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Om Films

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Om Films
Company typePrivate
IndustryFilm
Television
Founded2006
FounderNiraj Bhatia
Daniel Burks
Headquarters,
ProductsMotion pictures
ServicesFilm production

Om Films is an American film production company founded by executive producer Niraj Bhatia and producer/screenwriter Daniel Burks in 2006. Om concentrates on feature films, but also produces shorts, documentaries, and web series, including the Producers Guild of America award-winning documentary Beats, Rhymes, & Life: The Travels of A Tribe Called Quest;[1] Mortified Nation!;[2] and Caucus,[3] a look into the 2012 GOP caucus in Iowa.

Om's films have premiered at Sundance Film Festival,[4] SXSW,[5] AFI Dallas Film Festival,[6] AFI Docs (where Caucus was selected as the closing night film),[7] and have screened at many more including the Los Angeles Film Festival (where Beats won the Audience Award),[8] São Paulo International Film Festival (where Beats won Best International Documentary),[9] and MIFF.[10] Om's latest feature, Space Station 76 premiered at South by Southwest on March 8, 2014, where Sony Pictures secured all international rights.[5] Om Films, Inc. is based in Santa Monica, CA.

Filmography

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Title Release Date Other Production Companies Distribution Runtime
(minutes)
Placebo 2006 28 min
Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest 2011 Rival Pictures Sony Pictures Classics[11] 97 min
Mortified Nation! 2013 Rival Pictures 85 min
Caucus 2013 Rival Pictures/Bonfire Films 104 min
The Starck Project 2014 Starck Doc/Lascaux Films/Eight 6 Eighty 6/M3 Films 90 min
Space Station 76 2014 Rival Pictures Sony Pictures[5] 93 min
Super Dark Times 2017 Higher Content 100 min
The Ballad of Lefty Brown 2017 Higher Content/ARMIAN Pictures 111 min
Darkness Visible 2017 British Film Institute/Higher Content POST
Stray Dolls 2018
Ticket To Nashville 2019

References

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  1. ^ "PRODUCERS GUILD OF AMERICA ANNOUNCES 2012 PRODUCERS GUILD AWARD WINNERS". Producers Guild of America. 2012.
  2. ^ Holpuch, Amanda (2013). "Mortified: new film spills your deepest darkest teenage secrets". The Guardian.com.
  3. ^ Berkshire, Geoff (2013). "Film Review: 'Caucus'". Variety,com.
  4. ^ Lee, Chris (2011). "Sundance 2011: Beats, Rhymes, & Life premiere turns emotional". Latimes.com.
  5. ^ a b c Siegel, Tatiana (2014). "SXSW: Sony Pictures Worldwide Acquisitions Nabs International Rights on 'Space Station 76'". Hollywood Reporter.
  6. ^ Wilonsky, Robert (2007). "Dallas Observer". AFI Fest Releases Lineup of Films and Guest List.
  7. ^ "AFI DOCS PRESENTED BY AUDI ANNOUNCES 2013 SLATE". AFI Docs. 2013.
  8. ^ Yamato, Jen (2011). "Beats, Rhymes & Life, Attack the Block, Chely Wright Doc Win L.A. Film Fest Awards". Movieline.
  9. ^ "Autlook Film Sales". Autlook Films. 2011.
  10. ^ "Beats, Rhymes & Life: The Travels of a Tribe Called Quest". MIFF.com.au. 2011.
  11. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (March 10, 2011). "Michael Rapaport's Sundance Documentary 'Beats, Rhymes & Life' Acquired by Sony Pictures Classics". Deadline.com.
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