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The Film Collaborative
Company typeNonprofit organization
IndustryFilm Distribution
Founded2010
Headquarters
Los Angeles, California
,
United States
ProductsIndependent Film
Websitehttp://www.thefilmcollaborative.org/

The Film Collaborative (TFC) is an American non-profit organization. Based in Los Angeles, The Film Collaborative services filmmakers worldwide by providing distribution guidance and support as well as theatrical, film festival and digital distribution of art house, independent and world cinema.

History

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Launched in 2010, The Film Collaborative is a service-oriented, educational organization aimed at encouraging and enabling independent filmmakers to forge their own brands and directly reach audiences with their work.[1] TFC educates filmmakers about marketing and distribution options with the objective to eliminate unnecessary middlemen and break away from the restrictive contract terms that are prevalent in the film industry so that creators, rather than corporations, may profit from their own work. An ardent advocate of new media/digital distribution, TFC encourages filmmakers to use the global reach of the internet for digital marketing and forging an ongoing relationship with their audiences.

Festival Distribution

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In 2010, TFC did festival distribution for films such as Eyes Wide Open, The Owls, Florent, A Small Act, The Adults in the Room, How to Start Your Own Country, An African Election and Undertow.

TFC's 2011 slate included August, Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same, Facing Mirrors, Hit So Hard, The Invisible War, I Want Your Love, Leave It on the Floor, Mosquita y Mari, Revenge of the Electric Car, Shut Up Little Man!, Some Guy Who Kills People, Vito, Weekend, We Were Here and The Wise Kids.

TFC's 2012 slate included A Fierce Green Fire, Interior. Leather Bar., Jobriath A.D., The New Black, A River Changes Course, Gayby, A Portrait of James Dean: Joshua Tree, 1951, Taking a Chance on God, Trans, United in Anger and Valley of Saints.

TFC's 2013 slate included I am Divine, Born This Way, G.B.F., Gore Vidal: The United States of Amnesia, The Happy Sad, Kink, Pit Stop and Valentine Road.

TFC's 2014 slate included Appropriate Behavior, Born to Fly, Boy Meets Girl, Cesar's Last Fast, Five Star, The Immortalists, Kidnapped For Christ, Out in the Night, Regarding Susan Sontag, Song From the Forest, (T)ERROR, To Be Takei and The Year We Thought About Love.

TFC's 2015 slate included All About E, All Eyes and Ears, The Amina Profile, The Armor of Light, The Bad Kids, The Hunting Ground, I Promise You Anarchy, Landfill Harmonic, Naz & Maalik, The New Man, Out to Win, Portrait of a Serial Monogamist, Racing Extinction, The Royal Road, Salero, Seed Money, Tab Hunter Confidential, Those People, Uncle Howard and While You Weren't Looking.

TFC's 2016 slate included AWOL, Boone, Cameraperson, Equal Means Equal, Forever Pure, Hooligan Sparrow, Hunky Dory, Icaros, Jewel's Catch One, The Last Laugh, Maya Angelou And Still I Rise, Out Run, A Song For You, Tower, Untouchable and Women Who Kill.

