Altitude Film Distribution is a British film distribution company, part of the Altitude Film Entertainment group. The parent company was launched in 2012 by Optimum Releasing founder Will Clarke. Altitude Film Entertainment is vertically integrated, with divisions that handle film production, finance and international sales, as well as UK distribution.
History Altitude Film Distribution's first release came in 2014 with the Oscar-winning documentary 20 Feet from Stardom, which was followed by Fruitvale Station and Abel Ferrara's Welcome to New York. In 2015, Altitude released Ira Sachs' Love Is Strange; a biopic film, Amy, about the British singer Amy Winehouse, which was directed by Asif Kapadia and was released in cinemas on 3 July 2015 in the United Kingdom; international espionage thriller Spooks: The Greater Good; and Narcopolis, a science fiction film. In 2016, they released Bolshoi Babylon, a behind-the-scenes portrait of Moscow's Bolshoi Theatre. On 27 April 2016 it was announced that Altitude would partner with the British Academy Award winning film director Kevin Macdonald, on a new documentary film on Whitney Houston's life and death. It was released in 2018. It's been revealed that the movie is to include rare unheard tracks & performances, with family members & friends to help build up the film through recorded interviews and archive footage.
In 2023, Altitude Film gave limited theatrical releases in the United Kingdom for Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey, a universally panned indie slasher film starring Nikolai Leon, Craig David Dowsett and Chris Cordell, and Wham!, a critically praised documentary film about the titular English pop duo consisting of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley.
In 2024, Altitude Film released Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2, the sequel to Blood and Honey, starring Scott Chambers (who is also the film's producer) and Simon Callow. The film divided critics, but many of them considered it an improvement over its predecessor.
Filmography Select cinema releases Title Director Release date 20 Feet From Stardom Morgan Neville 28 March 2014 Fruitvale Station Ryan Coogler 6 June 2014 A Promise Patrice Leconte 1 August 2014 Welcome To New York Abel Ferrara 8 August 2014 Love Is Strange Ira Sachs 13 February 2015 White Bird in a Blizzard Gregg Araki 6 March 2015 Spooks: The Greater Good Bharat Nalluri 8 May 2015 The Connection Cédric Jimenez 29 May 2015 Amy Asif Kapadia 3 July 2015 Narcopolis Justin Trefgarne 29 September 2015 A Nazi Legacy : What Our Father's Did David Evans 6 November 2015 Bolshoi Babylon Nick Read 8 January 2016 Moonlight Barry Jenkins 17 February 2017 The Florida Project Sean Baker 10 November 2017 Loveless Andrey Zvyagintsev 24 January 2018 Whitney Kevin Macdonald 6 July 2018 Monster Family Holger Tappe 2 March 2018 Mary and the Witch's Flower Hiromasa Yonebayashi 15 May 2018 Final Score Scott Mann 4 September 2018 Black '47 Lance Daly 28 September 2018 Heath, Paul (28 July 2018). "Black 47 trailer lands ahead of a UK release this September" The Hollywood News. Retrieved 20 August 2018Black 47, Altitude Films Retrieved 20 August 2018 Horrible Histories: The Movie – Rotten Romans Dominic Brigstocke 26 July 2019 Little Monsters Abe Forsythe 15 November 2019 Les Misérables Ladj Ly 4 September 2020 Rocks Sarah Gavron 18 September 2020 Minari Lee Isaac Chung 17 May 2021 Gunda Victor Kossakovsky 4 June 2021 Night of the Kings Philippe Lacôte 23 July 2021 Pig Michael Sarnoski 20 August 2021 Titane Julia Ducournau 26 December 2021 Ali & Ava Clio Barnard 4 March 2022 Hive Blerta Basholli 18 March 2022 All the Beauty and the Bloodshed Laura Poitras 27 January 2023 The Real Charlie Chaplin James Middleton, James Spinney 18 February 2022 Blue Jean Georgia Oakley 10 February 2023 Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey Rhys Frake-Waterfield 15 February 2023 Wham! Chris Smith 27 June 2023 Talk to Me Danny and Michael Philippou 28 July 2023 Io capitano Matteo Garrone 5 April 2024 Winnie-the-Pooh: Blood and Honey 2 Rhys Frake-Waterfield 7 June 2024 I'm Still Here Walter Salles 21 February 2025 Peter Pan's Neverland Nightmare Scott Chambers 24 February 2025 Bambi: The Reckoning Dan Allen 22 August 2025 The Voice of Hind Rajab Kaouther Ben Hania 16 January 2026 Nouvelle Vague Richard Linklater 30 January 2026 Sirāt Oliver Laxe 27 February 2026 Orwell: 2+2=5 Raoul Peck 27 March 2026 Charlie the Wonderdog Shea Wageman 22 May 2026 A Private Life Rebecca Zlotowski 26 June 2026 Turbulence Claudio Fäh 6 July 2026 Pinocchio Unstrung Rhys Frake-Waterfield 24 July 2026 Coyote vs. Acme Dave Green 21 August 2026 Knife: The Attempted Murder of Salman Rushdie Alex Gibney 30 September 2026 La bola negra Javier Calvo & Javier Ambrossi 6 November 2026 The Leader Michael Gallagher TBA
Home entertainment releases Title Director Flu Sung-su Kim Sx Tape Bernard Rose Dracula 3D Dario Argento All Cheerleaders Die Lucky McKee, Chris Sivertson Iceberg Slim Jorge Hinojosa Somm Jason Wise Narco Cultura Shaul Schwarz Torment Jordan Barker The Rendlesham UFO Incident Daniel Simpson Drew: The Man Behind The Poster Erik Sharkey Doc of the Dead Alexandre O. Philippe Wolves David Hayter Superfast! Jason Friedberg, Aaron Seltzer Colt 45 Fabrice Du Welz The Dead 2 Howard J. Ford, Jonathan Ford Zombie Fight Club Joe Chien The Match Jakov Sedlar, Dominik Sedlar
Altitude Film Entertainment
Altitude Film Entertainment is a British entertainment company. The company comprises Altitude Film Production led by Will Clarke chairman and joint-CEO with Andy Mayson; Altitude Film Sales with Managing Director Mike Runagall; and Altitude Film Distribution.
On 21 February 2020, 30West acquired a minority stake in Altitude Film Entertainment. On 4 March that same year, Altitude created Altitude Factual, a unit for natural history documentaries.
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