TLA Releasing is a US film distribution and production company owned by

TLA Entertainment Group TLA Entertainment Group is a privately held corporation based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It was founded in 1981. Originally formed to operate a repertory movie theater, the company subsequently moved into catalog and online sales, retail store ...

. In March 2011, a new LLC was formed for the operation. Its primary output is

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-related films from all over the world under the "TLA Releasing" label, as well as

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s under the label "Danger After Dark". Since 2000, they have released over 200 films on DVD and various VOD platforms. In 2005, they opened a branch in the UK. In June 2011, they announced "TLA Select", a line of

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s of TLA Releasing's the most popular films, including '' Latter Days'', '' Another Gay Movie'' and '' Another Gay Sequel'', '' Make the Yuletide Gay'', and ''

Boy Culture ''Boy Culture'' is a 2006 American romantic drama film directed by Q. Allan Brocka, based on the 1995 novel of the same name by Matthew Rettenmund. The film stars Derek Magyar, Darryl Stephens, Patrick Bauchau, Jonathon Trent, and Emily Broo ...

''. In July 2011, the UK division lost its entire inventory of DVDs when rioters in London burnt down a

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warehouse. Sony rapidly worked to replenish the lost stock.

Select films released through TLA Releasing

* '' 29th and Gay'' * '' 800 Balas'' * '' Absolut Warhola'' * '' Adam & Steve'' * '' A Little Lust'' (Italy, "Né Romeo, Né Giulietta") * '' Another Gay Movie'' * '' Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!'' * '' Bear City'' * ''Bear City 2 - The Proposal'' * '' Beautiful Boxer'' * ''Blackmail Boys'' * '' Bloomington'' (UK) * ''

Blue and Not So Pink ''Blue and Not So Pink'' ( es, Azul y no tan rosa, released in the U.S. as ''My Straight Son'') is a Venezuelan drama film written and directed by Miguel Ferrari and released in November 2012. The film won the Goya Award for Best Spanish Languag ...

'' (Venezuela) * ''

'' * ''

Boys in the Sand ''Boys in the Sand'' is a landmark American gay pornographic film, released early in the Golden Age of Porn. The 1971 film was directed by Wakefield Poole and stars Casey Donovan.Cachorro'' * '' Children of God'' * '' Circuit'' * '' Conspiracy of Silence'' * ''

David's Birthday ''David's Birthday'', (Italian title: ''Il compleanno''), is a 2009 Italian drama film directed by Marco Filiberti. Plot Two pairs of friends, Matteo & Francesca and Shary & Diego, decide to spend the summer together in a beach house at the foot o ...

'' (UK) * ''

Death of a Dynasty ''Death of a Dynasty'' is a 2003 American comedy film. It is a satire of the hip hop music industry, centered on Roc-A-Fella Records, and stars Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Capone, and Damon Dash. It also features cameo appearances by celebrities such a ...

'' * ''

Down in Paris ''Down in Paris'' is a French film directed by Antony Hickling in 2021. It was first screened at Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival and Out on Film Atlanta's LGBTQ Film Festival, United States. Plot The film revolves aroun ...

'' (USA & UK) * ''

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'' * '' Dorian Blues'' * '' Edge of Seventeen'' * '' Eighteen'' * '' Ethan Mao'' * ''

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'' * '' Finding Me'' * '' Finding Me: Truth'' * '' Five Dances'' * '' The Fluffer'' * ''

From Beginning to End ''From Beginning to End'' ( pt, Do Começo ao Fim) is a 2009 Brazilian romantic drama film directed by Aluizio Abranches, starring Fábio Assunção, Júlia Lemmertz, Gabriel Kaufmann, Lucas Cotrim, João Gabriel Vasconcellos and Rafael Cardoso. ...

'' * '' Fruit Fly'' * '' Godforsaken'' * '' Gone But Not Forgotten'' * '' La Primera Noche'' * '' Latter Days'' * ''Leo's Room'' (UK) * ''Locked Up'' * '' Luster'' * '' Make the Yuletide Gay'' * '' Metrosexuality'' * '' Mom + Mom'' * '' Mysterious Skin'' * ''

Naked Boys Singing ''Naked Boys Singing!'' is a musical revue that features traditional American vaudeville-style music performed by eight actors who sing and dance naked. The campy musical comedy premiered at the Celebration Theatre in West Hollywood, Californi ...

