First Hand Films is an award-winning international sales company, a theatrical distributor in Switzerland’s four language regions and a producer based in Zürich. Run by Esther van Messel since 1998, FHF finds partners, finance and deals with the entire production process. FHF has sold hundreds of...

Deaf Crocodile's mission is restoring and releasing independent, lost/unseen and world cinema with a focus on animation, LGBT+ films, genre cinema, and the work of underrepresented filmmakers.

Founded in 2015. Dedicated to releasing LGBTQ & Coming-of-Age films with an artistic edge.

OSCILLOSCOPE LABORATORIES is an NYC-based feature film distribution company. They distribute unique, independently produced films in theaters, on TV, DVD, internationally, and via osmosis.

Music Box Films is dedicated to curating a diverse repertoire of films and television from around the world. In partnership with the iconic Music Box Theatre, Chicago’s premier independent cinema, it is our mission to engage audiences with exciting alternatives to mainstream entertainment.

A film and soundtrack distribution company dedicated to the release of the most unique filmmaking voices and musical scores from around the world. Founded in 2020 by Elijah Drenner, Lysa Le, and George Schmalz.

Distrib Films US is a tasteful and leading distributor of high-quality French and foreign films in the United States.

Monument Releasing is a New York-based distribution company, specializing in the release of classic festival, foreign language, and American independent films.

As the North American distribution arena continues to evolve, Monument Releasing endeavors to bring the best in undistributed cinema fro...

Frameline’s mission is to change the world through the power of queer cinema. As a media arts nonprofit, Frameline’s programs connect filmmakers and audiences in the Bay Area and around the world.

At a time when five companies control the vast majority of US media and entertainment, and distrust of the media is at an all-time high, consumers are hungry for truly independent media and contextualizing content. A leading source of revolutionary entertainment and news, Means TV is a worker-coo...

Based in New York City, The Cinema Guild is a distributor of independent, foreign and documentary films.

The company was founded by Philip and Mary-Ann Hobel, producers known for their work in documentaries and features, including Tender Mercies, winner of two Academy Awards.

Since 1978, Icarus Films has been a leading distributor of documentary films in North America. Led by longtime president Jonathan Miller, we work with independent producers worldwide to release 30-50 new films a year, and represent a collection of well over 1,000 titles.

Each year we release six...

Factory 25, a Brooklyn-based independent film distribution company was founded in 2009 by Matt Grady. F25 is a home for conceptually provocative narratives and documentaries. Its mission is to deliver specialized film and music titles in an aesthetically captivating way while exposing the indie w...

Carnivalesque Films produces stories with the raw sensibilities of aesthetics, experience, and sound while framing the variations in between fiction and nonfiction. Visually kaleidoscopic, our films mash together contrasting styles and jarring images, intentionally violating accepted rules of per...

dGenerate Films distributes contemporary independent film from mainland China to audiences worldwide. We are dedicated to procuring and promoting visionary content, fueled by transformative social change and digital innovation.

dGenerate Films combines pioneering relationships in China with next...

A distribution company dedicated to the release of independent, foreign, and documentary film. Founded in December 2015 by Ryan Krivoshey.

Under The Milky Way distributes and markets feature films on more than 50 VoD Platforms around the world since 2011.

As an active member of European professional networks, it contributes to the advancement of the industry on topics related to cross-border digital distribution, and innovating mar...

Long before influencers and the “creator-economy” existed, four feminist filmmakers frustrated with mainstream distribution channels founded New Day Films. Operating as a filmmaker-run collective since 1971, New Day now has 140 filmmaker members and a collection of over 300 titles.

New Day’s cat...

Founded in 2013 as an expansion of the mission of the critically-acclaimed short film distribution wing, The World According To Shorts, Big World Pictures is dedicated to bringing the best in world cinema to film enthusiasts across the United States.

First Run Features was founded in 1979 by a group of filmmakers to advance the distribution of independent film. Under the leadership of the late film pioneer, Fran Spielman, First Run Features quickly gained a reputation for its controversial catalog of daring documentaries and fiction films. To...

The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) is a federal cultural agency within the portfolio of the Canadian Heritage Department. Initially known as the National Film Commission, it was created by an act of Parliament in 1939. Its mandate, as set forth in the National Film Act, 1950, is “to produce ...

From cutting-edge documentaries that give depth to today’s headlines to smart, stunning films that push artistic and intellectual boundaries in all genres, Women Make Movies (WMM), a non-profit feminist social enterprise based in New York, is the world’s leading distributor of independent films b...

Sparking democracy through documentary since 1966, Kartemquin is a collaborative community that empowers documentary makers who create stories that foster a more engaged and just society.

Kartemquin's films have received four Academy Award® nominations, and won six Emmys® and three Peabody Award...

The BFI is the UK’s lead organization for film, television and the moving image. It is a cultural charity that restores and distributes films across the globe. It cares for the BFI National Archive, one of the most significant film and television archive in the world.