Distribution, production, curation, consulting and more

Distribution

Dissidenz Films is initially a Paris-based distribution company founded by Bich-Quan Tran and focused on Asian auteur films (all genres), maverick documentary features (all nationalities) as well as cross-genre works.

Our releases include 11.25: The Day He Chose His Own Fate by Koji Wakamatsu, Pluto by Shin Su-won, Bleak Night by Yoon Sung-hyun, Han Gong-Ju by Lee Sujin, Death In The Land Of Encantos by Lav Diaz, Shadow Days by Zhao Dayong and Women Of The Weeping River by Sheron Dayoc, as well as Special Flight by Fernand Melgar, Forget Me Not by David Sieveking, Dior and I by Frederic Tcheng, Life, Animated by Roger Ross Williams, Christo: Walking on Water by Andrey M. Paounov, Love It Was Not by Maya Sarfaty, to name a few – all films having been selected and/or rewarded in A-category international film festivals such as Cannes, Berlin, Venice, Locarno, Busan, Rotterdam film festivals.
In 2022, Dissidenz Films has also released its first Asian classic: Lou Ye’s 4K restored masterpiece Suzhou River.
Check out our website dedicated to distribution here: www.dissidenzfilms.com

Production

Dissidenz Films now more specifically looks into coproducing bold and innovative auteur-driven gems from Asia aimed at a diverse audience as well as outstanding uncompromising films by directors with a unique artistic vision.

Schirkoa: in Lies We Trust, an official French-Indian co-production, is Dissidenz Films’ first animated feature as a delegate producer. The movie, entirely made in Unreal Engine, has world premiered at International Film Festival Rotterdam 2024 in the Bright Future section and won the NETPAC Award for Best Asian Film. Dissidenz Films has also just completed the production of Japanese director Sayaka Kai’s second feature film Adabana, set to world premiere in 2024 as well.

Et Cetera

In May 2022, Bich-Quan Tran curated “Hymno” by Lav Diaz for Kunstenfestivaldesarts in Brussels -an international performing arts festival dedicated to contemporary theatre, dance, performance and visual arts- in partnership with Galeries Cinema. “Hymno” is both an exhibition made of emblematic excerpts from Lav Diaz’s movies that take the visitors into a unique immersive sensory journey and a live performance that introduces us to mourning rituals as related in Taal, which Lav Diaz shot while filming When The Waves Are Gone.

In addition, Bich-Quan Tran is also the founder of work-in-progress Europe-based French/English online magazine asiaetcetera.com dedicated to Asian cinema and cultures and occasionally assists small businesses (from the movie industry or not) in change management matters and other out-of-the-blue subjects.

Offices

We are both on the ground (in Europe and Asia) and agile, whether WFH or on the move! Best way to reach out is by e-mail. Do not WhatsApp if uninvited, thank you!

The Electric House (1922)

Europe

14 rue Charles V, 75004 Paris, France
contact (at) dissidenz.com

The Matrix (1999)

Asia

N 22° 32′ 8.502″, E 88° 20′ 41.964″
contact [at] dissidenz.com

“An artist’s true wealth comes from the diversity of his creation”

Lê Bá Đảng

“Choosing neutrality in matters of oppression only reinforces structural violence.“

Carmen Maria Machado

“Birds born in a cage think flying is an illness.“

Alejandro Jodorowsky