As a consultant, I am often confronted with the fact that distribution is not a straight line and often very confusing to filmmakers (at an emerging or veteran stage).
To help demystify, I’ve been a part of the following resources:
https://filmmakermagazine.com/120384-truth-about-independent-film-revenue/
https://www.thefilmcollaborative.org/distripedia/distributorreportcard/
https://dearproducer.com/distributors-fact-sheet-2022-edition/
I’d also like to use this website as a directory of distributors so that filmmakers can at least have a sense of the variety, breadth and volume of distribution and sales companies out in the world. This list comes from a North American perspective and is intended to be a work in progress, constantly being updated. (created 2/7/24)
Enjoy!
Educational Distributors:
Good Docs, Collective Eye, Video Project, Bullfrog
Digital Distributors (some of these will do theatrical):
Theatrical Distributors (some service deals):
Aggregators: