Variance Films is a privately held film distribution company founded in 2008 that uses an innovative model of self-distribution combined with select elements of traditional theatrical distribution to allow filmmakers to achieve quality theatrical releases for their films. Variance Films is notable in that they do not require filmmakers to sign over any rights to their films, instead partnering with filmmakers to ensure their film gets the proper theatrical release, while allowing them to keep their DVD,
video on demand
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, television, and international rights.
In 2014 it was announced that
GoDigital
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and Variance Films would be merging and forming the distribution company
Amplify.
Theatrical film distribution list
2008
* ''
Walking on Dead Fish'' (September 19)
* ''
Smother
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'' (September 26)
2009
* ''
Nursery University'' (April 24)
* ''
White on Rice'' (September 11)
* ''
Blind Date'' (September 25)
* ''
Adventures of Power'' (October 9 NYC, October 16 LA)
* ''
Passport to Love'' (October 9)
* ''
Until The Light Takes Us
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Feat ...
'' (December 4)
2010
* ''
After The Cup: Sons of Sakhnin United'' (May 21)
* ''
The Lottery
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'' (June 11)
* ''
Spoken Word
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'' (July 23)
* ''
Fool For Love'' (September 10)
* ''
Strange Powers: Stephin Merritt and the Magnetic Fields (October 27)
* ''
Guy and Madeline on a Park Bench'' (November 5)
2011
* ''
Ip Man 2: Legend of the Grandmaster'' (January 28)
* ''
Clash (Bẫy Rồng)'' (March 11)
* ''
American: The Bill Hicks Story'' (April 8)
* ''
Legend of the Fist: The Return of Chen Zhen'' (April 22)
* ''Battle of the Brides (Co Dau Dai Chien)'' (May 6)
* ''
How To Live Forever
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'' (May 13)
* ''General Orders No. 9'' (June 24)
* ''Littlerock'' (August 12)
* ''
Amigo'' (August 19)
* ''
Shaolin'' (September 9)
* ''The Weird World of Blowfly'' (September 16)
* ''
1911
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Events January
* January 1 – A decade after federation, the Northern Territory and the Australian Capital Territory ...
'' (October 7)
* ''
Elevate'' (October 21)
* ''
Elite Squad: The Enemy Within'' (November 11)
* ''Addiction Incorporated'' (December 14)
2012
* ''
Let the Bullets Fly'' (March 2)
* ''
The Trouble With Bliss'' (March 23)
* ''
Hit So Hard
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'' (April 13)
* ''
The Perfect Family'' (May 4)
* ''
Red Hook Summer'' (August 10)
* ''
Head Games'' (September 21)
* ''
3, 2, 1... Frankie Go Boom'' (October 12)
* ''
Tai Chi 0
''Tai Chi 1: 0'' (太極之零開始) or ''Tai Chi Zero'' (太極：從零開始) is a 2012 Chinese 3D martial arts film directed by Stephen Fung. It is a fictitious retelling of how the Chen style of the martial art t'ai chi ch'uan, that for ...
'' (October 26)
2013
* ''
Sound City'' (February 1)
* ''
The End of Love
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'' (March 1st)
* ''
Hunky Dory
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'' (March 22)
* ''
An Oversimplification of Her Beauty'' (April 26)
* ''
The History of Future Folk
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Career
After co-starring in an Off-off-Broadway musical ...
'' (May 31) Featuring Folk Band ''
Future Folk''
* ''
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''(July 12)
* ''
Drug War ''(July 26)
* ''American Made Movie'' (August 30)
* ''
God Loves Uganda
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''(October 11)
* ''
Go For Sisters ''(November 8)
2014
* ''
It Felt Like Love'' (May 21)
* ''The Retrieval'' (April 2)
* ''
Elena'' (May 30)
* ''
Citizen Koch
''Citizen Koch'' is a 2013 film produced and directed by Tia Lessin and Carl Deal, concerning the political influence of American plutocrats on the political process following the US Supreme Court decision in ''Citizens United v. FEC'' which grant ...
'' (June 6)
* ''
Test
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Arts and entertainment
* ''Test'' (2013 film), an American film
* ''Test'' (2014 film), ...
'' (June 6)
* ''
Closed Curtain
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'' (July 9)
* ''
Video Games: The Movie'' (July 15)
2022
* ''
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Art and entertainment
* ''RRR'' (film), an Indian Telugu film Industry film
** ''RRR'' (soundtrack), soundtrack album of the film of the same name
* RRRecords, a record label
* '' Roots Rock Riot'', a 2007 album by Skindred
* ...
'' (2022)
References
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