Slate

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Film Year Director World premiere Major awards Distribution / Services Genre Notes
Hooligan Sparrow 2016 Nanfu Wang Sundance Best Social Impact Film, Documentary Feature (Greenwich International Film Festival), Spirit Award, Peabody Award[2] Festivals, theatrical Documentary
195 Lewis 2017 Chanelle Aponte Pearson Rotterdam U.S. Grand Jury Prize—Narrative Special Mention Film (Outfest) Festivals Episodic
After Louie 2017 Vincent Gagliostro BFI Flare Festivals Narrative
All the Rage 2017 Michael Galinsky, David Beilinson, Suki Hawley DOC NYC Theatrical Documentary
A Bad Idea Gone Wrong 2017 Jason Headley Festivals Narrative
Behind the Curtain: Todrick Hall 2017 Katherine Fairfax Wright SXSW Festivals Documentary
Bending the Arc 2017 Kief Davidson, Pedro Kos Sundance Best Documentary (Greenwich)[3] Festivals Documentary
The Death and Life of Marsha P. Johnson 2017 David France Tribeca 2017 Programming Award for Freedom—David France and Victoria Cruz (Outfest) Festivals Documentary
ELIÁN 2017 Tim Golden, Ross McDonnell Tribeca Festivals, Theatrical Documentary Gravitas
The Fabulous Allan Carr 2017 Jeffrey Schwarz Seattle Festivals Documentary
The Feels 2017 Jenée LaMarque Seattle International U.S. Narrative Jury Prize, Best Actress—Ever Mainard (Outfest) Festivals Narrative
A Good American 2017 Friedrich Moser CPH:DOX / DOC NYC Theatrical Documentary
I Dream in Another Language 2017 Ernesto Contreras Sundance Audience Award: World Cinema Dramatic (Sundance)[4] Festivals Documentary FilmRise
Legion of Brothers 2017 Greg Barker Sundance Theatrical Documentary Gravitas
The Light of the Moon[5] 2017 Jessica M. Thompson SXSW Audience Award, Narrative Feature (SXSW)[6] Festivals, theatrical Narrative
More Art Upstairs 2017 Jody Hassett Sanchez Hot Docs Sales Documentary
Motherland[7] 2017 Ramona S. Diaz Sundance World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award: Commanding Vision (Sundance)[8] Festivals, theatrical Documentary
No Man's Land 2017 David Byars Tribeca Festivals Documentary
The Opposition 2017 Hollie Fifer IDFA Festivals Documentary
Pornocracy 2017 Ovidie SXSW Festivals Documentary
Quest 2017 Jonathan Olshefski Sundance Grand Jury Prizes (Full Frame, RiverRun, Dallas, Ashland), Human Rights Award (Full Frame), Honorable Mention (Cleveland)[9] Festivals Documentary
The Reagan Show 2017 Pacho Velez, Sierra Pettengill Tribeca Theatrical Documentary Gravitas
Romeo Is Bleeding[10] 2017 Jason Zeldes San Francisco International Winner of over 20 Film Festival Awards Theatrical Documentary
Score 2017 Matt Schrader Hamptons International The Music Movies Award (Cleveland International)[11] Theatrical Documentary Gravitas
Signature Move 2017 Jennifer Reeder SXSW U.S. Grand Jury Prize—Best Narrative Feature Film: Jennifer Reeder (Outfest) Festivals Narrative
Small Talk 2017 Hui-chen Huang Golden Horse Film Festival, Berlinale Teddy Award (Berlinale)[12] Festivals Documentary
A Suitable Girl 2017 Sarita Khurana, Smriti Mundhra Tribeca Albert Maysles New Documentary Director Award (Tribeca)[13] Festivals Documentary
Supergirl 2017 Jessie Auritt Hamptons International Festivals Documentary FilmRise
Sylvio 2017 Albert Birney, Kentucker Audley SXSW Sales Narrative
True Conviction 2017 Jamie Meltzer Tribeca Special Jury Mention, Best Documentary Feature (Tribeca)[14] Festivals Documentary
Unrest 2017 Jennifer Brea Sundance U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award: Editing (Sundance), Audience Award (RiverRun International), Grand Jury Prize (Nashville)[15] Festivals Documentary
The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin 2017 Jennifer M. Kroot SXSW Audience Award Winner, Documentary Spotlight (SXSW), Best Documentary Jury Winner (Outshine Miami), Audience Award (Nashville)[16] Festivals, Theatrical, Sales, Digital Documentary
What Lies Upstream 2017 Cullen Hoback Slamdance Festivals Documentary
Women Who Kill[17][18] 2017, 2016 Ingrid Jungermann Tribeca Best Screenplay (Outfest) Theatrical, Festivals Narrative
