumberbatch (narrated by) | 5 January |