Factory 25 is a Brooklyn-based independent film distribution and production company, founded by Matt Grady in 2009.

History

Grady founded Factory 25 in 2009 after leaving a position as director of production at Plexifilm. The name Factory 25 is from "the manufacturing home of the famous 1909 Honus Wagner tobacco card".

The company's first release, Frownland, was the film that inspired Grady to create his own distribution company, as he believed no other company would distribute the film.

As of 2010[update], Grady remained the company's sole employee.

Releases

The films that Factory 25 produces and distributes are often microbudget features with nontraditional narratives. Factory 25 largely focuses on physical releases such as DVDs, Blu-Rays, VHS Tapes, CDs and Vinyl LPs. As of 2010[update], a typical production run consisted of 1,000 DVD-LP pairs (movie and soundtrack), where sale of 40% of the production run would be the break-even point. The company's physical releases often include objects such as 16mm film strips, drawings and written essays. Matt Grady has expressed a desire to make the company's physical releases collectible and appealing, "like a fetish item". The company has worked and distributed films alongside notable distribution companies such as Oscilloscope Laboratories and streaming services such as Fandor.

Filmography

Distributed By Factory 25:

TitleYearDirector
Hero1983Alexandre Rockwell
Blood Brothers1989Mike Diana
Baked Baby Jesus1990Mike Diana
In the Soup1992Alexandre Rockwell
Dutch Harbor - Where the Sea Breaks Its Back1998Braden King and Laura Moya
Funny Ha Ha2002Andrew Bujalski
High School Record2005Ben Wolfinsohn
We Go Way Back2006Lynn Shelton
You Weren't There2007Joe Losurdo and Christina Tillman
Frownland2007Ronald Bronstein
Altamont Now2008Joshua von Brown
Make-out With Violence2008The Deagol Brothers
Until the Light Takes Us2008Aaron Aites and Audrey Ewell
You Wont Miss Me2009Ry Russo-Young
Beetle Queen Conquers Tokyo2009Jessica Oreck
Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be the Same2009Jody Lee Lipes
Impolex2009Alex Ross Perry
Wah Do Dem2009Sam Fleischner and Ben Chace
Rio Breaks2009Justin Mitchell
Damon and Naomi: 1001 Nights2009Cedrick Eymenier
All the Way from Michigan Not Mars2009Matt Boyd
Gabi on the Roof in July2010Lawrence Michael Levine
Gravity Was Everywhere Back Then2010Brent Green
Shit Year2010Cam Archer
Two Gates of Sleep2010Alistair Banks Griffith
Vacation!2010Zach Clark
N.Y. Export: Op. Jazz2010Jody Lee Lipes and Henry Joost
Convento2010Jarred Alterman
I am Secretly an Important Man2010Peter Sillen
The Oregonian2011Calvin Lee Reeder
The Zone2011Joe Swanberg
The Color Wheel2011Alex Ross Perry
The Family Jams2011Kevin Barker
A Rubberband is an Unlikely Instrument2011Matt Boyd
The Other Side of Sleep2011Rebecca Daly
Kids of Today2011Jerome de Missolz
Green2011Sophia Takal
Buttons2011The Safdie Brothers
Art History2011Joe Swanberg
Silver Bullets2011Joe Swanberg
New Jerusalem2011Rick Alverson
Fake It So Real2011Robert Greene
Jobriath A.D.2012Kieran Turner
Kid-Thing2012David Zellner
Bad Fever2012Dustin Guy Defa
Better Than Something: Jay Reatard2012Alex Hammond and Ian Markiewicz
Sun Don't Shine2012Amy Seimetz
Pavilion2012Tim Sutton
Nancy, Please2012Andrew Semans
Marvin, Seth and Stanley2012Stephen Gurewitz
Richard's Wedding2012Onur Tukel
Exit Elena2012Nathan Silver
Apocalypse: A Bill Callahan Tour Film2012Hanly Banks
Ape2012Joel Potrykus
Francine2012Brian M. Cassidy and Melanie Shatzky
