FILM SALES MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION COMPANIES YOU MIGHT TO KNOW ABOUT

Aquatic Films

UK

Aquatic Films is an international sales company for documentaries. We work with independent producers helping them to reach foreign audiences through sales on the international market. We are looking for 52’ documentaries, series or titles having both a TV and a feature-length version, be they finished or at a rough cut stage. Our interest focuses on current affairs and arts & culture titles. Among our recent titles, we have an inspirational road-movie called Romantic Road (a film by Oliver McGarvey) and an epic family saga revolving around the mystery of stolen children, called My Mother’s Lost children (a film by Danny Ben-Moshe). For more information, please email silvia@aquaticfilms.net.

Autlook Film Sales

AUSTRIA

Based in Vienna and New York, Autlook Filmsales is one of the leading sales agents for feature documentaries and doc series. Since 2006 Autlook has been building a strong and varied network of partners including digital platforms, theatrical distributors, broadcasters and festivals. Our team offers a full spectrum of distribution, in-house, customized sales and festival strategies that help maximize revenues, audience engagement and fosters filmmakers’ careers. Selection titles include: OF FATHERS AND SONS by Talal Derki, TIME TRIAL by Finlay Pretsell, OVER THE LIMIT by Marta Prus and THE ART OF MUSEUMS, a series. Currently in production: DEAN MARTIN: KING OF COOL by Tom Donahue SENSELESS by Guy Davidi. We prefer to be contacted by filmmakers during production stage.

For more information, please contact the Autlook Film Sales team here.

Cat&Docs

FRANCE

CAT&Docs represents a catalogue of hand-picked documentaries with international potential.
Our catalogue includes Oscar Nominated & Oscar Winners documentaries, Winners from Major Film Festivals (Sundance, Berlin, IDFA, Locarno, Visions du Réel, etc.) : WHICH WAY HOME, LAST TRAIN HOME, PLANET OF SNAIL, 5 BROKEN CAMERAS, OF MEN AND WAR, CITIZENFOUR, SONITA, THE GOOD POSTMAN, COMMUNION, THE POETESS, CAMERAPERSON to name a few. CAT&Docs participates in the various markets (MIPDOC, MIPTV, MIPCOM, Sunny Side of the Docs) and most important festivals (Sundance, Berlinale, CPH:Dox, Hot Docs, Tribeca, Cannes, Sheffield, TIFF, Dok Leipzig, IDFA etc.)

CAT&Docs works with producers to create effective festival strategies to launch their films and presents appropriate films to the festival selection. CAT&Docs handles all rights and catters to theatrical distributors, broadcasters as well as VOD/SVOD platforms. Cat&Docs gets involved at any stage depending on the project and its uniqueness.

For more information, please email info@catndocs.com. 

Cinephil

ISRAEL

Cinephil is an international sales and advisory firm, which has a strong reputation for securing international distribution, broadcasting and financing deals for documentaries from all over the world on behalf of film producers and directors. Latest titles include: The Silence of Others (Almudena Carracedo & Robert Bahar), The Cleaners (Moritz Riesewieck, Hans Block), Latifa (Olivier Peyon, Cyril Brody), The Distant Barking of Dogs (Simon Lereng Wilmont), and the Jewish Underground (Shai Gal).

For more information, please email  info@cinephil.com

Deckert Distribution

GERMANY

Deckert Distribution is a world sales company for documentaries and stands for excellent, director-led, award-winning films. We distribute creative documentaries from around the globe for which we see a potential on the international market. The films in our catalogue are very diverse in style and content, but they all have one thing in common: we are convinced of their high quality and their high relevance, and we want to introduce these outstanding documentaries to a wide international audience. So our main goal is to make the connection between a film and its viewers, via TV as well as within the festival circuit.

In general we have a strong interest in social topics, political issues, history, ecology and in films from / about Russia and Eastern Europe. We love films that carry a strong signature by its author. We distribute theatrical and TV documentaries.

