About Reel Citrus
We are the audience.
Reel Citrus is a Los Angeles film distribution and release company, built by people from the communities these films are made for. We bring Asian and diaspora films to theaters across North America.
In the press
Madame in Saigon lands its North American release with Reel Citrus.
Read on Variety → VietceteraAug 2026What Mesdames Thanh Sắc (Madame in Saigon) says about Vietnamese cinema going global.
Read on Vietcetera → Variety2026Summer School, 2001 picks up U.S. distribution after Karlovy Vary.
Read on Variety → Variety2025Vietnam hit The Ancestral Home sets its North American release.
Read on Variety →On our screens
Turning identity into power.
Reel Citrus brings diaspora-led and globally rooted cinema to theaters across all 50 states and Canada, and to the communities those films speak to.
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Who we are
What we believe
Films are better in company.
A theater full of people who recognize themselves on screen is the point. We build every release around gathering.
Visibility should outlast the release.
Each film we bring over leaves behind an audience, a community network and a playbook the next film can use.
Stories belong to their communities.
We share what we learn openly and work to shift narrative power back to the people these stories are about.
Our mission
To expand how people experience place, identity, and each other through films.
For filmmakers and partners
Make international and diaspora films visible and sustainable in North America.
Theatrical releases on commercial screens and art houses across all 50 states and Canada, creator and community campaigns that fill seats, and an audience each film hands on to the next.
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Join the mission.
We’re building a home for diaspora stories on the big screen, and we can’t do it alone. If you’re a filmmaker, an organizer, a brand, or someone who simply believes these stories deserve a full room, we’d love to know you.