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First Run Features was founded in 1979 by a group of filmmakers to advance the distribution of independent film. Under the leadership of the late independent film pioneer, Fran Spielman, First Run Features quickly gained a reputation for its controversial catalog of daring independent fiction and non-fiction films. First Run remains one of the largest independent theatrical and home video distributors in the United States, releasing 12 to 15 films a year in theatres nationwide and 40 to 50 videos and DVDs annually.
The First Run legacy includes films by such notable directors as: Spike Lee, Michael Apted, Rose Troche, Sven Nyqvist, Jane Campion, Ross McElwee, Michael Winterbottom, Maria Luisa Bemberg, Barbara Kopple, Peter Jackson, Daniel Bergman, Dariush Mehrjui, David O. Russell, Lizzie Borden, Claude Chabrol, Jan Svankmajer, Claire Denis, Benoit Jacquot, Marleen Gorris, Radley Metzger, Deborah Shaffer Victor Nunez, The Brothers Quay, George Sluizer, Monika Treut, and Satyajit Ray.
In 1987 First Run Features and Icarus Films, a company founded in 1978, merged their non-theatrical divisions to create a new company, First Run/Icarus Films. Now one of the leading distributors of independent and creative documentaries to non-theatrical markets in the United States and Canada, First Run/Icarus has over 900 quality titles in its catalogue. Libraries and universities interested in purchasing the educational rights to many of First Run Features' titles can visit the First Run/Icarus website for more information.
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