Arthouse film institution research - Production:Independent film Studios

Production: Independent film studios

1) Look back at the five films you have analysed for your existing product research. Find which studios made them – e.g. Film Four, Studio Canal, BFI, BBC Films etc.
2) What other films do these studios produce? Can you find any any other independent, arthouse or low-budget examples?
3) Do the studios have any notable successes? What is the most successful low-budget or independent film the studio has released?

A Clockwork Orange

1)Produced by one of Warner Bros Studios subsidiaries which is "Warner Independent Pictures" and Hawk Films (As Hawk Films Limited)

2) Some other films produced by Warner Independent Pictures and Hawk Films are: 

• Clubland (Warner)
• Snow Angels(Warner)
• The Astronaut Farmer(Warner)
• Barry Lyndon(Hawk Films)
• The Shining (Hawk Films)
• Dr. Strangelove or: How I learned to stop worrying and love the bomb(Hawk Films)

3) The most notable success of Warner Independent Pictures is that the first film it released was 'Before Sunset' and the subsidiary financed,produced,acquired and distributed feature films largely budgeted under $20 million.

Frida

1)The main producing studio of Frida is Handprint Entertainment 

2) The filmography of Handprint is:

• Celebrity Autobiography 
• The Tyra Banks Show
• In the Game
• Jennifer Lopez in concert 
• Love Song 

3) Handprint Entertainment was originally named 'Pollack Entertainment' after its founder Jeff Pollack. Most films or TV series produced by Handprint don't have a run time of over 60 minutes. Handprint Entertainment has also one several awards for the various films they produced before the brand was discontinued after the death of its founder

Boyhood

1) Produced by IFC Productions and Detour Filmproduction 

2) Some of the films produced by these studios are: 

• Dead and Lonely (IFC)
• The Baxter (IFC)
• The Ballad of Jack and Rose (IFC)
• Levelland (Detour)
• Slacker (Detour)
• The Newton Boys (Detour)

3) Detour Film Productions have won numerous awards for the films they have created:
-- Berlin Film Festival Silver Bear Award 
--Academy Award Nomination 
IFC Productions has also had a few nominations and awards over the years for their work from the Film Independent Spirit Awards 

The Graduate

1) Produced by Lawrence Turman (A Mike Nichols/Lawrence Turman Production)

2) The films produced by this studio are:

• The Long Way Home
• The Great White Hope
• Pretty Poison

3) Lawrence Turman and Mike Nichols have received many awards respectively for their work in the independent film industry. The vast majority of their films have always sold out upon release. 

-- Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture (Turman)
--PGA Hall Of Fame - Motion Pictures (Turman)
-- AFI Life Achievement Award (Nichols)
--Tony Award for Best Musical (Nichols)
--Kennedy Center Honors (Nichols)
--BAFTA Award nomination for Best Film

Donnie Darko

1) Produced by Pandora Cinema, Flower Films (II), Adam Fields Productions and Gaylord Films 

2) Some of the films produced by the individual studios are:

• Welcome to Collinwood (Pandora)
• A Walk to Remember (Pandora)
• How to Be Single (Flower)
• Happy Camp (Flower)
• S.Darko (Adam)
• Brokedown Palace (Adam)
• Duma (Gaylord)
• White Oleander (Gaylord)

3) Pandora

- 1982 Frankfurt based cinema operators Karl Baumgartner and Reinhard Brundig established Pandora Film Distribution

- First big commercial breakthrough was with Jane Campion's THE PIANO

-The original concept of presenting fantastic cinematographic masterpieces to German audiences paid off as PANDORA CINEMA is now one of the most distinguished independent film makers to date

Flower Films   

Grown to become one of the most successful film companies to produce low budget independent films for the pleasures of the arthouse audience. Founded by Drew Barrymore and Nancy Juvonen 

Adam Fields Productions
After doing some research I wasn't able to find much information but most films that this production company have been involved in or singularly produced have sold out.

DONNIE DARKO HAS RECIEVED NOMINATIONS FOR AWARDS AND WAS VERY HIGHLY RATED BY CRITICS.