Altered Innocence is an American film distribution company specializing in films with LGBT and coming of age themes.[1]

Altered Innocence
IndustryEntertainment
Founded2015
FounderFrank Jaffe
Websitealteredinnocence.net

History

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Altered Innocence was founded in 2015 by former Strand Releasing employee, Frank Jaffe, to give queer cult films proper Blu-ray and digital releases.[2] The company also distributes films for theatrical release.[3]

In May 2021, Altered Innocence released a short film anthology, described as a "cinematic mixtape", titled Altered Innocence Volume 1.[4]

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.[5][6]

Releases

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Spine Number Title Director Release Year Notes
AI-1 Concrete Night Pirjo Honkasalo 2013 U.S. distribution[7]
AI-2 Desire Will Set You Free Yony Leyser 2015 U.S. distribution[8]
AI-3 Violet Bas Devos 2014 2017 Blu-ray release[9]
AI-4 Baby Bump Kuba Czekaj 2015 2017 Blu-ray release[10]
AI-5 Doors Cut Down Antonio Hens 2000
AI-6 A Closer Walk With Thee John C. Clark and Brie Williams 2017 2017 Blu-ray release[11]
AI-7 Center of My World Jakob M. Erwa 2016 2017 Blu-ray release[12]
AI-8 Brothers of the Night Patric Chiha 2016 2017 Blu-ray release
AI-9 Sleeping Giant Andrew Cividino 2015 2018 Blu-ray release[13]
AI-10 John From João Nicolau 2015 2018 Blu-ray release
AI-11 The Poet and the Boy Kim Yang-Hee 2017 U.S. distribution[14]
AI-12 The Wild Boys Bertrand Mandico 2017 U.S. distribution[15]
AI-13 Queercore: How to Punk a Revolution Yony Leyser 2017 U.S. distribution[16]
AI-14 Permanent Green Light Dennis Cooper and Zac Farley 2018 2018 Blu-ray release
AI-15 Knife + Heart Yann Gonzalez 2018 U.S. distribution[17]
AI-16 The Erlprince Kuba Czekaj 2016 2019 Blu-ray release
AI-17 Tiger Milk Ute Wieland 2017 U.S. distribution rights[18]
AI-18 The Harvesters Etienne Kallos 2018 U.S. distribution[19]
AI-19 You'll Never Be Alone Alex Anwandter 2016 2020 Blu-ray release
AI-20 Luz Tilman Singer 2018 2020 Blu-ray release[20]
AI-21 Equation to an Unknown Frantz Salieri 1980
AI-22 Home Fien Troch 2016 2020 Blu-ray release[21]
AI-23 Starfish A.T. White 2018 2020 Blu-ray release[22]
AI-24 House of Cardin P. David Ebersole and Todd Hughes 2019 2020 DVD release[23]
AI-25 Rapture in Blue Ryder Houston 2020 DVD release
AI-26 Love Express: The Disappearance of Walerian Borowczyk Kuba Mikurda 2018 U.S. distribution[24]
AI-27 Madame Stéphane Riethauser 2019 Blu-ray release
AI-28 Queer Japan Graham Kolbeins 2019 North American distribution[25]
AI-29 Altered Innocence Vol. 1 Cam Archer, Anna Cazenave Cambet, Antonio Hens, Yann GOnzalez, Caroline Poggi, Jonathan Vinel, Shaun Hughes, Peter Strickland, Alexis Langlois, Bertrand Mandico, João Nicolau, Gjertrud Maria Bergaust 2000 - 2019
AI-30 Adoration Fabrice du Welz 2019 U.S. distribution[26]
AI-31 So Long Billie (Pompei) Anna Falguères and John Shank 2019 2021 Blu-ray release
AI-32 Sound and Fury Jean-Claude Brisseau 1988
AI-33 A Dim Valley Brandon Colvin 2020 U.S. distribution[27]
AI-34 Wild Tigers I Have Known Cam Archer 2006
AI-35 Death of Nintendo Raya Martin 2020 DVD release
AI-36 LA Plays Itself Fred Halsted 1972
Sex Garage 1972
Sextool 1975
AI-37 Arrebato (Rapture) Iván Zulueta 1979
AI-38 Pals (Colegas) Eloy de la Iglesia 1982
AI-39 Hypnosis Valery Todorovsky 2020 Blu-ray release
AI-40 Stop-Zemlia Kateryna Gornostai 2021 U.S. distribution[28]
AI-41 My Best Part Nicolas Maury 2020 U.S. distribution[29]
AI-42 The Islands of Yann Gonzalez Yann Gonzalez 2006 - 2021
You and the Night 2013
AI-43 Passing Strangers Arthur J. Bressan, Jr. 1974
Forbidden Letters 1979
AI-44 Apocalypse After: Short Films by Bertrand Mandico Bertrand Mandico 1999 - 2018
AI-45 Beyond Gravity Garth Maxwell 1989
Jack Be Nimble 1993
AI-46 After Blue (Dirty Paradise) Bertrand Mandico 2021 North American distribution[30]
AI-47 Saturday Night at the Baths David Buckley 1975
AI-48 Grand Jeté Isabelle Stever 2022 U.S. distribution[31]
AI-49 Élisa Jean Becker 1995
AI-50 Dressed in Blue Antonio Giménez Rico 1983
AI-51 Brother's Keeper Ferit Kerahan 2021 U.S. distribution[32]
AI-52 Wild Reeds André Téchiné 1994
AI-53 Beautiful Beings Guðmundur Arnar Guðmundsson 2022 U.S. distribution[33]
AI-54 The Wounded Man Patrice Chéreau 1983
AI-55 Irreversible Gaspar Noé 2002
AI-56 Altered Innocence Vol. 2 Osama Chami, Enrique Gimeno, William Laboury, Mathia Broe, Alexis Langlois, Adam Baran, Sam Max, Christian Tafdrup, Érica Sarmet, Christian Zetterberg, Naïla Guiguet, Sarah Veltmeyer 2008 - 2021
AI-57 Hidden Pleasures Eloy de la Iglesia 1977
Confessions of a Congressman 1978
AI-58 The Hole in the Fence Joaquín del Paso 2021 U.S. distribution[34]
AI-59 Name Above Title Carlos Conceição 2020
Other Tales of Woe by Carlos Conceição 2010 - 2023
AI-60 Coming Out Heiner Carow 1989
AI-61 Astrakan David Depesseville 2022 North American distribution[35]
AI-62 Fögi is a Bastard Marcel Gisler 1998
AI-63 Stielke, Heinz, Fifteen Michael Kann 1987
AI-64 The Strangler (L'Étrangleur) Paul Vecchiali 1970
AI-65 Gay USA Arthur J. Bressan, Jr. 1977
Snapshots of 1970s LGBT Resistance Lilli Vincenz, Sharon Hayes, Kate Millett, Ronald Chase, Wakefield Poole 1970 - 1974
AI-66 She Is Conann Bertrand Mandico 2023 North American distribution[36]
AI-67 Sitcom François Ozon 1998
Criminal Lovers 1999
Water Drops on Burning Rocks 2000
AI-68 The People's Joker Vera Drew 2022 North American distribution[37]
AI-69 You Are Not Alone Lasse Nielsen and Ernst Johansen 1978
AI-70 Suicide Room Jan Komasa 2011
AI-71 Le Beau Mec Wallace Potts 1979

