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Dogwoof

This edit request by an editor with a conflict of interest was declined.

What I think should be changed (include citations):

Dogwoof is a London-based documentary film specialist integrating production, sales and theatrical distribution. Dogwoof has so far released 34 Oscar-nominated documentaries, with six Oscar wins an additional four BAFTA winners; notable titles include Oscar-winning and BAFTA-winning 20 Days In Mariupol (2023), Navalny (2022) and Free Solo (the UK's highest-grossing documentary of 2018), BAFTA-nominated Apollo 11 (the UK's highest-grossing documentary of 2019), double-Oscar-nominated and BAFTA-nominated Collective, Oscar and BAFTA-nominated Fire of Love (2022), All That Breathes (2022), BAFTA-winning The Act of Killing, and Blackfish.

Dogwoof’s recent productions include Every Little Thing (Sundance 2024), Copa 71 (Toronto Film Festival 2023), McEnroe (Tribeca 2022, NBC Universal/ Showtime), Playing with Sharks (Sundance 2021, National Geographic), The Lost Leonardo (Tribeca 2021, Sony Pictures Classics), and Citizen Ashe (Telluride 2021, CNN / HBO Max). Dogwoof has developed a reputation as a powerhouse in the premium non-fiction space and their brand has become a stamp of the highest quality.

History

Dogwoof Established in 2004 by Andy Whittaker and Anna Godas, Dogwoof originally concentrated on the distribution of foreign language fiction films before deciding to move to solely focusing on the distribution of theatrical documentaries. In 2011 Dogwoof launched Dogwoof Sales, the international sales arm of Dogwoof Ltd, that has established itself as a sales agent for documentaries like Blackfish, Dior and I, Weiner and Cartel 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.

In 2015, the company launched T-Dog Productions, Dogwoof's production fund for feature docs, documentary series and other true story-based content at any stage of development and production. TDog's remit is a focus on projects which can bring long-term strategic partnerships with key producers and/or directors. One of the first TDog-funded projects was Westwood: Punk, Icon, Activist which made its World Premiere debut in Sundance 2018, subsequent titles include Halston, This is Congo, Citizen Ashe, Playing with Sharks, Copa 71 and The Lost Leonardo. Dogwoof has progressively moved to producing original documentary features and documentary series as well as co-producing with partners such Wildbear in Australia (Playing with Sharks, Every Little Thing, The Raftsmen), Silver Entertainment in the UK (McEnroe, Schmeichel, Lomu) and Elk Films in Denmark (Lost Leonardo, Deux Mille).

Why it should be changed:

The information is very out of date and new titles can be included.

Droo1234 (talk) 11:09, 19 July 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Much of the material above appears to be promotional. Eg:

Reference to films being highest grossing or award nominated.

Also, the material in the lead paras should be a general overview, and should not concentrate on recent events (e.g. 'recent productions include').

The following sentence is clearly promotional and has no place on Wikipedia.

"Dogwoof has developed a reputation as a powerhouse in the premium non-fiction space and their brand has become a stamp of the highest quality."

Similarly...

"that has established itself as a sales agent for documentaries like Blackfish, Dior and I, Weiner and Cartel 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."

Similarly...

"TDog's remit is a focus on projects which can bring long-term strategic partnerships with key producers and/or directors."

Overall, your rewrite reads very much like a press release and I don't think any neutral editor would consider it appropriate for it to be included on Wikipedia. The material is also unsourced.

Looking at the current version of the article, there seems to be a fair amount of promotional and unsourced material. The lists of every film the company has been associated with are also inappropriate.

So, I would agree with you that there is much that needs to be changed in the current article, but your suggestion above is not the way...

P.S.: Looking at the company's website, I see that you have basically lifted the "About Us" section and suggested that it be implemented here as the lead part of the article here. Sorry, no chance. Axad12 (talk) 08:55, 2 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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