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Candescent Films

New York, New York(approximate location)

Candescent Films supports documentaries and films that illuminate social issues. Lilly Hartley founded Candescent in 2010 to champion actors and filmmakers committed to raising awareness through compelling character-driven stories. In partnership with Sundance Institute and Tribeca Film Institute, Lilly created the Candescent Award.

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Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Film · Documentary
FoundedFebruary 15, 2011NY Dept. of State
RegisteredForeign Limited Liability Company
CountyNew York
LocationNew York, New York
Websitecandescentfilms.com
Emailinfo@candescentfilms.com
Social
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Statusactive2024 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
7.0IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

11 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards

28 wins from 95 nominations across all awards

Box office
$3m

Combined US gross, 5 of 13 titles

Trophy poster
Highest rated
Trophy
2017
7.3772 votes
Generation Wealth poster
Lowest rated
Generation Wealth
2018
6.65,819 votes
Mostly
documentary, drama, history
Active
2012–2024
Rotten Tomatoes
88%
Best known for
The Queen of Versailles

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 11 of 13 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.

Credits13

13 films

Titles per year13 titles · busiest 2013 with 3

13 titles across 13 years, averaging 1.0 a year. The last five years average 0.2 a year, below their long-run rate. 6 of those 13 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time11 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
678their average 7.0200020102020

The 5 titles since 2015 average 6.7, 0.2 below their 7.0 overall. 6 of 11 rated titles sit above their 7.0 average.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Christina Clusiau2
  • Shaul Schwarz2
  • Lauren Greenfield2
Genres
  • Documentary10 of 11
  • Drama2 of 11

Names appearing on two or more of Candescent Films’s produced titles, across the 11 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.

Works with12 companies

Companies that appear alongside Candescent Films on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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