Short Film Collections

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Number

Collection Title Film Title Director Release

Year

Notes
AI-29 Altered Innocence Vol. 1 Our Time Cam Archer 2004
Grabber Lover Anna Cazenave Cambet 2016
Doors Cut Down Antonio Hens 2000
Les Vacances Continuent Yann Gonzalez 2015
After School Knife Fight Caroline Poggi & Jonathan Vinel 2017
Bunny Shaun Hughes 2018
GU04 Peter Strickland 2019
Terror, Sisters! Alexis Langlois 2019
Niemand Bertrand Mandico 2019
Gambozinos (Wild Haggis) João Nicolau 2013
Jakt (Hunt) Gjertrud Maria Bergaust 2018
AI-42 The Islands of Yann Gonzalez We Will Never Be Alone Again Yann Gonzalez 2012
I Hate You Little Girls 2008
By the Kiss 2006
Three Celestial Bodies 2009
Intermission (Entracte) 2007
Land of My Dreams 2012
Islands 2017
Fou de Bassan 2021
AI-44 Apocalypse After: Short Films by Bertrand Mandico The Blue Cavalier Bertrand Mandico 1999
He Says He's Dead... 2006
The Life and Death of Henry Darger 2010
Boro in the Box 2011
Living Still Life 2012
Prehistoric Cabaret 2013
Salammbô 2014
Our Lady of Hormones 2015
Any Virgin Left Alive? 2015
Depressive Cop 2015
Ultra Pulpe (Apocalypse After) 2018
AI-56 Altered Innocence Vol. 2 Young Diego Osama Chami & Enrique Gimeno 2021
Yandere William Laboury 2019
Amphi Mathias Broe 2018
The Demons of Dorothy Alexis Langlois 2021
Trade Center Adam Baran 2021
Chaperone Sam Max 2022
Awakening Christian Tafdrup 2008
A Wild Patience Has Taken Me Here Érica Sarmet 2021
Shower Boys Christian Zetterberg 2021
Dustin Naïla Guiguet 2020
Kiem Holijanda Sarah Veltmeyer 2017
AI-59 Other Tales of Woe by Carlos Conceição Bad Bunny Carlos Conceição 2017
Versailles 2013
Turquoise Boy 2023
Goodnight Cinderella 2014
Hell 2011
The Flesh 2010
AI-65 Snapshots of 1970s LGBT Resistance Gay and Proud Lilli Vincenz 1970
Gay Power Sharon Hayes and Kate Millett 1971
Parade Ronald Chase 1972
Freedom Day Parade Wakefield Poole 1974

