“You grow up around something, and it feels like nothing.”
Attention is finite.
We choose deliberately, make a small number of films, and give each the time and attention it deserves.
— JIN, COLUMBUS
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY KOGONADA
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THE FARM
in development
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“Sometimes an empty page presents more possibilities.”
Make work worth making.
We are genre agnostic, never conviction agnostic. Every film should make us feel—and have a reason to exist.
— JAPANESE POET, PATERSON
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY JIM JARMUSCH
“You can never replace anybody because everybody is made up of such beautiful, specific details.”
The people matter more.
Great films begin with trust. The work matters enormously. The people making it matter more.
— CÉLINE, BEFORE SUNSET
DIRECTED BY RICHARD LINKLATER SCREENPLAY BY RICHARD LINKLATER, JULIE DELPY, AND ETHAN HAWKE
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“Hope for the unknown is good. It is better than hatred of the familiar.”
See reality clearly. Choose hope anyway.
Wishful thinking is not strategy. Neither is cynicism. We face the difficulty honestly, make a plan, and choose hope anyway.
— ONA, WOMEN TALKING
WRITTEN AND DIRECTED BY SARAH POLLEY
BASED ON THE NOVEL BY MIRIAM TOEWS
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everything begins with
story.
winterhouse is an independent production company, international by design. Our films have screened at Sundance, TIFF, Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, and are distributed by major studios and streamers.
With world-leading collaborators we originate, develop, finance, and produce premium cinema—ambitious in vision, daring in spirit, and grounded in story. Small by choice, we stay close to the work—and the people making it—from first spark to final frame.
Everything begins with story.