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Not to be confused with Zeitgeist (film series) or Zeitgeist (film company).
Zeitgeist Films
Company typePrivately held company
IndustryFilm distribution
FoundedJune 1988 (1988-06)
FoundersNancy Gerstman
Emily Russo
Headquarters
New York City
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United States
Key people
Adrian Curry
Websitezeitgeistfilms.com

Zeitgeist Films is a New York-based distribution company founded in 1988 which acquires and distributes films from the U.S. and around the world. In 2017, Zeitgeist entered into a multi-year strategic alliance with film distributor Kino Lorber.

Zeitgeist has distributed early films by directors such as Todd Haynes, Christopher Nolan, Francois Ozon, Laura Poitras, Atom Egoyan, and the Quay Brothers. Their catalog also includes filmmakers such as Marguerite von Trotta, Ken Loach, Guy Maddin, Derek Jarman, Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Peter Greenaway, Yvonne Rainer, Andrei Zyvagintsev, Astra Taylor, and Raoul Peck. Previous Zeitgeist Films releases in association with Kino Lorber include Ken Loach's Sorry We Missed You, Ric Burns’ Oliver Sacks: His Own Life, and M.C. Escher: Journey to Infinity.

Five Zeitgeist films have been nominated for Academy Awards, of which Nowhere in Africa (2001) won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film.[1] Their films have been featured in various film festivals including Cannes, Berlin, Sundance, Tribeca, and IDFA in Amsterdam. The Museum of Modern Art honored Zeitgeist with a month-long, 20th anniversary retrospective of their films in 2008. Founders Russo and Gerstman received a Lifetime Achievement Award from the Art House Convergence in 2020.

Upcoming films

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Year Title Notes
2023 The Old Oak Cannes Film Festival Premiere - September 2023 U.K Release Date - Acquired in Partnership with Kino Lorber

