founded 2008 ; 8 years ago 2008 in los angeles california united states founders aram tertzakian nate bolotin nick spicer headquarters los angeles california united states services film production and sales website xyzfilms.com xyz films is an american film production and sales company . it was founded in 2008 and focuses on international genre films including the raid redemption the raid 2 and on the job . contents 1 history 2 selected filmography 3 references 4 external links history edit xyz films was founded by aram tertzakian nate bolotin and nick spicer who met at the university of california los angeles . all had worked previously in the industry . todd brown editor in chief of film website twitch film joined after they invested there . 1 early deals included one with time inc. that did not produce any projects but raised their profile . believing the market in the us to be too small they invested in international genre films . the raid redemption an indonesian action film that was produced on a budget of around 1 million grossed over 14 million worldwide . 2 they partnered with french film distributor celluloid dreams in 2010 1 and in 2013 they expanded beyond north american sales into international sales . 3 xyz limits budgets to keep costs down then markets films to genre fans based on its reputation . 4 xyz said they focus on commercial films that still take risks . 5 in 2015 they partnered with distributor abbolita films . 6 selected filmography edit the raid redemption 2011 1 greetings to the devil 2011 1 frankenstein s army 2013 1 on the job 2013 1 these final hours 2013 5 the raid 2 2014 5 tusk 2014 5 preservation 2014 5 the dead lands 2014 6 dead snow red vs. dead 2014 4 pilgrimage 2015 6 the invitation 2015 7 yoga hosers 2016 references edit a b c d e f lodderhose diana 2011 11 05 . xyz films spreads beyond l.a. . variety . retrieved 2016 03 14 . longwell todd 2012 10 05 . xyz films quartet hits it big with overseas raid . variety . retrieved 2016 03 14 . mcnary dave 2013 02 11 . xyz films forms int l sales division . variety . retrieved 2016 03 14 . a b hopewell john ; keslassy elsa 2014 01 31 . xyz films boards party animal from cult norwegian helmer patrik syversen exclusive . variety . retrieved 2016 03 14 . a b c d e sandwell ian 2014 05 18 . genre bares its teeth . screen daily . retrieved 2016 03 14 . a b c mcnary dave 2015 05 06 . cannes abbolita xyz films teaming on distribution . variety . retrieved 2016 03 14 . yamato jen 2014 07 14 . karyn kusama s the invitation the next gamechanger pic . deadline.com . retrieved 2016 03 14 . external links edit official website xyz films at the internet movie database retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title xyz films & oldid 732979485 categories 2004 establishments in californiafilm production companies of the united states navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages fran ais edit links this page was last modified on 4 august 2016 at 15 11 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view