First Winter2012Benjamin Dickinson
All the Light in the Sky2012Joe Swanberg
The Sheik and I2012Caveh Zahedi
White Reindeer2013Zach Clark
The Voice of the Voiceless2013Maximón Monihan
Boneshaker2013Frances Bodomo
Privacy Setting2013Joe Swanberg
Soft in the Head2013Nathan Silver
Hellaware2013Michael M. Bilandic
Bluebird2013Lance Edmands
Little Feet2013Alexandre Rockwell
See You Next Tuesday2013Drew Tobia
Go Down Death2013Aaron Schimberg
Brothers Hypnotic2013Reuben Atlas
Buzzard2014Joel Potrykus
Young Bodies Heal Quickly2014Andrew T. Betzer
Christmas, Again2014Charles Poekel
Down in Shadowland2014Tom DiCillo
Sex and Broadcasting: A Film About WFMU2014Tim K. Smith
Diamond Tongues2015Pavan Moondi and Brian Robertson
Videophilia (and Other Viral Syndromes)2015Juan Daniel F. Molero
Stinking Heaven2015Nathan Silver
Almost There2015Dan Rybicky and Aaron Wickenden
Uncle Kent 22015Todd Rohall
Dwarves Kingdom2015Matthew Salton
Bloomin Mud Shuffle2015Frank V. Ross
Come Down Molly2015Gregory Kohn
Abby Singer/Songwriter2015Onur Tukel
Ma2015Celia Rowlson-Hall
Homemakers2015Colin Healey
The Lost Arcade2015A.D. Calvo
The Missing Girl2015Kurt Vincent
Little Sister2016Zach Clark
The Arbalest2016Adam Pinney
All This Panic2016Jenny Gage
Icaros: A Vision2016Leonor Caraballo and Matteo Norzi
No Light and No Land Anywhere2016Amber Sealey
For the Plasma2016Bingham Bryant and Kyle Molzan
Werewolf2016Ashley McKenzie
California Dreams2017Mike Ott
Sylvio2017Albert Birney and Kentucker Audley
Assholes2017Peter Vack
The Show About the Show2017Caveh Zahedi
Sundowners2017Pavan Moondi
Tormenting the Hen2017Theodore Collatos
The Misogynists2017Onur Tukel
The Great Pretender2018Nathan Silver
The Unicorn2018Timothy Geraghty & Isabelle Dupuis
Being Frank: The Chris Sievey Story2019Steve Sullivan
Jobe'z World2019Michael M. Bilandic
Two Plains & a Fancy2019Lev Kalman and Whitney Horn
August at Akiko's2019Christopher Makoto Yogi
Ham on Rye2019Tyler Taormina
Empty Metal2019Adam Khalil and Bayley Sweitzer
Tito2019Grace Glowicki
Other Music2019Rob Hatch-Miller & Puloma Basu
Frances Ferguson2019Bob Byington
Queen of Lapa2019Theodore Collatos & Carolina Monnerat
Amateur on Plastic2020Mark Robinson
Inspector Ike2020Graham Mason
Superior2021Erin Vassilopoulos
Honky Kong2021Stephen Gurewitz
Topology of Sirens2021Jonathan Davies
Out of Time: The Material Issue Story2021Balin Schneider
Actual People2021Kit Zauhar
You Mean Everything to Me2021Bryan Wizemann
Happer's Comet2022Tyler Taormina
Queens of the Qing Dynasty2022Ashley McKenzie
Warm Blood2022Rick Charnoski
Quantum Cowboys2022Geoff Marslett
Way Out Ahead of Us2022Rob Rice
The Reverend2022Nick Canfield
We Were Famous, You Don't Remember: The Embarrassment2022Daniel Fetherston & Danny Szlauderbach
Residency2023Winnie Cheung
Hummingbirds2023Silvia Del Carmen Castaños & Estefanía "Beba" Contreras
This Closeness2023Kit Zauhar
Louder Than You Think2023Jed I. Rosenberg
An Evening Song (for Three Voices)2023Graham Swon
Family Portrait2023Lucy Kerr
Crass: The Sound of Free Speech (The Story of Reality Asylum)2023Brandon Spivey
Sam's World2024Lily Lady
A Man Imagined2024Melanie Shatzky & Brian M. Cassidy
The Heirloom2024Ben Petrie
Vulcanizadora2024Joel Potrykus
No Sleep Till2024Alexandra Simpson
Or Something2024Jeffrey Scotti Schroeder
Lump2024Alexandre Rockwell
Softshell2024Jinho Myung
City Wide Fever2025Josh Heaps
The Hedonist2025Nick Funess
The Gits - 20th Anniversary Edition2025Kerri O'Kane
Swamp Dogg Gets His Pool Painted2025Isaac Gale & Ryan Olson
Micro Budget2025Morgan Evans

