The state of the Dogwoof Nation

Dear Friends:

We look forward to 2012.  Dreams of a Life is still going strong in cinemas, and we are kicking off our Film Festival run with Sundance and Berlin.  And it seemed a good moment for a short State of the Dogwoof Nation as our film distribution company turns eight years old later this year.

First of all a big thank you to our Filmmakers who are making some amazing documentaries.  Without you, none of what we do would be possible.

In 2011, Dogwoof released some Documentary films, (The Interrupters, Tabloid, Countdown to Zero, Dreams of a Life), acquiring and releasing 18 titles theatrically and many more via Home Entertainment.  We survived the London Riots (yes it's true that the rioters burned all of our DVD stock during the riots in a Warehouse fire) and a few black outs at Q&As for The Interrupters (the show must go on).  We've also widened our reach, as we now have a Global Sales team, and we are premiering our Films on demand online. Our focus is now firmly on Documentary, be it social issue or quirky.  What we love are entertaining films. It's good that the audience get to see a good film for their ticket money, and we want them to come back for more. Best of all we have worked with some great filmmakers this year, doing what we do best, fun, innovative and wide campaigns to launch the films and increase consumer awareness everywhere (Steve James, Alex Gibney, Errol Morris, Carol Morley to name a few).

Kicking off 2012.  We are a launch partner for Netflix, so a lot of Dogwoof love is available online right now.

This past year:

   •  The core of our business is still good old traditional Theatrical releases.  It's important to our business and for the films– plus Filmmakers still love their film being shown on a Big Screen and not an iPhone.  We have released nearly all of our films theatrically, with releases as wide as 50 cities across the UK. Dreams of a Life was a top 5 box office hit this year, as well as Critic's Pick for 2011.

   • Dogwoof Films can be found everywhere, on TV on BBC, Film4, Sky, and other major channels being beamed into your homes.

   • Our DVD's are available in at all good retailers, including HMV, FOPP, and online retailers like Amazon, Play and many more .

   • Online you can watch direct on our own channel, Dogwoof.TV, or via Netflix and iTunes

   • On Airplanes there is no escape either, with the lovely people at Virgin showing many a good Dogwoof film

   • Our films have received coverage in every major outlet including (but not limited to):  The Guardian, The Times, The Independent, The Sun, Time Out, Little White Lies, Empire, Total Film, Sight and Souns, Heat, Grazia, and even across the pond in The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal,

We look forward to seeing you and working together in 2012!   

Andy Whittaker

Founder

andy@dogwoof.com