1985 2018 Yen Tan SXSW Festivals Narrative
306 Hollywood 2018 Elan + Jonathan Bogarín Sundance Festivals Documentary
93Queen 2018 Paula Eiselt HotDocs Festivals Documentary
Angels Are Made of Light 2018 James Longley TIFF Festivals Narrative
Cherry Grove Stories 2018 Michael Fisher Festivals Narrative
Crime + Punishment 2018 Stephen Maing Sundance U.S. Doc Special Jury Award For Social Impact Filmmaking (Sundance) Festivals Documentary
The Devil We Know 2018 Stephanie Soechtig, Jeremy Seifert Sundance Best Call2Action Film (Boulder International) Festivals Documentary
Do You Trust This Computer? 2018 Chris_Paine IREN Audience Award Festivals Documentary
Dykes, Camera, Action! 2018 Caroline Berler Emerging Talent Award: Caroline Berler (Outfest) Festivals Documentary
Edie Windsor: To A More Perfect Union 2018 Donna Zaccaro Festivals Documentary
Terrence McNally: Every Act of Life 2018 Jeff Kaufman Tribeca Audience Award—Best Documentary (Out CT), Jury Award—Best Documentary (Out CT), Festival Award for Best Documentary (FilmOut San Diego), Programming Award: Freedom Award—Terrence McNally (Film Out San Diego) Festivals, Sales Documentary
Freelancers Anonymous 2018 Sonia Sebastian Festivals Narrative
Ideal Home 2018 Andrew Fleming Festivals Narrative
Instructions on Parting 2018 Amy Jenkins Best Documentary (Athens International Film + Video) Festivals Documentary
The Judge 2018 Erika Cohn Toronto Audience Award (CUFF.Docs) Festivals Documentary
Jules of Light and Dark 2018 Daniel Laabs Festivals Narrative
Living Proof 2018 Matt Embry Toronto Audience Award, Best Alberta Feature (Calgary) Festivals Documentary
Making Montgomery Clift 2018 Robert Clift, Hillary Demmon Festivals, Sales Documentary
Man Made 2018 T Cooper Best Documentary Jury Award (Atlanta), Best Documentary Feature (Translations: Seattle Transgender Film Festival), Best Documentary Feature Audience Award and Fox Inclusion Feature Award (Outfest) Festivals Documentary
Mapplethorpe 2018 Ondi Timoner Tribeca Festivals Narrative
A Moment in the Reeds 2017 Mikko Makela BFI London Festivals, Digital, Sales Narrative
Punk Voyage 2018 Jukka Kärkkäinen, J-P Passi Festivals, Digital Documentary
Rx: Early Detection 2018 Cathy Chermol Schrijver Sundance Festivals Documentary
Shakedown 2018 Leilah Weinraub Berlin Festivals Documentary
the T 2018 Deven Casey, Bea Cordelia, Daniel Kyri Festivals Episodic
TransMilitary 2018 Gabriel Silverman, Fiona Dawson SXSW Audience Award, Documentary Competition (SXSW); Grand Jury Award (Florida Film Festival); Special Mention (Outfest) Festivals Documentary
Tucked 2018 Jamie Patterson Best Narrative Audience Award and International Narrative Feature Grand Jury Prize (Outfest) Festivals Documentary
White Rabbit 2018 Daryl Wein Sundance Festivals Narrative
Wild Nights with Emily 2018 Madeleine Olnek SXSW Guggenheim Fellowship, U.S. In Progress Award (Champs- Elysees), Best Narrative Film and Best Screenplay (Q Films Long Beach), Audience Award Best Film (Shout Alabama), Jury Humanitarian Award (Honolulu Rainbow), Best Narrative Film (Out Here Now Kansas City), Best Narrative Feature (Tied- Tampa Bay International GLFF), Festival Favorite (Palm Springs LGBT), Best Actress- Molly Shannon- Jury Award (Out on film, Atlanta LGBT FF), Best Director (Runner-up)- Madeleine Olnek- Jury Award (Out on film, Atlanta LGBT FF) Festivals, Sales Narrative
A Girl from Mogadishu 2019 Mary McGuckian Edinburgh Int'l Festivals, Global Impact VOD Narrative Showtime
Almost Love 2019 Mike Doyle Inside Out Toronto, Frameline, Outfest Festivals Narrative Vertical Entertainment / Netflix
Always in Season 2019 Jacqueline Olive Sundance U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Moral Urgency (Sundance) Festivals, Community Conversations Documentary
Artifishal 2019 Josh "Bones" Murphy Tribeca Festivals Documentary
Buoyancy 2019 Rodd Rathjen Berlin Prize of the Ecumenical Jury – Panorama (Berlin) Fiscal Sponsorship Narrative Kino Lorber
Carlos Almaraz 2019 Elsa Flores Almaraz, Richard Montoya Palm Springs International Fiscal Sponsorship Documentary Netflix
