Boutique: To Preserve and Collect - Director Ry Levey

Director Ry Levey’s wildly entertaining documentary BOUTIQUE: TO PRESERVE AND COLLECT chronicles the remarkable resurgence of collectible Blu-ray culture and the specialty labels around the world dedicated to preserving, restoring, and reintroducing long-lost obscurities and cinematic landmarks to new generations of audiences. Featuring filmmakers, performers, label representatives, historians, collectors, and devoted fans, the documentary is a heartfelt celebration of cinephilia and the people ensuring film history remains accessible and appreciated. To coincide with the Blu-ray release, the film will embark on an accompanying theatrical tour featuring special event screenings, filmmaker discussions, and community celebrations of physical media culture. About the filmmaker - For more than two decades, Ry Levey has used innovative and original strategies to elevate the profiles of independent and international cinema throughout North America and the world with multi-pronged film marketing, distribution and PR services. A specialist in documentary, LGBTQIA+, foreign, and genre cinema, Mr. Levey has spearheaded PR for filmmakers including documentary master Frederick Wiseman, Oscar-nominee Kirby Dick, Oscar-winner Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Oscar-nominee Christian Frei, acclaimed documentarian Sophie Fiennes (THE PERVERT’S GUIDE TO IDEOLOGY) and Oscar nominee and Tony-winning powerhouse Julie Taymor. He has also handled theatrical distribution campaigns for films including MATT SHEPARD IS A FRIEND OF MINE, MINE 9, VIOLET, DRONE, SLEEPLESS IN NEW YORK, NOWHERE TO HIDE, TWO LOVERS AND A BEAR and THE CREEPING GARDEN. He also brings a keen insight as a filmmaker himself, under his RBL Films production banner, having produced and directed the multi-award-winning documentary OUT IN THE RING and the upcoming BOUTIQUE: TO PRESERVE AND COLLECT.