References

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  1. ^ n.a. "About". Altered Innocence. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  2. ^ Ferber, Lawrence. "Frank Jaffe, Founder of Altered Innocence". Passport Magazine. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  3. ^ Meza, Ed. "Altered Innocence to Bow Classic LGBTQ Pics, Such as 'The Wounded Man,' as 'Arrebato' Plays Lumière's MIFC (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  4. ^ Kramer, Gary M. "Altered Innocence Features a Mixtape of LGBT Coming of Age Films". San Francisco Bay Times. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  5. ^ "Altered Innocence Joins MVD for Distribution in North America | MVD Entertainment | Serving artists and audiences". MVD Entertainment. 2024-03-12. Retrieved 2024-04-15.
  6. ^ Altered Innocence. "We are not! Moving over to MVD". Twitter. Retrieved April 15, 2024.
  7. ^ Barraclough, Leo. "Altered Innocence Picks Up U.S. Rights to 'Concrete Night' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  8. ^ Barraclough, Leo. "Altered Innocence Picks Up U.S. Rights to 'Desire Will Set You Free' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  9. ^ n.a. "Violet Blu-Ray Announced". Blu-Ray.com. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  10. ^ "Baby bump". Swan Library Services. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
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  12. ^ "Center of My World - U.S. Trailer". Youtube. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  13. ^ "Sleeping giant". Swan Library Services. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  14. ^ Shackleton, Liz. "Busan festival, market hold steady in uncertain times". Screen Daily. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
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  18. ^ Mack, Andrew. "TIGER MILK: Altered Innocence Acquires U.S. Rights". ScreenAnarchy. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  19. ^ Mack, Andrew. "THE HARVESTERS (DIE STROPERS): Altered Innocence Acquires Un Certain Regard Title". ScreenAnarchy. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
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  22. ^ Orndorf, Brian. "Starfish Blu-ray Announced". Blu-ray.com. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  23. ^ Duralde, Alonso. "What's New on DVD in October: 'Parasite,' 'Mallrats,' Dolly Parton, and More". The Wrap. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  24. ^ Hurtado, J. "Exclusive Trailer: LOVE EXPRESS: THE DISAPPEARANCE OF WALERIAN BOROWCZYK Comes To US Screens August 21st from Altered Innocence". ScreenAnarchy. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  25. ^ Mack, Andrew. "QUEER JAPAN: Altered Innocence Picks up North American Rights". ScreenAnarchy. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  26. ^ Barraclough, Leo. "Altered Innocence Acquires Fabrice du Welz's 'Adoration' for U.S. (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  27. ^ Lund, Carson. ""Digital Cinematography is Mostly Mired in a Sort of Default Realism": Brandon Colvin on A Dim Valley". Filmmaker Magazine. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  28. ^ Barraclough, Leo. "Altered Innocence Acquires U.S. Rights to Berlinale Film 'Stop-Zemlia' (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  29. ^ Betancourt, Manuel. "'My Best Part' Review: An All Too Twee Character Study Tug-of-War Between Melancholy and Jealousy". Variety. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  30. ^ Barraclough, Leo. "Locarno Title 'After Blue (Dirty Paradise)' Picked Up by Altered Innocence in North America (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  31. ^ Barraclough, Leo. "Berlinale Panorama Selection 'Grand Jeté' Acquired by Altered Innocence in U.S. (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  32. ^ Billington, Alex. "New US Trailer for Turkish Film 'Brother's Keeper' About Two Friends". FirstShowing.net. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  33. ^ Barraclough, Leo. "Berlinale Title 'Beautiful Beings' Acquired by Altered Innocence in U.S. (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  34. ^ Raup, Jordan. "The Hole in the Fence Exclusive Trailer: Mexican-Polish Thriller and Venice Selection Arrives This May". The Film Stage. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  35. ^ Ntim, Zac. "Locarno Coming-Of-Age Drama 'Astrakan' Lands North American Deal". Deadline. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  36. ^ Barraclough, Leo. "Gory, Transgressive Fantasy Movie 'Conann,' Selected at Cannes and Locarno, Sells to North America (EXCLUSIVE)". Variety. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  37. ^ Mack, Andrew. "THE PEOPLE'S JOKER: Altered Innocence Acquires North American Rights For Queer Coming-of-Age Superhero Parody". ScreenAnarchy. Retrieved 15 April 2024.