Dogwoof Pictures

Dogwoof Pictures

Type	Private
Industry	Motion pictures, Television
Founded	London, UK (2004)
Headquarters	London, UK
Key people	Co-Founder Andy Whittaker Co-Founder Anna Godas Release Manager Oli Harbottle]
Products	Dogwoof Dogwoof Indie Dogwoof Digital Dogwoof Pictures Raindance Film Festival
Revenue
Employees
Website	dogwoof.com

Dogwoof Pictures is a film distributor 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.^[1] They recently began to distribute documentaries such as Black Gold, Crude Awakening, and The Devil Came On Horseback.^[1]

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 fearful, as many feared that they would eventually lose their exclusive release windows for more mainstream films.^[2]

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.^[1]

In 2009 Dogwoof distributed the documentary Age of Stupid,^[3] 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.^[4] The first website launched was Good with Film.^[5]

Dogwoof also distribures social-issues documentaries such as Dirty Oil, Food, Inc. and Burma VJ.^[6]

Film distribution

Dogwoof has distributed many films including:^{[citation needed]}

• EMR (2003)
• Seducing Doctor Lewis (2003)
• Don't Move (2004)
• King's Game (2004)
• Fateless (film) (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 (film) (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)
• Crude awakening (2008)
• Four Eyed Monsters (2008)
• The End of America (2008)
• Boogie (2008)
• No Impact Man: The Documentary (2009)
• The Yes Men Fix the World (2009)
• We Live in Public (2009)
• Age of Stupid (2009)
• The End of the Line (2009)
• Food, Inc. (2009
• Bananas!* (2009)
• Mugabe and the White African (2009)
• Burma VJ (2010)
• Dirty Oil (2009)
• Vanishing of the Bees (2009)
• Videocracy_(film) (2010)
• Restrepo_(film) (2010)
• Client 9: The Rise and Fall of Eliot Spitzer (2010)
• Just Do It. (2011)^[7]

Recognition

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".^[6]

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} Chase, Nikki (December 2008). "Talking to Oli Harbottle of Dogwoof Pictures". Independent-Magazine. http://www.independent-magazine.org/node/2273. Retrieved 18 April 2010. 
2. ^ "Dogwoof launching 'EMR' in three mediums". Hollywood Reporter. 28 June 2005. http://login.vnuemedia.com/hr/google/login_subscribe.jsp?id=zf1eaW8N0UQ6%2FI7ScH8pMBa0vvBdIda7DQkUXRc45MnYurLHGiElVKfMCKLSDvhMPHWdVxruwK43%0ASAFeOpcdUKFftYJBpPT7jwY6KH8vjzYvjVSV2x%2Bgd5l7gsUO9mHaEVdOTtjPNrilZoxiRs96T6AO%0AzL4OQgxI4VXndBr7dDsX88XZxHSK3Uqrrtx4IFa%2BTurSBSx7Jv5MvJsOaZ4o4krHu6o4xu3DQ6s2%0A8ZDloqujlGVtEv81wFJCJ0cRXPoA. Retrieved 18 April 2010. 
3. ^ "The Age Of Stupid". British Films Catalogue. http://www.britfilms.com/britishfilms/catalogue/browse/?id=D924D6451b844252A5Yjx2F5146C. Retrieved 18 April 2010. 
4. ^ Kemp, Stuart (16 March 2010). "U.K.'s Dogwoof teams with CISCO for growth". Hollywood Reporter. http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/technology/news/e3ic04432c02b789744ae534d6023469b97. Retrieved 18 April 2010. ^{[dead link]}
5. ^ "Dogwoof внедряет социально-развлекательную платформу Cisco Eos в поддержку своего растущего онлайнового сообщества" (in Russian). CNews. March 26, 2010. http://pr.cnews.ru/pr_body.shtml?cid=10027&pr=2010/03/26/78184. Retrieved 18 April 2010. 
6. ^ ^{a b} Sandhu, Sukhdev (15 April 2010). "Bananas!*, review". Daily Telegraph. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/film/filmreviews/7595648/Bananas-review.html. Retrieved 17 April 2010. 
7. ^ "Just Do It - UK release date & Synopsis". http://dogwoof.com/films/just-do-it. Retrieved 5 Nov, 2011. 

External links

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