Distribution

In the face of perceived dominance in the documentary marketplace by such major SVODs as Netflix and Amazon, an international coalition of

Since its launch in Australia in 2008 as a DVD distributor in the academic market, then as a streaming platform two years later, Kanopy has rapidly

Few things are more intellectually pleasurable than a good paradox. Take, for example, documentary film distribution in the digital era. As content

My partners and I have been making films for over 20 years. During this time the basic pathways of film distribution have shifted dramatically. The

For documentaries seeking theatrical distribution in a crowded marketplace, a premiere at a major film festival is still the primary way to generate

By Susan Margolin and Jon Reiss During IDA's Getting Real 2016 conference back in September, we held a panel called "So Your Film Didn't Get Into

Get any group of documentary filmmakers together and, no doubt, a big topic of conversation will be money: how to get it, how to make it, and how to

This has been called a new Golden Age of documentaries—with more of them being made and experienced by audiences than ever before. It's certainly

A recent flood of impressive, handsomely produced, mostly cinéma vérité Chinese documentaries hint at the versatility and maturity of documentary

In the digital era of global film distribution, we often hear this phrase: “The world is getting smaller.” That certainly feels true. But let’s take a