Produced By Factory 25:

TitleYearDirector
Summer of Blood2014Onur Tukel
Applesauce2015Onur Tukel
Abby Singer/Songwriter2015Onur Tukel
Cooklyn2016Bryan Wizemann
Tormenting the Hen2017Theodore Collatos
The Great Pretender2018Nathan Silver
Queen of Lapa2019Theodore Collatos
You Mean Everything to Me2020Bryan Wizemann
Inspector Ike2020Graham Mason
All The Old Bells2020Brent Green
Vulcanizadora2024Joel Potrykus

Music Releases

AlbumYearArtist
Music from Frownland2008Paul Grimstad
Damon and Naomi: 1001 Nights2001-2009Naomi Yang
You Weren't There: A History of Chicago Punk 1977-19842009Various Artists
All the Way from Michigan Not Mars2009Rosie Thomas, Sufjan Stephens, and Denison Witmer
Make-Out With Violence Soundtrack2009The Non-Commissioned Officers
You Wont Miss Me2009Stylofone
Torben2010Brock Enright & Kirsten Deirup
Brock Enright: Good Times Will Never Be the Same2010Jody Lee Lipes
Exclamation Point2010DA!
Sub-Urban Insult Rock for the Anti-Lectual2010Tutu & the Pirates
I Am Secretly an Important Man2011Jessie Bernstein
The Oregonian Soundtrack2011Calvin Lee Reeder
Found Stock: Better Than Something: Jay Reatard2012Jay Reatard
Pavilion Original Soundtrack2012Sam Prekop
Brothers Hypnotic2013Hypnotic Brass Ensemble
Unreleased Music from "POPSTAR," Jobriath's Lost Musical2013Jobriath
Apocalypse: A Bill Callahan Tour Film2014Bill Callahan
I'll Cut Yo Dick Off2014The Young Torture Killers
Heaven Knows What: Original Music From the Film2015Ariel Pink and Blood Orange
Tour of WFMU2016Dave Hill & Scott Williams
August at Akiko's2019Alex Zhang Hungtai
Other Music2021Various Artists
Blammo!! Wams & Bams Mysteroid2023Grymstyd (aka: Paul Grimstad)

Accolades

Factory 25 was named "Best Distributor" by The L Magazine in their "Best of Brooklyn 2013: Film" article.

Further reading

  • Founder Grady appears on this list: Staff (11 March 2014). . Brooklyn. Brooklyn Magazine.
  • Founder Grady presenting at SXSW 2016: . SXSW Schedule (Announcement of presentation schedule). SXSW LLC. 2016.

Interviews

  • Grady, Matt (22 December 2010). . Interview Magazine (Interview). Interviewed by Durga Chew-Bose.
  • Grady, Matt (2018). . Filmatique (Interview). Interviewed by Ursula Grisham.

External links

  • Factory 25 Website