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Janus Films
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215 Park Ave. South, 5th Floor, New York, NY 10003
Founded in 1956, Janus Films was the first theatrical distribution company dedicated to bringing international art-house films to U.S. audiences. Janus handles rights in all media to an extensive library that includes the work of Michelangelo Antonioni, Věra Chytilová, Sergei Eisenstein, Ingmar Bergman, Federico Fellini, Abbas Kiarostami, Akira Kurosawa, Ousmane Sembène, Andrei Tarkovsky, François Truffaut, Agnès Varda, and Yasujiro Ozu.
Janus handles rights in all media, and its library has grown to more than 1200 films.
Release Calendar
La maison des bois (2026)
April 22, 2026 | Limited
Realistic chronicle of everyday life during the Great War. A ranger collects in his family several Parisian children refugees because of the conflict. All share the life of the country village, the school, the news from the front.
Blue Heron (2026)
April 17, 2026 | Limited
A family of six settles into their new home on Vancouver Island as internal dynamics are slowly revealed through the eyes of the youngest child.
Total To-Date: $17,703
Chime (2026)
March 27, 2026 | Limited
A school teacher is woken by a sound that fills him with dread.
Total To-Date: $44,726
Two Prosecutors (2026)
March 20, 2026 | Limited
In the USSR in 1937, a newly appointed prosecutor discovers an undestroyed letter from a prisoner that reveals corruption in the secret police, the NKVD. His search for the truth becomes dangerous.
Total To-Date: $99,989
Days and Nights in the Forest (2026)
February 27, 2026 | Limited
Four carefree, jaded middle-class bachelors from Calcutta head out for a holiday in the wilderness. Before long, each man undergoes their own journey of self-discovery.
Total To-Date: $138,237
The Love That Remains (2026)
January 30, 2026 | Limited
Captures a year in the life of a family as the parents navigate their separation. Through intimate vignettes and strange occurrences, the film explores the complexities of family, love, and the impact of shared memories.
Total To-Date: $144,473
Bitter Rice (2026)
January 30, 2026 | Limited
Two criminals on the run end up working in a rice field and decide to recruit other workers for their next robbery.
Magellan (2026)
January 9, 2026 | Limited (2 Locations)
A portrayal of Ferdinand Magellan and Beatriz Barbosa's 1517 marriage in Seville, focusing on their brief time together before his departure on the Spanish crown's expedition.
Total To-Date: $231,318
Resurrection (2025)
December 12, 2025 | Limited
In a society where people stop dreaming to extend their lifespan, some dangerous individuals still dream, warping the fabric of time. We experience five dreams, for each of the senses, each chronologically representing a period of cinema.
Total To-Date: $627,175
Peter Hujar’s Day (2025)
November 7, 2025 | Limited
Conversation between photographer Peter Hujar and Linda Rosenkrantz from 1974 sheds light on New York's vibrant downtown art world and the introspective journey of an artist's life.
Total To-Date: $256,928