Changing the Game 2019 Michael Barnett Tribeca AT&T Audience Award—Best Documentary (Frameline43) Festivals, Community Conversations Documentary Hulu
Drag Kids 2019 Megan Wennberg Festivals Documentary Gravitas
The Euphoria of Being 2019 Réka Szabó Locarno Grand Prize of the Critics' Week (Locarno), Human Rights Award (Sarajevo) Festivals Documentary
The Garden Left Behind 2019 Flavio Alves SXSW Audience Award—Visions (SXSW), Audience Award—Narrative Feature (Wicked Queer Boston), Audience Award for Best Feature Narrative (Translations), Best of the Fest (Bentonville), Best Drama Feature Jury Award (North Carolina Gay & Lesbian Film Festival), Best Supporting Performance—Miriam Cruz, Best Lead Performance—Carlie Guevara, and Best Director—Flavio Alves (North Louisiana Gay and Lesbian Film Festival), Grand Jury Prize—New Director's Feature (Nashville), Audience Award (Louisville LGBT), Richard Propes' Social Impact Award for Best Narrative Film (Heartland), QueerScope Prize (Hamburg LGBT) Festivals Narrative Dark Star
Gay Chorus Deep South 2019 David Charles Rodrigues Tribeca GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Documentary, Audience Award—Documentary (Tribeca), Audience Award for Best Documentary and Best Music Documentary (NorthwestFest), Audience Award—Best Documentary (Pink Apple Zurich) Festivals Documentary MTV Films
He Dreams of Giants 2019 Keith Fulton, Lou Pepe AFI FEST, DOC NYC Best UK Feature (Raindance) Festivals Documentary
Midnight Traveler 2019 Hassan Fazili Sundance World Cinema Documentary Special Jury Award for No Borders (Sundance), Special Mention, Panorama Jury Prize (Berlinale), Second Place, Panorama Audience Award (Berlinale), Special Mention, Peace Prize (Berlinale), Best International Feature (Doc Edge New Zealand), Best of Fest (Doc Edge New Zealand) Festivals, Community Conversations Documentary Oscilloscope
Mr. Toilet 2019 Lily Zepeda Hot Docs Student Choice Awards (Hot Docs) Festivals Documentary Journeyman
Our Time Machine 2019 Yang Sun, S. Leo Chiang Tribeca Best Cinematography—Documentary (Tribeca), Grand Jury Award—International Documentary Feature (Los Angeles Asian Pacific), Best Documentary (CAAMFest), Best International Director: S. Leo Chiang & Yang Sun (Doc Edge New Zealand), All In The Family (Doc Edge New Zealand), Jury Award for Best Documentary (Indie Street), Jury Award for Best Documentary (Pordenone Docs Fest) Festivals Documentary Passion River
The River and the Wall 2019 Ben Masters SXSW Festivals, Community Conversations Documentary Gravitas
Test Pattern 2019 Shatara Michelle Ford Best Female Lead Nominee, Best First Feature Nominee, Best First Screenplay Nominee (Film Independent Spirit Awards) Fiscal Sponsorship Narrative Film Movement
Unsettled 2019 Tom Shepard SFFILM Audience Award for Documentary Feature (TLVFest), Grand Jury Award for Best Documentary (Outfest), Award of Excellence Special Mention: Documentary Feature, Award of Merit Special Mention: Cinematography, and Award of Excellence: LGBT (Impact Doc Awards) Festivals Documentary
Vision Portraits 2019 Rodney Evans SXSW Outstanding Documentary Jury Award (Frameline43) Festivals Documentary
Women, War & Peace II 2019 Eimhear O'Neill, Gini Reticker, Geeta Gandbhir, Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy PBS Series Fiscal Sponsorship Documentary PBS
Ahead of the Curve 2020 Jen Rainin Frameline, Outfest Audience Award—Best Documentary (aGLIFF) Festivals, Fiscal Sponsorship Documentary Wolfe
At the Ready 2020 Maisie Crow Sundance Festivals Documentary Gravitas
Breaking Fast 2020 Mike Mosallam Cinequest Festivals Narrative Vertical
Cicada 2020 Matthew Fifer BFI London Festivals Narrative Strand
Cured 2020 Bennett Singer, Patrick Sammon Outfest AT&T Audience Award: Best Documentary (Frameline44), Audience Award for Documentary Feature (Newfest) Festivals, Community Conversations Documentary
Disclosure: Trans Lives on Screen 2020 Sam Feder Sundance Festivals Documentary Netflix
First Vote 2020 Yi Chen Festivals, Community Conversations Documentary C35 Films
