DOC 40100: Documentary Industries

FLEFF at Ithaca College embraces and interrogates sustainability across all of its forms: economic, social, ecological, political, cultural, technological, and aesthetic.

Sundance Institute’s artist programs provide dynamic support at every step of the creative journey for individuals with distinct voices in film, theatre, film composing, episodic storytelling, and emerging media.

The SXSW Film Festival celebrates raw innovation and emerging talent from both behind and in front of the camera. Featuring provocative dramas, documentaries, comedies, genre standouts and more, the festival has become known for the high caliber and diversity of films presented, and for its smart, enthusiastic audiences.

Hot Docs, North America’s largest documentary festival, offers an outstanding selection of over 200 films from Canada and around the world to Toronto audiences of more than 200,000.

Listing from the ProductionHUB portal

Listing of current docs.

Wikipedia. Listing includes content focus, changes of content and any bias.

A-Z listing from ProductionHUB

Bullfrog Films is a leading source of educational films — DVDs & Streaming — on environmental and related social justice issues,

California Newsreel has produced and distributed cutting-edge social issue films for activists and educators since 1968. Today it is the oldest, independent non-profit documentary center in the country and the first systematically to integrate media production and distribution with the media needs of contemporary social change movements.

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

To champion the creation, circulation, and preservation of documentary film and media that amplifies underrepresented voices, and inspires understanding about people, cultures, and identities of the world.

Facets is a nonprofit that connects people to independent ideas through transformative film experiences.

Fanlight Productions is a leading distributor of innovative film and video works on the social issues of our time, with a special focus on: healthcare, mental health, professional ethics, aging and gerontology, disabilities, the workplace, & gender and family issues.

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.

Documentaries that do good in the world

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.

New York-based IndiePix Films offers cineastes a highly-curated collection of award-winning independent films from around the world.

Kino Lorber EDU brings together the libraries of Kino Classics, Kino Lorber, and Alive Mind Cinema to deliver world-class cinema to students and educators alike.

Films on this site can be streamed free of charge, or downloaded for your personal use for a small fee. We also offer educational works on a subscription basis to schools and institutions

New Day Films is a unique, filmmaker-run distribution company, providing award-winning films to educators, community groups, government agencies, public libraries and businesses since 1971.

Founded in 1983, our mission is to provide the best media programming available on critical social and global issues to classrooms and communities to help advance awareness and encourage action on the most important concerns of our times. The Video Project collection features programs for all ages from over 200 independent filmmakers, including Oscar and Emmy winners, as well as films that aired on Showtime, HBO and PBS. Our films are regularly honored with top festival awards and with critical praise from major review publications.

We support women producers and directors from the beginning, planting the seeds for a diverse and inclusive filmmaking landscape. As the world’s leading distributor of independent films by and about women, we amplify historically ignored voices and challenge the mainstream media.

Zeitgeist Films is a New York-based distribution company founded in 1988. We acquire and distribute the finest independent films from the U.S. and around the world.

Films that inspire critical reflection on the social, political, & cultural impact of American mass media.

ro*co films is a leader in the documentary distribution world, with an educational division aimed at bringing these compelling real-life stories to schools, libraries, and other instructional environments across the country. In addition, ro*co broadens the impact and influence of our films by mobilizing communities to host, organize, and execute their own educational screening events.

Amazon.com

Apple

The biggest streaming collection of British TV.

Disney

Docurama (from Cineverse) is an over-the-top video streaming service that serves documentary films to proprietary software clients.

Google

A U.S.-based subscription video on demand service from The Walt Disney Company.

Paramount+ has a large library of content from networks like CBS, Nickelodeon, MTV, BET, Comedy Central, and the Smithsonian Channel. It also includes original series, movies, and documentaries.

Vimeo was born in 2004, created by a group of filmmakers who wanted an easy and beautiful way to share videos with their friends.

TV via YouTube