Altered Innocence is an American film distribution company specializing in films with LGBT and coming of age themes.

History

Altered Innocence was founded in 2015 by former Strand Releasing employee, Frank Jaffe, to give queer cult films proper Blu-ray and digital releases. The company also distributes films for theatrical release.

In May 2021, Altered Innocence released a short film anthology, described as a "cinematic mixtape", titled Altered Innocence Volume 1.

In 2024, Altered Innocence partnered with film distribution company MVD Entertainment Group; the former had previously been affiliated with OCN Distribution, a sister company of Vinegar Syndrome.

Releases

Spine NumberTitleDirectorRelease yearNotes
AI-1Concrete NightPirjo Honkasalo2013U.S. distribution
AI-2Desire Will Set You FreeYony Leyser2015U.S. distribution
AI-3VioletBas Devos20142017 Blu-ray release
AI-4Baby BumpKuba Czekaj20152017 Blu-ray release
AI-5Doors Cut DownAntonio Hens2000
AI-6A Closer Walk With TheeJohn C. Clark and Brie Williams20172017 Blu-ray release
AI-7Center of My WorldJakob M. Erwa20162017 Blu-ray release
AI-8Brothers of the NightPatric Chiha20162017 Blu-ray release
AI-9Sleeping GiantAndrew Cividino20152018 Blu-ray release
AI-10John FromJoão Nicolau20152018 Blu-ray release
AI-11The Poet and the BoyKim Yang-Hee2017U.S. distribution
AI-12The Wild BoysBertrand Mandico2017U.S. distribution
AI-13Queercore: How to Punk a RevolutionYony Leyser2017U.S. distribution
AI-14Permanent Green LightDennis Cooper and Zac Farley20182018 Blu-ray release
AI-15Knife + HeartYann Gonzalez2018U.S. distribution
AI-16The ErlprinceKuba Czekaj20162019 Blu-ray release
AI-17Tiger MilkUte Wieland2017U.S. distribution rights
AI-18The HarvestersEtienne Kallos2018U.S. distribution
AI-19You'll Never Be AloneAlex Anwandter20162020 Blu-ray release
AI-20LuzTilman Singer20182020 Blu-ray release
AI-21Equation to an UnknownFrantz Salieri1980
AI-22HomeFien Troch20162020 Blu-ray release
AI-23StarfishA.T. White20182020 Blu-ray release
AI-24House of CardinP. David Ebersole and Todd Hughes20192020 DVD release
AI-25Rapture in BlueRyder Houston2020DVD release
AI-26Love Express: The Disappearance of Walerian BorowczykKuba Mikurda2018U.S. distribution
AI-27MadameStéphane Riethauser2019Blu-ray release
AI-28Queer JapanGraham Kolbeins2019North American distribution
AI-29Altered Innocence Vol. 1Cam Archer, Anna Cazenave Cambet, Antonio Hens, Yann GOnzalez, Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel, Shaun Hughes, Peter Strickland, Alexis Langlois, Bertrand Mandico, João Nicolau, Gjertrud Maria Bergaust2000 - 2019
AI-30AdorationFabrice du Welz2019U.S. distribution
AI-31So Long Billie (Pompei)Anna Falguères and John Shank20192021 Blu-ray release
AI-32Sound and FuryJean-Claude Brisseau1988
AI-33A Dim ValleyBrandon Colvin2020U.S. distribution
AI-34Wild Tigers I Have KnownCam Archer2006
AI-35Death of NintendoRaya Martin2020DVD release
AI-36LA Plays ItselfFred Halsted1972
Sex Garage1972
Sextool1975
AI-37Arrebato (Rapture)Iván Zulueta1979
AI-38Pals (Colegas)Eloy de la Iglesia1982
AI-39HypnosisValery Todorovsky2020Blu-ray release
AI-40Stop-ZemliaKateryna Gornostai2021U.S. distribution
AI-41My Best PartNicolas Maury2020U.S. distribution
AI-42The Islands of Yann GonzalezYann Gonzalez2006 - 2021
You and the Night2013
AI-43Passing StrangersArthur J. Bressan, Jr.1974
Forbidden Letters1979
AI-44Apocalypse After: Short Films by Bertrand MandicoBertrand Mandico1999 - 2018
AI-45Beyond GravityGarth Maxwell1989
Jack Be Nimble1993
AI-46After Blue (Dirty Paradise)Bertrand Mandico2021North American distribution
AI-47Saturday Night at the BathsDavid Buckley1975
AI-48Grand JetéIsabelle Stever2022U.S. distribution
AI-49ÉlisaJean Becker1995
AI-50Dressed in BlueAntonio Giménez Rico1983
AI-51Brother's KeeperFerit Kerahan2021U.S. distribution
AI-52Wild ReedsAndré Téchiné1994
AI-53Beautiful BeingsGuðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson2022U.S. distribution
AI-54The Wounded ManPatrice Chéreau1983
AI-55IrreversibleGaspar Noé2002
AI-56Altered Innocence Vol. 2Osama Chami, Enrique Gimeno, William Laboury, Mathia Broe, Alexis Langlois, Adam Baran, Sam Max, Christian Tafdrup, Érica Sarmet, Christian Zetterberg, Naïla Guiguet, Sarah Veltmeyer2008 - 2021
AI-57Hidden PleasuresEloy de la Iglesia1977
Confessions of a Congressman1978
AI-58The Hole in the FenceJoaquín del Paso2021U.S. distribution
AI-59Name Above TitleCarlos Conceição2020
Other Tales of Woe by Carlos Conceição2010 - 2023
AI-60Coming OutHeiner Carow1989
AI-61AstrakanDavid Depesseville2022North American distribution
AI-62Fögi is a BastardMarcel Gisler1998
AI-63Stielke, Heinz, FifteenMichael Kann1987
AI-64The Strangler (L'Étrangleur)Paul Vecchiali1970
AI-65Gay USAArthur J. Bressan, Jr.1977
Snapshots of 1970s LGBT ResistanceLilli Vincenz, Sharon Hayes, Kate Millett, Ronald Chase, Wakefield Poole1970 - 1974
AI-66She Is ConannBertrand Mandico2023North American distribution
AI-67SitcomFrançois Ozon1998
Criminal Lovers1999
Water Drops on Burning Rocks2000
AI-68The People's JokerVera Drew2022North American distribution
AI-69You Are Not AloneLasse Nielsen and Ernst Johansen1978
AI-70Suicide RoomJan Komasa2011
AI-71Le Beau MecWallace Potts1979
AI-72Endless Summer SyndromeKaveh Daneshmand2023
AI-73Eat the NightCaroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel2024
AI-74JuiceArthur J. Bressan, Jr.1984
Daddy Dearest1984
AI-75Lost CountryVladimir Perišić2023
AI-76Queens of DramaAlexis Langlois2024
AI-77The MaidenGraham Foy2022
AI-78So UnrealAmanda Kramer2023
AI-79ZappaBille August1983
Twist and Shout1984
AI-80Taxi zum KloFrank Ripploh1980