Kill Chain: The Cyber War on America's Elections 2020 Simon Ardizzone, Russell Michaels, Sarah Teale HBO Max Original Fiscal Sponsorship Documentary HBO
Landfall 2020 Cecilia Aldarondo Tribeca Nominee, Truer Than Fiction, Film Independent Spirit Awards 2021 Festivals, Community Conversations Documentary
Missing in Brooks County 2020 Lisa Molomot, Jeff Bemiss Hot Springs Documentary Festivals Documentary Giant Pictures
Mogul Mowgli 2020 Bassam Tariq Berlin Fiscal Sponsorship Narrative Strand
My Darling Vivian 2020 Matt Riddlehoover SXSW Festivals Documentary Giant Pictures
No Ordinary Man 2020 Aisling Chin-Yee, Chase Joynt Toronto Int'l Best Canadian Film (Inside Out Toronto) Festivals Documentary Oscilloscope
On The Record 2020 Kirby Dick, Amy Ziering Sundance Festivals Documentary HBO
P.S. Burn This Letter Please 2020 Michael Seligman, Jennifer Tiexiera Tribeca Festivals Documentary Discovery+
Red Heaven 2020 Lauren DeFilippo, Katherine Gorringe SXSW Festivals Documentary Utopia
Rock Camp: The Movie 2020 Doug Blush Cleveland Int'l Festivals Documentary Gravitas
The Dilemma of Desire 2020 Maria Finitzo SXSW Festivals Documentary Utopia
The Magnitude of All Things 2020 Jennifer Abbott Vancouver International, IDFA Fiscal Sponsorship Documentary National Film Board of Canada
The New Corporation: The Unfortunately Unnecessary Sequel 2020 Joel Bakan, Jennifer Abbott Toronto Int'l Festivals Documentary
The Weight of Gold 2020 Brett Rapkin HBO Max Original Fiscal Sponsorship Documentary HBO
Through the Night 2020 Loira Limbal Tribeca Festivals, Community Conversations Documentary PBS
Welcome to Chechnya 2020 David France Sundance U.S. Documentary Special Jury Award for Editing: Tyler H. Walk (Sundance), Panorama Audience Award for Best Documentary (Berlin), Teddy ACTIVIST Award (Berlin) Festivals Documentary HBO
White Noise 2020 Daniel Lombroso Festivals, Community Conversations Documentary The Atlantic
Women in Blue 2020 Deirdre Fishel Tribeca Festivals, Community Conversations Documentary
18 1⁄2 2021 Dan Mirvish Woodstock Fiscal Sponsorship Narrative
2 Timers 2021 Tim Aslin, Shane Cibella Pasadena Int'l Fiscal Sponsorship Narrative
Bitterbrush 2021 Emelie Mahdavian Teluride Fiscal Sponsorship Documentary Magnolia Pictures
BOULEVARD! A Hollywood Story 2021 Jeffrey Schwarz Outfest Festivals, Sales Documentary Passion River
Building a Bridge 2021 Evan Mascagni, Shannon Post Tribeca Festivals Documentary AMC Plus Documentaries
End of the Line 2021 Shannon Kring Sundance Festivals Documentary
Firebird 2021 Peeter Rebane BFI Flare Festivals Narrative Lionsgate
Gemmel & Tim 2021 Michiel Thomas Outfest Festivals, Sales Documentary Passion River
It's Not a Burden 2021 Michelle Boyaner Fiscal Sponsorship Documentary Gravitas
Like a Rolling Stone 2021 Suzanne Kai Tribeca Fiscal Sponsorship Documentary Netflix
Mission Joy 2021 Louie Psihoyos, Peggy Callahan Tribeca Festivals, Global Impact VOD Documentary Giant Pictures
My Name Is Lopez 2021 P. David Ebersole, Todd Hughes AmDocs, Palm Springs Int'l Fiscal Sponsorship Documentary Cinedigm
No Straight Lines 2021 Vivian Kleiman Tribeca Festivals Documentary
Not Going Quietly 2021 Nicholas Bruckman SXSW Audience Award Winner—Documentary Feature (SXSW); Special Jury Recognition—Humanity in Social Action, Documentary Feature (SXSW) Festivals Documentary Greenwich Entertainment
Paul Dood's Deadly Lunch Break 2021 Nick Gillespie SXSW Final Draft Screenwriters Award (SXSW) Festivals Narrative
See You Then 2021 Mari Walker SXSW Festivals Narrative Breaking Glass Pictures
Son of Monarchs 2021 Alexis Gambis Sundance Alfred P. Sloan Feature Film Prize (Sundance), Grand Jury Prize / New American Competition (Seattle International) Festivals Narrative
Storm Lake 2021 Jerry Risius, Beth Levison Full Frame Festivals Documentary PBS
Swan Song 2021 Todd Stephens SXSW Festivals Narrative Magnolia
The Story of Looking 2021 Mark Cousins Sheffield DOC/FEST Closing Night (Sheffield) Fiscal Sponsorship Documentary
Tigre Gente 2021 Elizabeth Unger Tribeca Festivals Documentary
Try Harder 2021 Debbie Lum Sundance Festivals Documentary Greenwich Entertainment

