Sawyer Studios

03/30/2026

We love working with the team at Greenwich Entertainment year after year, and their 2026 slate is particularly strong! They just opened the wonderful FANTASY LIFE at Angelika Film Center in NYC, grossing $39k for the weekend, and will be expanding into multiple additional cities this Friday, April 3rd. For fans of Noah Baumbach and Woody Allen (you know what I mean...), this one is for you.

Writer/Director/Star Matthew Shear assembled an incredible cast that includes Amanda Peet’s first film role in a decade, along with Alessandro Nivola, Judd Hirsch, Bob Balaban, Andrea Martin, Zosia Mamet and Holland Taylor.

For theater/showtime info, visit https://fantasylifemovie.com/

03/23/2026

While we are genre-agnostic here at Sawyer Studios, a majority of the films we work on are obviously in the art-house space.

But every so often, we get to veer into other territories, including family animation with our long-time client Viva Pictures, who just released the delightful film THE POUT-POUT FISH.

We wanted to take a minute to congratulate them on this release, which landed at #9 in the US Box Office this weekend, grossing $1,500,000.

Nick Offerman voicing a grumpy Ocean Pout is almost TOO perfect. Just look at that mug...

03/16/2026

An annual highlight for Sawyer Studios is working with NEON on their Awards campaigns, starting with I, TONYA almost a decade ago. Two Best Picture wins later (ANORA, PARASITE), it is a true privilege to collaborate with one of the most exciting distributors in the country year after year. Their taste is unparalleled, and this year’s slate was a true embarrassment of riches.

SENTIMENTAL VALUE is a brilliant, masterful film, and we couldn’t be happier that it won the Academy Award for Best International Feature Film last night. You can still see it in theaters as well as VOD, and it hits Hulu next week.

https://films.neonrated.com/sentimental-value/

Watch the trailer, find screenings & book tickets for Sentimental Value on the official site. In theaters November. Brought to you by NEON. Directed by Joachim Trier. Starring: Renate Reinsve, Stellan Skarsgård, Inga Ibsdotter Lilleaas, and Elle Fanning.

03/05/2026

We are so excited to be working with Joint Venture, our newest client, on their film ANDRÉ IS AN IDIOT, which opens on Friday at Film Forum in NYC before expanding across the country.

We can try to summarize what this film is in our words, but the official synopsis perfectly encapsulates what makes it so very, very special: A celebration of life filled with raw honesty, surreal bursts of imagination, and brazen irreverence, ANDRÉ IS AN IDIOT shows us what it really means to live happily, truthfully, and hilariously. In this Sundance award winning documentary, André Riccardi sets out to chronicle his final journey after receiving a diagnosis he could have prevented, through comedic vérité storytelling and fantastical stop-motion interludes.

There are special Q&As on Friday 3/6, Saturday 3/7 and Thursday 3/12. Friday is sold out, and the other two are closing in on selling out. So act fast! This is a beautiful, funny, heartfelt film that will stick with you long after the credits end. Don’t miss it.

https://filmforum.org/film/andre-is-an-idiot

For additional cities, go to https://andreisanidiot.film/tickets

12/08/2025

Congratulations to our longtime client NEON on racking up 21 Golden Globe nominations this morning, the most of any distributor!

Every awards campaign we have partnered with them on, starting with the I, TONYA campaign many moons ago, has been a helluva ride, including two Best Picture wins (ANORA, PARASITE).

This year is shaping up to be one of the most exciting years yet for them, with a whopping 4 Best Picture nominations (3 for Drama, 1 for Comedy/Musical), and a staggering FIVE of the 6 nominations for Best Motion Picture: Non-English Language. Truly incredible.

Neon scores the most noms of any film distributor, while Netflix dominated the television categories.

12/04/2025

Today’s review of THE CHRONOLOGY OF WATER in The New York Times astutely stated “Imogen Poots’s fantastically expressive performance as the adult Lidia transforms this movie (the feature directing debut of Kristen Stewart) from punishing to mesmerizing.” We agree!

It has been fantastic working with the team at The Forge on the release of this poetic, beautiful and very personal film... with awards-worthy performances across the board, including Jim Belushi (seriously!) as Ken Kesey.

The film opens tomorrow for a one-week qualifying run in New York (Village East) and Los Angeles (Laemmle Royal). For all you LA folks, don’t miss a special Q&A with Kristen after the 7p screening on Saturday (12/6).

It will be back on the big screen on January 9th... keep an eye on www.thechronologyofwater.film for details!