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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''. 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'' (2005) * '' 800 Balas'' (2002) * '' Absolut Warhola'' (2001) * ''
Adam & Steve ''Adam & Steve'' is a 2005 American romantic comedy film directed by and starring Craig Chester, who also wrote the screenplay. It deals with the lives of two gay men, played by Craig Chester and Malcolm Gets. The film had its UK premiere on N ...
'' (2005) * '' A Little Lust'' (Italy, "Né Romeo, Né Giulietta") * '' Another Gay Movie'' (2006) * '' Another Gay Sequel: Gays Gone Wild!'' (2008) * '' Bear City'' (2010) * '' Bear City 2: The Proposal'' (2012) * '' Beautiful Boxer'' (2003) * '' Blackmail Boys'' * '' Bloomington'' (2010) (UK) * '' Blue and Not So Pink'' (2012) (Venezuela) * '' Boy Culture'' (2006) * '' Boys in the Sand'' (1971) * '' Cachorro'' (2004) * '' Children of God'' (2010) * '' Circuit'' (2002) * '' Conspiracy of Silence'' (2003) * '' David's Birthday'' (2009) (UK) * '' Death of a Dynasty'' (2003) * '' Down in Paris'' (2021) (USA & UK) * '' Dog Tags'' (2008) * '' Dorian Blues'' (2004) * '' Edge of Seventeen'' (1998) * '' Eighteen'' (2005) * '' Ethan Mao'' (2004) * ''
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'' (2003) * '' Finding Me'' (2009) * '' Finding Me: Truth'' (2011) * '' Five Dances'' (2013) * '' The Fluffer'' (2001) * '' From Beginning to End'' (2009) * '' Fruit Fly'' (2009) * '' Godforsaken'' (2003) * '' Gone But Not Forgotten'' (2003) * '' La Primera Noche'' (2003) * '' Latter Days'' (2003) * ''Leo's Room'' (UK) * ''Locked Up'' * '' Love, Spells and All That'' (2019) * '' Luster'' (2002) * '' Make the Yuletide Gay'' (2009) * '' Metrosexuality'' (2001) * '' Mom + Mom'' (2018) * '' Mysterious Skin'' (2004) * '' Naked Boys Singing'' (2007) * '' Naked Fame'' (2005) * '' O Homem Que Copiava'' (2003) * '' Old Men in New Cars'' (2002) * '' One Kiss'' (2016) (Italy, "Un Bacio") * '' P.S. Your Cat Is Dead'' (2002) * '' Pervert!'' (2005) * '' Say Uncle'' (2005) * '' Shiner'' (2004) * '' Sleeper Cell'' (2005) (Series 1, Region 2 only) * '' Soundless Wind Chime'' (2009) * '' Speechless'' (2012) * '' Straight-Jacket'' (2004) * '' The Stranger in Us (UK)'' (2010) * '' Stratosphere Girl'' (2004) * ''Street Bangaz'' * '' Surrender Dorothy'' (1998) * '' Three Dancing Slaves (Le Clan)'' (2004) * '' Under One Roof'' (2002) * '' Waiting for the Messiah'' (2000) * '' The Wedding Video'' (2003) * '' When Boys Fly'' (2002) * '' The Wooden Camera'' (2003) * '' Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon'' (2008) * '' You Are Not Alone'' (1978) * '' Zerophilia'' (2005)


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 narrative poem '' The Divine Comedy'', followed by and . The ''Inferno'' describes the journey of a fictionalised version of Dante himsel ...
'' (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 is a 2005 Japanese tokusatsu horror film directed by Yūdai Yamaguchi and Jun'ichi Yamamoto based on a film by Yamamoto from 1999. Special effects and makeup effects were by Yoshihiro Nishimura. It was followed by a sequel, ''Meatball Machine: Ko ...
'' (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 film, 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 ...
'' (Japan, 2005) *'' Suicide Club'' (Japan, 2002) *'' Summer Scars'' (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 LGBTQ arts organizations LGBTQ-related film {{LGBT-media-stub