Feature Films
REI Co-op Studios finances and develops IP for feature-length content that entertains and explores the power of time spent outside, while complementing the co-op’s broader climate and racial equity, diversity, and inclusion commitments.
Frybread Face & Me
Director: Billy Luther
Producer: Chad Burris
In association with REI Co-op Studios
Producing partners: Indion Entertainment, Fit Via Vi, Good Gravy, River Road, World of Wonder, MACRO
U.S. premiere: SXSW; international premiere: Toronto International Film Festival; Netflix Top 10 U.S. release
Storyline: Two adolescent Navajo cousins from different worlds bond during a summer herding sheep on their grandmother's ranch in Arizona while learning more about their family's past and themselves.
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Canary
Directors: Danny O’Malley, Alex Rivest PhD
Producer: Adam Paul Smith
In association with REI Co-op Studios
Producing partners: End of The Road Films, APU Productions, Boardwalk Pictures, Act 4 Entertainment
Distributor: Oscilloscope Laboratories; limited theatrical run in 130+ U.S. theaters
Storyline: Witness the extraordinary life of Dr. Lonnie Thompson, an explorer who went where no scientist had gone before and transformed our idea of what is possible. Daring to seek Earth's history contained in glaciers atop the tallest mountains in the world, Lonnie found himself on the frontlines of climate change--his life's work evolving into a salvage mission to recover these priceless historical records before they disappear forever.
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Space Oddity
Director: Kyra Sedgwick
Producer: Valerie Stadler
In association with REI Co-op Studios
Producing partners: Unique Features, Big Swing Productions, The Arlook Group, Rolling Pictures
Distributor: Samuel Goldwyn, available on Hulu
Storyline: When Alex gives up on earth and decides to leave it all behind for a one-way mission to Mars, an unexpected romance forces him to choose between an uncertain journey to the stars or an even more uncertain journey of the heart.
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The Dark Divide
Director: Tom Putnam
Producers: Aaron Boyd, Ryan James Frost, Tom Putnam, Thane Ritchie, Jory Weitz
In association with REI Co-op Studios
Producing partners: Public House Films, Loaded Image Entertainment, TBVE
Distributor: Strike Back Studios
Storyline: After the death of his wife, nature writer Robert Pyle pushes himself to the limit by hiking through Washington's Gifford Pinchot National Forest.
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