For more information, please email info@deckert-distribution.com

Doc & Film International

FRANCE

Created by a pool of producers in 1996, Doc & Film International had been very active in selling TV-documentaries. In 2008, Daniela Elstner joined Doc & Film as head of the company and shareholder. Since then, we have been expanding the activities to international sales of feature films and feature length documentaries, working with directors from all over the world. Doc & Film International deals with a catalogue of more than 800 titles. We are attending all major markets and festivals around the globe in order to ensure maximum international exposure for our films. Backed by a worldwide network of theatrical distributors, broadcasters and digital platforms, we give all our films the best chance to reach the audience. Recent documentaries include Pierre Cardin biopic (in production), Ryuichi Sakamoto:Coda (Venice 2017), Amal (Idfa 2017), Dead souls by Wang Bing (Cannes 2018). We are looking for passionate, audacious new filmmakers & producers to work with. We acquire between 10 to 15 new documentaries per year. Programmes can be at the production stage or completed One-offs (52' / feature docs), series, and in the following genres: current affairs, pop culture (fashion, music), arts & culture, social issues/human interest. We look for strong stories about our contemporary world.

For more information, please email doc@docandfilm.com

DR Sales

DENMARK

DR Sales is the largest international distributor in Scandinavia, distributing an array of different, high quality programmes on a world wide basis. The programmes are produced by DR as well as by independent film companies and range within the genres of documentary, drama, children & youth and music & arts. Documentary themes range from society, anthropology, history, current affairs and politics, music, arts, travel and adventure, arts & culture, nature & wildlife, and politics.

For more information, contact the team at drsales@dr.dk

Fremantle Media International

UK 

With productin units throughout our global offices, Fremantle is one of the biggest creators, producers and distributors of television programming in the world. As well as our own production teams we have an unrivalled network of production companies and labels on the ground in over 30 territories.

For more information, please contact the Fremantle team here. 

Go2 Films 

ISRAEL

Go2Films specializes in distribution, marketing and co-production of top Israeli docs, fiction films and TV series as well as international films with Jewish related content. We have a soft spot for movies which help us understand who we are, where do we come from and where we want to go. We welcome films that expand our minds and hearts. We work with the filmmakers to design a distribution & marketing strategy tailored specifically for their film, making sure that each film reaches its audiences worldwide.Over the years, we have developed personal long-term relationships with important buyers, broadcasters, film festivals, educational institutions and digital platforms around the globe.We keep seeking innovative ways to make our films reach the viewers in the ever-changing world of film distribution. We take 15-20 films a year and prefer to be contacted when you have a strong trailer based on a good proposal. Recent titles/most successful titles include: Unsettling, Joe's Violin (Nominated for Academy Awards 2017), Death in the Terminal, Remember Baghdad, The Wonderful Kingdom of Papa Alaev.

For more information, contact us at info@go2films.com

Illumina Films

THE NETHERLANDS

Ilumina Films is a boutique sales company based in Amsterdam and has been in business for 18 years. It seeks documentaries that reflect and further deepen subjects seen in the news or are part of the international discussion. We are particularly looking for interesting characters and cultures in far away places who are making change or caught up in change taking place around them. Illumina Films looks for about 4-5 new documentaries a year of lengths from 30 minutes and up. Recent titles are: The Guardians, Tessa Moran, Ben Crosbie ; Daughters of the Curved Moon,  Sophie Dia Pergum, Miranda Yap ; The Faces We Lost, Piotr Cieplak ; A Stranger Came to Town, Thomas Vroege.

We’re happy to hear from anyone who has something that could work, via email at info@illuminafilms.nl. 

