Summer School, 2001: three boys play in the woods

Film distribution & release · Los Angeles

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Reel Citrus brings Asian and diaspora films to theaters across North America, and brings the community with them.

Theatrical distributionRelease campaignsCreators & socialCommunity screeningsPress

What we do

We release Asian and diaspora films in North America. Booking, campaign, creators, community and press, so the right audience finds the film, and each other.

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Theatrical distribution

National runs on commercial screens and art houses across all 50 states and Canada, booked and managed end to end.

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Release strategy

Dating, positioning, key art, premieres and red carpets, built around where diaspora audiences actually live.

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Creators & social

Asian American and multicultural creator campaigns that send audiences straight to ticketing pages.

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Community screenings

Student associations, temples, cultural organizations and diaspora groups. Sold-out rooms in cities across the country.

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Press & partnerships

Trade and community press, sponsors and brand partners, and reporting on every release.

Start here

Have a film or a project?

Tell us what you’re working on and we’ll map the right path.

Work with us →
A Little Dream of Me: Mộng Hoài and Minh Hiếu take a selfie by the seaUp nextA Little Dream of MeVietnam’s highest-grossing music film.Coming soon → Summer School, 2001: Kien and his father face each other on a grey beachUp nextSummer School, 2001The first Czech-Vietnamese feature film.Coming soon →

Selected work

Films we’ve brought to North America

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Work with us · rights holders & filmmakers

Bring us your film.

We release Asian and diaspora films across North America, as your release partner or your distributor. Tell us about your film. We read every submission.

A man in a three-piece suit lounges in a red velvet booth in a 1970s Saigon club, in a still from Madame in Saigon
CommunityJoin free

The Watch Club

Free preview screenings for people who believe diaspora stories belong on the big screen. Members hear first.

Save me a seat →
A full room after Stories We Carry in New York
EventBring it to your town

Host a screening

Campus groups, temples, community centers, ERGs. We bring the film. You bring the room.

Start a screening →
Red carpet interview at the Madame in Saigon LA premiere
FilmJust played

Madame in Saigon

1960s Saigon, inspired by real events. From the red carpet at AMC The Grove to theaters across North America.

About the film →
Someone running across bands of flowers and grass
EthosAlways

See you out there.

We watch together to understand each other. Every release starts in the community and grows outward.

Our story →

Up next · out in the community

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A Little Dream of Me: a cinema of red seats facing a lit stage
Free preview screeningsJoin the Watch Club

Members get a free invite when a preview screening comes to their city. Tell us where you are.

The Citrus Log

Notes from the field

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