Dogwoof Pictures

Dogwoof Pictures

File:Dogwoof Logo.jpg
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).

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)
• The Act of Killing (2013)
• The Case Against 8 (2014)
• Life Itself (2014)
• The Look of Silence (2014)
• The Fear of 13 (2015)

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