New Boutique Label "Deaf Crocodile Films" founded by Craig Rogers & Dennis Bartok

[A Tortured Duckling]

https://www.deafcrocodile.com/

About Us

https://www.deafcrocodile.com/the-team/

Deaf Crocodile was founded by two experienced arthouse veterans, Dennis Bartok and Craig Rogers, with nearly 30 years’ experience in specialized exhibition, programming, distribution and restoration services. Together, they bring an eclectic and passionate sensibility to their slate of films, collaborating with a network of like-minded curators and filmmakers from around the world.

Craig Rogers

Craig Rogers has nearly 20 years of film experience. A decade-plus working in post production at IMAX instilled his passion for image quality.

That experience and love of cinema history lead to film restoration where he was the lead restoration artist at Cinelicious/Cinelicous Pics. His love for the work and attention to detail led to rave reviews for the restorations of Death Valley Days (over 400 episodes), Belladonna of Sadness (1973), Private Property (1960), and Funeral Parade of Roses (1969).

Subsequently, he co-founded Arbelos Films in 2017, continuing his critically acclaimed restoration efforts with Dennis Hopper’s The Last Movie (1973), The Juniper Tree (1993), and the monumental restoration of Bela Tarr’s 7+ hour masterpiece, Satantango (1994).

He is now the co-founder (with partner Dennis Bartok) of Deaf Crocodile Films where his passion for cinema continues.

Dennis Bartok

Dennis Bartok is a filmmaker, distributor, art-house exhibitor and author. For nearly thirty years he’s been involved in programming and management for the nonprofit exhibition organization American Cinematheque, which operates the historic Egyptian and Aero Theatres in Los Angeles.

In 2014 he co-founded the art-house distribution company Cinelicious Pics which released Gangs of Wasseypur and Dark Night along with 4K restorations of Belladonna of Sadness, Funeral Parade of Roses and Agnes Varda’s Jane B. Par Agnes V. and Kung Fu Master. Subsequently he co-founded the distribution/restoration company Arbelos Films in 2017, which restored Dennis Hopper’s The Last Movie, Bela Tarr’s Satantango, and The Juniper Tree starring Icelandic musician Björk for re-release.

He recently directed & wrote the supernatural thriller Nails starring Shauna Macdonald for Fantastic Films in Ireland, which streamed on Netflix from 2018 – 2020. He also produced & wrote the Lionsgate anthology film Trapped Ashes (2008) with segments directed by Joe Dante, Ken Russell and Monte Hellman.

He recently published his first non-fiction book, A Thousand Cuts: the Bizarre Underground World of Collectors and Dealers Who Saved the Movies, hailed as one of the “Best Film Books of 2016” in the Huffington Post.

RESTORATION & POST SERVICES

https://www.deafcrocodile.com/restoration-and-post-services/

RESTORATION AND POST SERVICES
Deaf Crocodile’s post production and restoration services are headed by co-founder Craig Rogers. With over 20 years’ experience in making images look their very best, Deaf Crocodile can make your project shine! We work together with both in-house artists and a network of like-minded technicians and filmmakers from around the world.

FILM DISTRIBUTION

https://www.deafcrocodile.com/distribution/

Deaf Crocodile is a boutique Distribution + Restoration + Post-Production company focused on New, Independent, Lost/Unseen and World Cinema with a special interest in World Animation, LGBTQ films, Cult Horror + Fantasy, and the work of neglected and underrepresented Filmmakers from across the spectrum. We plan on releasing 4-6 films per year, split evenly between vibrant and challenging new works and carefully hand-crafted restorations of lost and little-seen gems of arthouse and cult cinema.

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