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Dogwoof
Company typePrivate
IndustryMotion pictures,television
FoundedLondon,United Kingdom (2003)
HeadquartersLondon
Key people
Andy Whittaker (Founder)
Anna Godas (CEO)
Oli Harbottle (Head of Distribution & Acquisitions)
Ana Vicente (Head of Sales)
ProductsDogwoof Releases
Dogwoof Sales
TDog Productions
Websitedogwoof
dogwoofsales

Dogwoofis afilm-distributioncompany based in theUnited Kingdom.

History[edit]

Dogwoof Pictures[edit]

Dogwoof was founded in 2003 byAndy Whittaker,and originally concentrated on foreign films, including such titles asDon't Move,Fateless,El Lobo,andEsma's Secret.[1]They have distributed documentaries such asBlack Gold,Crude Awakening,andThe Devil Came On Horseback.[1]

In July 2005, the company experimented by distributing James Erskine'sEMRsimultaneously incinemas,on the internet throughTiscali(ISP), and onDVDthrough its Home Entertainment division. The move was notable since most films are released through different distribution channels on a staggered schedule, giving each channel an exclusive release window. Exhibitors were especially wary, as many feared that they would eventually lose their exclusive release windows for more mainstream films.[2]

In 2005 Dogwoof launched the UK Digital Screen Network DSN at the Curzon Soho cinema. Political thrillerKing's Gamewas shown from a digital print as opposed to 35mm at the Curzon Soho cinema in London at a commercial matinee performance. The cinema installed the digital projector as part of the Phase 1 roll-out of the UK Film Council Digital Screen Network.[1]

In 2009 Dogwoof distributed the documentaryThe Age of Stupid,[3]The End of the Line,Burma VJ,We Live in PublicandAfghan Star.

In 2010 Dogwoof announced a deal with technology companyCiscoto build social media websites using theCisco Eosplatform for each film release. Dogwoof was the first European customer for Cisco Eos.[4]The first website launched wasGood with Film.[5]

Dogwoof has released 28Oscar-nominated documentaries, with four wins and an additional threeBAFTAwinners; notable titles includeOscar-winningand BAFTA-winningFree Solo(the UK's highest-grossing documentary of 2018), BAFTA-nominatedApollo 11(the UK's highest-grossing documentary of 2019), double-Oscar-nominated andBAFTA-nominatedCollective,BAFTA-winningThe Act of Killing,andBlackfish.[citation needed]Tiles produced by Dogwoof includePlaying with Sharks(Sundance2021, sold toNational Geographic),The Lost Leonardo(Tribeca2021, sold toSony Pictures Classics),Citizen Ashe(Telluride2021, sold toCNN/HBO Max), andMcEnroe(Tribeca2022, sold toShowtime).[citation needed]

Dogwoof started 2022 with fiveSundancefilms:NavalnybyDaniel Roher,which won both the US Documentary Audience Award and the Audience Favourite Award;The Territoryby Alex Pritz, which won both the World Documentary Audience Award and a World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award;Midwivesby Snow Hnin Ei Hlaing, which won a World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award; Jono McLeod'sMy Old SchoolfeaturingAlan Cumming;andRiotsville, USAfrom Sierra Pettengill.[citation needed]It launched four films atTribeca:Lynch/OzbyAlexandre O Philippe,McEnroeby Barney Douglas,Hallelujah: Leonard Cohen, a Journey, a Songby Dayna Goldfine and Dan Geller, andDreaming Walls: Inside the Chelsea Hotelby Maya Duverdier and Amelie van Elmbt, executive produced byMartin Scorsese.[citation needed]

Dogwoof Sales[edit]

In 2011 Dogwoof launched Dogwoof Sales, the international sales arm of Dogwoof Ltd, that has established itself as a sales agents for documentaries likeBlackfish,Dior and I,WeinerandCartel Land,offering filmmakers representation, alongside raising finance, UK theatrical distribution and direct to consumer global distribution via an international network of online and theatrical partners.[6]

TDog Productions[edit]

TDog is Dogwoof's invite-only production fund. The fund launched in 2016 in order to support the making of documentaries across the world.[6]

Filmography[edit]

Film distribution[edit]

Dogwoof has distributed many films including:[citation needed]

International sales[edit]

Recognition[edit]

The Daily Telegraphwrites that "London-based film-distribution company Dogwoof has carved out an impressive reputation for itself as a purveyor of timely and incisive social-issues documentaries".[10]

References[edit]

  1. ^abcChase, Nikki (December 2008)."Talking to Oli Harbottle of Dogwoof".Independent-Magazine.Archived fromthe originalon 11 January 2010.Retrieved18 April2010.
  2. ^"Dogwoof launching 'EMR' in three mediums".The Hollywood Reporter.28 June 2005.Retrieved18 April2010.[permanent dead link]
  3. ^"The Age Of Stupid".British Films Catalogue.Retrieved18 April2010.[permanent dead link]
  4. ^Kemp, Stuart (16 March 2010)."U.K.'s Dogwoof teams with CISCO for growth".The Hollywood Reporter.Archived fromthe originalon 19 April 2013.Retrieved18 April2010.
  5. ^"Dogwoof внедряет социально-развлекательную платформу Cisco Eos в поддержку своего растущего онлайнового сообщества"(in Russian). CNews. March 26, 2010.Retrieved18 April2010.[permanent dead link]
  6. ^ab"About".Dogwoof - Documentary distribution.Retrieved2017-11-22.
  7. ^abcdAfan, Emily Claire (19 November 2010)."Dogwoof acquires NFB docs".Playback.Retrieved17 December2011.
  8. ^http://dogwoof /films/les-petites-vacances
  9. ^"Just Do It - UK release date & Synopsis".Retrieved5 Nov2011.
  10. ^Sandhu, Sukhdev (15 April 2010)."Bananas!*, review".The Daily Telegraph.Retrieved17 April2010.

External links[edit]

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