Dogwoof

Dogwoof Pictures

File:Dogwoof Logo.jpg
Company type	Private
Industry	Motion pictures, television
Founded	London, United Kingdom (2004)
Headquarters	London
Key people	Andy Whittaker (co-founder) Anna Godas (co-founder) Oli Harbottle (release manager)
Products	Dogwoof Dogwoof Indie Dogwoof Digital Dogwoof Pictures Raindance Film Festival
Revenue
Number of employees
Website	dogwoof.com

Dogwoof Pictures is a film-distribution company based in the United Kingdom.

History

Dogwoof was founded in 2004 by Andy Whittaker and Anna Godas, and originally concentrated on foreign films, including such titles as Don’t Move, Fateless, El Lobo, and Esma’s Secret. They recently began to distribute documentaries such as Black Gold, Crude Awakening, and The Devil Came On Horseback.

In July 2005, the company experimented by distributing James Erskine's EMR simultaneously in cinemas, on the internet through Tiscali (ISP), and on DVD through 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.

In 2005 Dogwoof launched the UK Digital Screen Network DSN at the Curzon Soho cinema. Political thriller King's Game was 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.

In 2009 Dogwoof distributed the documentary The Age of Stupid, The End of the Line, Burma VJ, We Live in Public and Afghan Star.

In 2010 Dogwoof announced a deal with technology company Cisco to build social media websites using the Cisco Eos platform for each film release. Dogwoof was the first European customer for Cisco Eos. The first website launched was Good with Film.

Dogwoof also distributes documentaries on social issues (e.g. Dirty Oil, Food, Inc. and Burma VJ).

In 2011 Dogwoof launched Dogwoof Global, the international sales arm of Dogwoof Ltd. representing films like Blackfish, Cartel Land, Dior and I and Weiner.

Dogwoof has distributed several award-winning films including The Act of Killing which won the BAFTA Award for Best Documentary.

Film distribution

Dogwoof has distributed many films including:

• EMR (2003)
• Seducing Doctor Lewis (2003)
• Don't Move (2004)
• King's Game (2004)
• Fateless (2005)
• El Lobo (2005)
• Four Eyed Monsters (2005)
• Man Push Cart (2005)
• Viva Zapatero! (2005)
• Disarm (2005)
• Mouth to Mouth (2005)
• Play (2005)
• Sorstalanság (2005)
• Brasileirinho - Grandes Encontros do Choro (2005)
• Viva Zapatero! (2005)
• Grbavica (2006)
• Girlfriend in a Kimono (2006)
• Bunny Chow (2006)
• Knallhart (2006)
• Black Gold (2007)
• Nadzieja (2007)
• Orthodox Stance (2007)
• Hell on Wheels (2007)
• Off the Grid: Life on the Mesa (2007)
• The Devil Came on Horseback (2007)
• Up the Yangtze (2007)
• Les Petites Vacances (2007)
• Four Eyed Monsters (2008)
• The End of America (2008)
• Boogie (2008)
• Fierce Light (2008)
• Nollywood Babylon (2008)
• No Impact Man: The Documentary (2009)
• The Yes Men Fix the World (2009)
• We Live in Public (2009)
• The Age of Stupid (2009)
• The End of the Line (2009)
• Food, Inc. (2009)
• Bananas!* (2009)
• Mugabe and the White African (2009)
• Waterlife (2009)
• Burma VJ (2010)
• Edge (film) (2010)
• Dirty Oil (2009)
• Vanishing of the Bees (2009)
• Videocracy (2010)
• Restrepo (2010)
• Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (2010)
• Just Do It. (2011)
• Dreams of a Life (2011)
• The Interrupters (2011)
• Bill Cunningham: New York (2011)
• Marina Abramovic: The Artist is Present (2012)
• The Queen of Versailles (2012)
• The House I Live In (2012)
• Chasing Ice (2012)
• Blackfish (2013)
• The Spirit of '45 (2013)
• The Act of Killing (2013)
• Muscle Shoals (2013)
• Cutie and the Boxer (2013)
• Dark Days (2001)
• The Unknown Known (2014)
• The Case Against 8 (2014)
• Advanced Style (2014)
• Life Itself (2014)
• Concerning Violence (2014)
• The Overnighters (2014)
• The Last Impresario (2014)
• Mistaken for Strangers (2014)
• The Punk Singer (2014)
• Manakamana (2014)
• The Look of Silence (2015)
• Best of Enemies (2015)
• The Fear of 13 (2015)
• Dior and I (2015)
• Cartel Land (2015)
• Fresh Dressed (2015)
• Dreamcatcher (2015)
• 3 1/2 Minutes, Ten Bullets (2015)
• Peggy Guggenheim: Art Addict (2015)
• The Show of Shows (2015)
• Unbranded (2015)
• The Black Panthers: Vanguard of the Revolution (2015)
• Iris (2015)
• Janis: Little Girl Blue (2016)
• Mavis! (2016)
• Hitchcock/Truffaut (2016)
• Speed Sisters (2016)
• Mapplethorpe: Look at the Pictures (2016)
• Heart of a Dog (2016)
• Versus: The Life and Films of Ken Loach (2016)
• Where to Invade Next (2016)
• Weiner (2016)
• Author: The JT LeRoy Story (2016)
• Jim: The James Foley Story (2016)
• Sour Grapes (2016)
• The First Monday in May (2016)
• Kate Plays Christine (2016)
• Lo and Behold, Reveries of the Connected World (2016)

Recognition

The Daily Telegraph writes 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".

External links

• Dogwoof Pictures (gb) at the Internet Movie Database
• Dogwoof Digital (gb) at the Internet Movie Database
• Official website