Selected films

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Year Title Notes
2021 Hive November, 2021 U.S. threatrical release date-Acquired in partnership with Kino Lorber
2021 In Balanchine’s Classroom September, 2021 U.S. theatrical release date-Acquired in Partnership with Kino Lorber
2021 Against the Current June, 2021 U.S. theatrical release date-Acquired in Partnership with Kino Lorber
2020 My Wonderful Wanda April, 2020 U.S. theatrical release date-Acquired in Partnership with Kino Lorber
2020 Beyond the Visible -- Hilma af Klint April, 2020 U.S. theatrical release date-Acquired in Partnership with Kino Lorber
2020 Sorry We Missed You March, 2020 U.S. theatrical release date—Acquired in Partnership with Kino Lorber
2020 The Woman Who Loves Giraffes January, 2020 U.S. theatrical release date—Acquired in Partnership with Kino Lorber
2019 Recorder: The Marion Stokes Project November, 2019 U.S. theatrical release date—Acquired in Partnership with Kino Lorber
2019 Zen for Nothing June, 2019 U.S. theatrical release date—Acquired in Partnership with Kino Lorber
2019 The Garden (re-release) May, 2019 U.S. theatrical release date—Acquired in Partnership with Kino Lorber
2019 Working Woman March, 2019 U.S. theatrical release date—Acquired in Partnership with Kino Lorber
2019 What Is Democracy? January, 2019 U.S. theatrical release date—Acquired in Partnership with Kino Lorber
2018 Studio 54 October, 2018 U.S. theatrical release date—Acquired in Partnership with Kino Lorber
2018 Love, Cecil June, 2018 U.S. theatrical release date—Acquired in Partnership with Kino Lorber
2018 The Doctor from India June, 2018 U.S. theatrical release date—Acquired in Partnership with Kino Lorber
2017 Bombshell November, 2017 U.S. theatrical release date—Acquired in Partnership with Kino Lorber
2017 The Divine Order October, 2017 U.S. theatrical release date—Acquired in Partnership with Kino Lorber
2017 Harold and Lillian: A Hollywood Love Story April, 2017 U.S. theatrical release date
2016 Old Stone November, 2016 U.S. theatrical release date
2016 Don't Call Me Son November, 2016 U.S. theatrical release date
2016 Innsaei October, 2016 U.S. theatrical release date
2016 Call Her Applebroog June, 2016 U.S. theatrical release date
2016 Eva Hesse April, 2016 U.S. theatrical release date
2016 Vita Activa: The Spirit of Hannah Arendt April, 2016 U.S. theatrical release date
2016 A Space Program March, 2016 U.S. theatrical release date
2015 My Friend Victoria December, 2015 U.S. theatrical release date
2015 Court July, 2015 U.S. theatrical release date
2015 Every Last Child June, 2015 U.S. theatrical release date
2015 Forbidden Films May, 2015 U.S. theatrical release date
2014 Zero Motivation December, 2014 U.S. theatrical release date
2014 Diplomacy October, 2014 U.S. theatrical release date
2014 Rocks in My Pockets September, 2014 U.S. theatrical release date
2014 Siddharth June, 2014 U.S. theatrical release date
2014 The Galapagos Affair April, 2014 U.S. theatrical release date
2014 Child's Pose February, 2014 U.S. theatrical release date
2013 The Pervert's Guide to Ideology November, 2013 U.S. theatrical release date
2013 Let the Fire Burn October, 2013 U.S. theatrical release date
2013 Hannah Arendt May 29, 2013 U.S. theatrical release date
2013 One Track Heart: The Story of Krishna Das May 8, 2013 U.S. theatrical release date
2012 Uprising December, 2012 U.S. premiere and Golden Eagle winner at CINE competition
2012 Let My People Go! January 11, 2013 U.S. theatrical release date
2012 Koch October 8, 2012 premiere at Hamptons International Film Festival, U.S. release in February 2013
2012 Gregory Crewdson: Brief Encounters October 31, 2012 U.S. theatrical release date
2012 Elena May 16, 2012 U.S. theatrical release date
2012 The Salt of Life March 2, 2012 U.S. theatrical release date
2012 China Heavyweight January 20, 2012 premiere at Sundance Film Festival
2012 Payback January 20, 2012 premiere at Sundance Film Festival, U.S. release in April 2012
2011 Something Ventured Premiered April 24, 2011 at the San Francisco International Film Festival
2011 Paul Goodman Changed My Life October 19, 2011 U.S. theatrical release date
2011 The Tree 2010 Cannes Film Festival Closing Night Film, Premiered at the 2010 Sydney Film Festival
2011 !Women Art Revolution Toronto International Film Festival Official Selection, Sundance Film Festival Official Selection, Berlin International Film Festival Official Selection
2011 Queen to Play Tribeca Film Festival Official Selection, Palm Springs International Film Festival Special Mention for John Schlesinger Award for Outstanding First Feature
2011 Bill Cunningham New York New Directors/New Films Festival Official Selection, Sydney Film Festival Best Documentary Film
2010 Vision Toronto International Film Festival Official Selection
2010 Last Train Home Sundance Film Festival Official Selection
2010 Mid-August Lunch Venice Film Festival Best First Film, Best Italian Film Award. London Film Festival Satyajit Ray Award
2010 The Oath Sundance Film Festival Best Cinematography Award: US Documentary, Berlin International Film Festival Official Selection
2009 A Town Called Panic Cannes Film Festival Official Selection, Fantastic Festival Audience Award
2009 Act of God Hot Docs Opening Night Gala
2009 Earth Days Sundance Film Festival Closing Night Film
2009 The Horse Boy Winner South by Southwest Audience Award
2009 The Sun Behind the Clouds Winner Palm Springs International Film Festival Best of the Fest award
2009 Afghan Star Sundance Film Festival People's Choice Award (the World Cinema Audience Award for a Documentary) and Best Director for a Documentary (the World Cinema Directing Award)
2008 Trouble the Water Academy Award for Documentary Feature nominee
2008 Tulpan Kazakhstan's Academy Award submission for Best Foreign Language Film
2008 Three Monkeys Turkey's Academy Award submission for Best Foreign Language Film, directed by Nuri Bilge Ceylan, Best Director Award Cannes Film Festival 2008
2008 Harlan – In the Shadow of Jew Süss
2008 Fados
2008 Louise Bourgeois: The Spider, the Mistress and the Tangerine
2008 Examined Life directed by Astra Taylor, featuring Cornel West,
2008 Stranded: I've Come from a Plane that Crashed in the Mountains
2008 Up the Yangtze 2008 Best Feature Documentary San Francisco International Film Festival, 2009 Canadian Oscar Genie Award for Best Documentary, and 2008 Asian Oscar Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards for Best Documentary.
2007 Jellyfish Camera d’Or
2007 Chris & Don: A Love Story
2007 Billy the Kid Winner South by Southwest Jury Prize
2006 Manufactured Landscapes
2006 Into Great Silence Sundance Film Festival Special Jury Prize
2006 My Country, My Country documentary about Iraq under U.S. occupation by Laura Poitras
2005 Sophie Scholl – The Final Days Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film nominee
2005 Ballets Russes
2004 The Corporation
2002 Derrida San Francisco Film Festival Golden Gate Award
2002 Nowhere in Africa Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film
1997 See the Sea
1993 Blue Final feature film of director Derek Jarman
1993 Manufacturing Consent: Noam Chomsky and the Media Featuring Noam Chomsky
1992 Careful Directed by Guy Maddin
1991 Poison Sundance Grand Jury Prize, directed by Todd Haynes

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