# 1091 Pictures

1091 Pictures was an American production company based in New York City and Los Angeles. The company was founded as the film and television division subsidiary of The Orchard in 2015. The company is best known for the Oscar-nominated films Life, Animated and Cartel Land. Sony divested the company and its catalogue of over 4,000 in 2019, with the company adopting the name 1091 Media. In 2020, the company rebranded as 1091 Pictures and announced that its parent company rebranded as Streamwise, the name of its new technology platform in development. December of 2023, multiple filmmakers took legal action against 1091 Pictures for failing to make payments of revenue sharing from distribution deals the company had contracted with. In July 2024, parent company Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment was placed in Chapter 7 liquidation, which would signal a liquidation of the company's assets, and the cessation of its subsidiaries, including 1091 Pictures.

## History

The company was founded in 2015, as a video on demand division of the Orchard, a subsidiary of Sony Entertainment. By year end, the company expanded to theatrical releases, initially setting a seven-film release with Mark Duplass, and Jay Duplass. The company also picked up Cartel Land, which went on to get an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary in 2016.
In September 2016, the company announced a film transparency platform to help independent filmmakers get more data around rentals, streams and purchases as well as projections for when a film will break even and start generating profits.
In January 2019, the film and television division was divested from The Orchard sold its film and television division. The company was acquired by the principals of Dimensional Associates, a private equity firm that launched The Orchard. The company's final films were Japanese Borscht and Baristas, before being rebranded as 1091 Media on April 3, 2019.
In April 2019, film studio Fathom Events signed a multi-year distribution deal with 1091 Media.
In July 2020, the company announced a new CTO, Simon Zhu, rebranded its distribution business as 1091 Pictures, and rebranded its parent company as Streamwise. Streamwise is a new technology platform the company is developing to provide distributors, production companies and filmmakers with insights and consolidated financial information for their releases, along with consolidated access to top streaming channels and other services. A private beta of the Streamwise platform is expected to release in December 2020, beginning with more than 500 distributors already tied to 1091 Pictures. The launch of Streamwise marks the final step in the separation of 1091's systems from its previous owner, The Orchard.
In August 2020, former Roku executive, Doug Shineman, joined 1091 Pictures and Streamwise as CRO, leading teams responsible for revenue generation, including all dealmaking, strategy and marketing for the business.
In March 2022, Chicken Soup for the Soul Entertainment acquired 1091 Pictures.
On April 23, 2024, Chicken Soup for the Soul announced a $636.6 million loss in 2023, and warned that without any options to generate additional financing, the company may be forced to liquidate or pause operations, and seek a potential Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection filing. On June 29, 2024, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection after missing a week of paying its employees and failing to secure financing. On July 11, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court approved a conversion of the bankruptcy to Chapter 7, which would signal a liquidation of the company's assets, and the cessation of its subsidiaries, including 1091 Pictures.

## Filmography
### As The Orchard

| Release date | Film Title |
| January 16, 2015 | Loitering with Intent |
| February 3, 2015 | What We Do in the Shadows |
| May 29, 2015 | Club Life |
| August 18, 2015 | 6 Years |
| February 9, 2016 | A Stand Up Guy |
| April 28, 2016 | The American Side |
| October 14, 2016 | Christine |
| January 24, 2017 | Long Nights Short Mornings |
| June 9, 2017 | The Hero |
| September 29, 2017 | Super Dark Times |
| April 20, 2018 | The Devil and Father Amorth |
| September 11, 2018 | Paper Year |
| May 17, 2019 | Unacknowledged: An Exposé of the World's Greatest Secret |
| June 2019 | Baristas |
| June 6, 2019 | The Vic |
| May 2019 | The Renegade |

### Under 1091 Pictures

| Release Date | Film Title | Notes |
| May 3, 2019 | Meeting Gorbachev | |
| May 24, 2019 | Halston | |
| August 2, 2019 | Them That Follow | |
| August 30, 2019 | Before You Know It | |
| September 6, 2019 | Blink of an Eye | |
| September 6, 2019 | Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice | co-distribution with Greenwich Entertainment |
| September 27, 2019 | Sister Aimee | |
| November 5, 2019 | Return to Mount Kennedy | |
| December 6, 2019 | Midnight Family | |
| February 12, 2020 | Intersect | |
| March 13, 2020 | A Kid From Coney Island | |
| April 7, 2020 | Close Encounters of the Fifth Kind: Contact has Begun | |
| April 7, 2020 | What You Gonna Do When The World's On Fire | |
| April 14, 2020 | The Legend of Swee' Pea | |
| April 28, 2020 | Until The Birds Return | |
| May 2, 2020 | Feral | |
| June 16, 2020 | The Pollinators | |
| June 16, 2020 | Seahorse: The Dad Who Gave Birth | |
| June 23, 2020 | The Ghost of Peter Sellers | |
| August 4, 2020 | The Stand: How One Gesture Shook The World | |
| August 4, 2020 | Star Light | |
| August 4, 2020 | CRSHD | |
| August 18, 2020 | Tracks | |
| August 18, 2020 | A Life of Endless Summers: The Bruce Brown Story | |
| September 15, 2020 | Wheels | |
| September 29, 2020 | Chasing the Present | |
| September 29, 2020 | Inez & Doug & Kira | |
| October 6, 2020 | The Phenomenon | |
| October 6, 2020 | Naughty Books | |
| October 6, 2020 | DEAD (In Cinemas 9/25) | |
| October 6, 2020 | Treason | |
| October 6, 2020 | Tanner Hall Forever | |
| October 6, 2020 | The Ringmaster | |
| October 13, 2020 | When the Storm Fades | |
| October 13, 2020 | Bane: Holding These Moments | |
| October 13, 2020 | The Dance | |
| October 20, 2020 | The Mothman Legacy | |
| October 20, 2020 | Tar | |
| November 10, 2020 | Transference: A Love Story | |
| November 17, 2020 | 1 Night in San Diego | |
| December 1, 2020 | Disco | |
| December 1, 2020 | Alt Space | |
| December 8, 2020 | The Planters | |
| December 15, 2020 | The Last Blockbuster | |
| January 19, 2021 | Ten Minutes To Midnight | |
| January 19, 2021 | Personhood | |
| January 26, 2021 | A Woman's Work: The NFL's Cheerleader Problem | |
| February 9, 2021 | Sator | |
| February 9, 2021 | Tazmanian Devil | |
| February 16, 2021 | Alice Fades Away | |
| August 24, 2021 | Echoes of Violence | |
| October 1, 2021 | Runt | |
| October 12, 2021 | The Cleaner | |
| November 2, 2021 | Curtis | |
| November 2, 2021 | Electric Jesus | |
| November 9, 2021 | The Drummer | |
| October 18, 2022 | Moment of Contact | |
| November 8, 2022 | Vide Noir | |