Java Films

FRANCE

Founded in 2005, Java Films is one of Europe’s leading independent documentary specialist sales agents. We are based in Paris with an office in London and a representative in Spain. We look for strong stories with international appeal, especially current affairs investigations. We very rarely take a feature without a 52’ version and we do not take any films shorter than 52’. We take on around 4 films a year at development stage for production support but for most films we like to see a rough cut before making a decision. Contact is made by via email to rebecca@javafilms.tv

Louise Rosen Ltd

USA

Louise has been working in independent media for over 25 years, committed to supporting impactful, progressive work. She serves as an editorial and business consultant providing project review and strategies for fundraising, distribution and festival planning. She also acts as an international distributor across a range of outlets and platforms, and producer and sales agent for financing and distribution. She seeks early-stage, authored projects covering the arts, history, social issues, and science.

Her projects have included Oscar, Emmy, FIPRESCI, Teddy, Sundance and other award-winning films. Recent titles include Killing for Love (released by IFC Films/Sundance Selects December 2017, now streaming on Hulu), Eva Hesse (premiere film in the 2018/19 season of PBS “American Masters”), Prodigal Sons, and The Music Instinct, among others. Submissions with brief description/status can be sent via email to louise@louiserosenltd.com.

Met Film

UK

Part of MetFilm Group, MetFilm Sales is a new agency specializing in sales of high-end single documentaries and series. MetFilm Sales was set up by Head of Sales & Acquisitions Vesna Cudic, who joined MetFilm from Dogwoof in 2017. MetFilm Sales slate includes a Sundance 2018 award winner OUR NEW PRESIDENT by Maxim Pozdorovkin, BISBEE ’17 (Sundance 2018) by Robert Green, THE OSLO DIARIES (Sundance ’18) by Mor Loushy and Daniel Sivan, and the acclaimed Tribeca ’18 documentary THE FEELING OF BEING WATCHED by Assia Boundaoui.

In addition to completed titles, MetFilm Sales works closely with the filmmakers helping them finance their films through pre-sales. The pre-slate includes LAST BREATH, AFTER A REVOLUTION, LEFTOVER WOMEN, and THE ANIMATED LIFE OF OLIVER SACKS, all of which are currently in production. For more information, please email sales@metfilm.co.uk

Rise and Shine Worlds Sales

Germany

Rise and Shine World Sales is an international sales agency for outstanding award-winning documentary films. We operate on a boutique size level, currently taking a maximum of fifteen handpicked films per year. Often, these documentaries are debut films by talented directors and usually feature topics that can target clearly identifiable audiences. Each film we select is special to us. We care for each title and do everything to see it “rise and shine”. 

For more information, please email info@riseandshine-berlin.de.

Sideways Film 

UK

Sideways Film is a documentary ales agency with offices in London and Barcelona. We take on twelve documentaries / series each year for world sales. We generally partner on narrative documentaries and journalistic programmes / series. We like narrative documentaries that take us into hidden worlds with incredible access, memorable characters and real story telling; films with flair that can touch wide audiences. In journalistic documentaries or series, we are looking for titles that cover entirely new ground, or are perhaps counter intuitive across current affairs, investigative, social issues, science and tech, and beyond. We require a 52’ version for all feature length titles. We like to be contacted as early as possible, at conception stage ideally in case we can notify of any issues ahead, even similar projects or suggest comm eds / film fund or come on as production partners.

For more information, please contact the Sideways Film team here. 

SND Films

The Netherlands

International boutique sales agency of fiction, animation and some doc short films and (feature/hour length) documentaries since 1994. Repping a various range of films and attending most major markets and festivals around the world. Exclusive agent for many famous directors, like Bill Plympton's shorts, Paul Driessen and many others. Last year's Academy Award ® "La Femme et le TGV" (fiction) and Student Academy Award winner "Life Smartphone" has been the latest acquisitions, as well as the short documentaries "Half a Life" , "Obon" and the feature "Also Life is an Art - The Case Max Emden". SND is mostly looking for documentaries that are Arts & Culture related, as well as LGBTQ docs that are entertaining and have a 'light' character. We take about 5 docs a year (and 25 shorts in general) and prefer to be contacted during development or when finished.

For morex information, please email info@sndfilms.co

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