'' * '' Naked Fame'' * '' O Homem Que Copiava'' * ''

Old Men in New Cars ''Old Men in New Cars'' ( da, Gamle Mænd i Nye Biler), (2002) is a Danish action comedy film directed by Lasse Spang Olsen. The movie stars Kim Bodnia, Nikolaj Lie Kaas, and Tomas Villum Jensen. It is a prequel to Olsen's 1999 comedy ''In China Th ...

'' * '' One Kiss'' (Italy, "Un Bacio") * ''

P.S. Your Cat Is Dead ''P.S. Your Cat Is Dead'' is a novel by James Kirkwood Jr., originally published in 1972, adapted from his play. The book and play later were adapted to film in 2002. Synopsis Abandoned by his girlfriend on New Year's Eve, and still unaware th ...

'' * '' Pervert!'' * '' Say Uncle'' * '' Shiner'' * '' Sleeper Cell'' (Series 1, Region 2 only) * '' Soundless Wind Chime'' * '' Speechless'' (2012) * ''

Straight-Jacket ''Straight-Jacket'' is a 2004 comedy film written and directed by Richard Day, based on his play. Done as a pastiche of the Rock Hudson-Doris Day romantic comedy films, ''Straight-Jacket'' tells the story of Guy Stone, a closeted gay actor in ...

'' * '' The Stranger in Us (UK)'' * ''

Stratosphere Girl ''Stratosphere Girl'' (also known as ''The Stratosphere Girl'' in the United States) is a 2004 film from Germany written and directed by . The film is about a teenage girl who likes drawing Manga but ended traveling to Japan to work at an exclus ...

'' * ''Street Bangaz'' * '' Surrender Dorothy'' * '' Three Dancing Slaves (Le Clan)'' * '' Under One Roof'' * '' Waiting for the Messiah'' * '' The Wedding Video'' * '' When Boys Fly'' * '' The Wooden Camera'' * '' Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon'' * '' You Are Not Alone'' * '' Zerophilia''

Danger After Dark films

*'' 2LDK'' (2003) *''

Dante's Inferno ''Inferno'' (; Italian for "Hell") is the first part of Italian writer Dante Alighieri's 14th-century epic poem ''Divine Comedy''. It is followed by ''Purgatorio'' and '' Paradiso''. The ''Inferno'' describes Dante's journey through Hell, gui ...

'' (USA, 2007) *''

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'' (South Korea, 2007) *'' Evilenko'' (Italy, 2005) *'' Feed'' (Australia, 2005) *'' Gutterballs'' (Canada, 2008) *'' Hell's Ground (Zibahkhana)'' (Pakistan, 2007) *'' The Living and the Dead'' (UK, 2006) *'' Meatball Machine'' (Japan, 2005) *'' Moon Child (Gackt)'' (Japan, 2003) *'' Next Door (Naboer)'' (Norway, 2005) *'' Satan Hates You'' (USA, 2010) *''

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'' (Sweden, 2005) *''

Strange Circus is a 2005 Japanese horror drama film written and directed by Sion Sono. A narrated fiction presents the story of school principal Ozawa Gozo, who rapes his daughter, Mitsuko, after she sees her parents having sex. Her mother Sayuri witnesses th ...

'' (Japan, 2005) *'' Suicide Club'' (Japan, 2002) *''

Summer Scars ''Summer Scars'' is a 2007 British thriller film produced and directed by Julian Richards. It is based on a hostage situation that Richards experienced during his childhood. The cast includes Kevin Howarth, Ciaran Joyce, Amy Harvey, Darren E ...

'' (USA, 2007) *''Danger After Dark Collection'' (Japan, 2002) *''Evil (To Kako)'' (Greece, 2005) *''Pistoleros'' (Denmark, 2006) *''Rapturious'' (USA, 2007) *''The Wedding Party'' (Belgium, 2005)

References

External links

* Culture of Philadelphia Film distributors of the United States LGBT arts organizations LGBT-related film {{LGBT-stub