Educational Tools

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In 2011, TFC launched a free suite of online resources for filmmakers called Distripedia and have been expanding it ever since. Distripedia includes ResourcePlace, the Digital Distribution Guide, TFC Case Studies, the TFC Blog, [Distributor ReportCard] and the :20 in '22 interview series. The Digital Distribution Guide is a platform-focused listing of digital streaming platforms across the globe. It also provides links to platform-specific news items dating back to 2010. Analytical film distribution TFC Case Studies, which are released on an ongoing basis, highlight the distribution journeys of a variety of films—those of different genres, subject matters, levels of success, etc.—and cover topics ranging from sales agents, distributors, and self-distribution to reaching an online audience, creating impact campaigns with calls-to-action, and being pigeonholed in one's film niche. ResourcePlace provides a wide array of online services on topics that are essential to today's filmmaker. The Film Collaborate maintains this list of vendors and services via recommendations from filmmakers and other industry folks and/or our own first-hand experience with them. The TFC Blog, written by the TFC staff and a select industry guest writers, focuses on what's new in distribution and the digital distribution world. Topics include educational distribution, blockchain, digital strategy, fair use, and more. Distributor ReportCard, which will ultimately include at least 40 forthcoming distributors, is a "Zagat"-like guide anonymously collates filmmakers' real experiences with distribution companies, in their own words. It gives filmmakers the opportunity to learn from their fellow filmmakers, allowing them to understand and avoid some of the pitfalls of traditional distribution, while simultaneously helping them choose the best fit for their film. The short video interview series, entitled :20 in '22, features members of the TFC team as they engage in informal 20-minute chats with filmmakers, programmers, distributors, exhibitors, distribution experts, and other industry professionals on pressing film-distribution-related topics in these tumultuous and unpredictable times.