Short Film Collections

Spine NumberCollection TitleFilm titleDirectorRelease YearNotes
AI-29Altered Innocence Vol. 1Our TimeCam Archer2004
Grabber LoverAnna Cazenave Cambet2016
Doors Cut DownAntonio Hens2000
Les Vacances ContinuentYann Gonzalez2015
After School Knife FightCaroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel2017
BunnyShaun Hughes2018
GU04Peter Strickland2019
Terror, Sisters!Alexis Langlois2019
NiemandBertrand Mandico2019
Gambozinos (Wild Haggis)João Nicolau2013
Jakt (Hunt)Gjertrud Maria Bergaust2018
AI-42The Islands of Yann GonzalezWe Will Never Be Alone AgainYann Gonzalez2012
I Hate You Little Girls2008
By the Kiss2006
Three Celestial Bodies2009
Intermission (Entracte)2007
Land of My Dreams2012
Islands2017
Fou de Bassan2021
AI-44Apocalypse After: Short Films by Bertrand MandicoThe Blue CavalierBertrand Mandico1999
He Says He's Dead...2006
The Life and Death of Henry Darger2010
Boro in the Box2011
Living Still Life2012
Prehistoric Cabaret2013
Salammbô2014
Our Lady of Hormones2015
Any Virgin Left Alive?2015
Depressive Cop2015
Ultra Pulpe (Apocalypse After)2018
AI-56Altered Innocence Vol. 2Young DiegoOsama Chami & Enrique Gimeno2021
YandereWilliam Laboury2019
AmphiMathias Broe2018
The Demons of DorothyAlexis Langlois2021
Trade CenterAdam Baran2021
ChaperoneSam Max2022
AwakeningChristian Tafdrup2008
A Wild Patience Has Taken Me HereÉrica Sarmet2021
Shower BoysChristian Zetterberg2021
DustinNaïla Guiguet2020
Kiem HolijandaSarah Veltmeyer2017
AI-59Other Tales of Woe by Carlos ConceiçãoBad BunnyCarlos Conceição2017
Versailles2013
Turquoise Boy2023
Goodnight Cinderella2014
Hell2011
The Flesh2010
AI-65Snapshots of 1970s LGBT ResistanceGay and ProudLilli Vincenz1970
Gay PowerSharon Hayes and Kate Millett1971
ParadeRonald Chase1972
Freedom Day ParadeWakefield Poole1974