Distribution Advocates
Distribution Advocates, Aaron Hunt, Abby Sun, Amy Hobby, Kelly Thomas, Avril Speaks, Carlos A. Gutiérrez, Samantha CurleyA movement to reclaim the means of distribution for independent storytellers
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“Even offering something for free wasn’t enough”: Latinx Audience Building for Oscilloscope’s OMAR & CEDRIC: IF THIS EVER GETS WEIRD
Oscilloscope used a Film-ADE grant to engage Giovanni Escalera, founder of Sonidorama, for Latinx-specific outreach for their documentary Omar and Cedric: If It Ever Gets Weird (2023). The grant also allowed Sonidorama to offer free tickets...
“We Set Out to Make a Film About Struggle”: Distribution Case Study of Amazon Labor Documentary ‘UNION’
This post is part of a series of case studies published from our Film-ADE Fund. Film-ADE gives grants for innovative experiments in the distribution and marketing of films. It’s our hope that sharing stories, and transparent data, of experi...
“Filmmaking Doesn’t End With Picture Lock”: Distribution Case Study of Generative Documentary ‘Eno’
A note from Distribution Advocates:
Announcing our first groundbreaking grants for experiments in distribution and marketing!
The Film-ADE Fund has selected five recipients for its inaugural round of project funding. Launched by Distribution Advocates in August, Film-ADE supports innovative distribution and marketing experiments for films to build audiences and ge...
Authors
The writers behind this newsletter.
Distribution Advocates works to collectively reclaim power for independent storytellers in the current systems of distribution and exhibition. We are striving to maintain plurality and originality in a culture that needs it more than ever.
Aaron E. Hunt is an endeavoring filmmaker, cameraperson in doc/narrative production, writer with bylines in Criterion, Filmmaker, Film Comment, Sight & Sound, and the VP and EIC of the distributor Dedza Films.
Film producer and Co-Founder of Distribution Advocates.
Kelly Thomas is a producer, writer and educator. Her documentary, Louder Than You Think, premiered at the 2023 SXSW Film Festival where it won an Audience Award.
Producer/Director
Carlos A. Gutiérrez is co-founding director of Cinema Tropical, a New York-based non-profit organization that has become the leading promoter of Latin American cinema in the US.
Samantha Curley is an award-winning documentary film producer based in Los Angeles. She is the Co-Founder of Level Ground, which is both a 501(c)3 nonprofit artist collective and the production company behind UNION (2024) and Framing Agnes (2022).
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