Consultation Services

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TFC offers distribution and marketing education to independent filmmakers seeking to reach traditionally underserved audiences. Via its membership and digital distribution programs, TFC guides filmmakers through the distribution process and helps them develop a custom strategy suitable for their film.

Fiscal Sponsorship

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In 2012, TFC launched a Fiscal Sponsorship program, enabling filmmakers to contract with TFC to extend tax-exempt status to their specific projects, rather than attempting to secure tax-exempt status on their own.

Collaborative Releasing

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In late 2010, The Film Collaborative spearheaded the theatrical release of Javier Fuentes-León's ghostly love story Undertow (Contracorriente), which was Peru's Official Selection to the Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film that year. In 2012, they released Jonathan Lisecki's alternative parenting romantic comedy-drama Gayby and Aurora Guerrero's coming-of-age film Mosquita y Mari.

In 2014, The Film Collaborative's theatrical releases included Switzerland's Official Selection to the 2015 Academy Awards for Best Foreign Language Film, The Circle (Der Kreis), Born to Fly: Elizabeth Streb vs. Gravity,[19] Catherine Gund's documentary about the life and work of choreographer and action architect Elizabeth Streb, LGBT film historiographer-director Jeffrey Schwarz's I am Divine,[20] about the international drag superstar and John Waters' leading lady Divine, Darius Clark Monroe's Evolution of a Criminal[21] and The Hand that Feeds.[22]

In 2015, The Film Collaborative's theatrical releases included Jeffrey Schwarz's Tab Hunter Confidential,[23] Lyric R. Cabral and David Felix Sutcliffe's (T)ERROR,[24] which won the Special Jury Award for Breakout First Feature at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival. TFC also released Parvez Sharma's A Sinner in Mecca, Song from the Forest, and 1971, which focuses on a break-in of an FBI office that occurred that year in Media, Pennsylvania to steal over 1000 classified documents.

Requiem for the American Dream, featuring famed historian Noam Chomsky, began its release on January 29, 2016.[25] TFC released Nanfu Wang's documentary about a Chinese activist, entitled Hooligan Sparrow, on July 22, 2016.[26] The Film Collaborative, along with Emerging Pictures, will handle theatrical distribution for Landfill Harmonic (2016).[27] The film will open theatrically in North America on September 9, 2016. TFC partnered with Gravitas Ventures to release For the Love of Spock theatrically on Sept. 9, 2016.

In November 2016, The Film Collaborative launched Collaborative Releasing as a new distribution initiative that combines film sales and licensing with a hybrid release plan.[28] TFC also rebranded its Theatrical Releasing services under the Collaborative Releasing umbrella.

Collaborative Releasing handled the 2018 North American theatrical release of The Song of Sway Lake, directed by Ari Gold.

Sales and Business Negotiation

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In 2011, The Film Collaborative helped negotiate a deal for Andrew Haigh's Weekend.[29] In 2012, TFC launched a new foreign sales initiative for LGBT titles with Peccadillo (UK), Outplay (France), Pro-Fun (Germany), ABC/Cinemien (Benelux) to share resources and launch films simultaneously in multiple territories when possible to maximize awareness and limit piracy.[30] In 2016, The Film Collaborative was a key player in orchestrating a splits right deal for the film Landfill Harmonic involving Vimeo (Digital), HBO Latino (Television), Tugg (Educational) and FilmRise (DVD).[31][32]

Recent Press

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Filmmaker Magazine, November 4, 2022 "We Had Made This Film Against All Odds... Why Not Take On This Last Chapter of the Film's Journey Ourselves?": You Resemble Me Producer Elizabeth Woodward on Embracing Self-Distribution

Screen Daily, November 23, 2016 At the Film Bazaar in Goa, India, Orly Ravid from The Film Collaborative advises filmmakers to use grassroots outreach and social media marketing.

Variety, November 14, 2016 The Film Collaborative Launches Collaborative Releasing


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