3. The Film Collaborative
Definition
The Film Collaborative (TFC) is the first non-profit, full-
service provider dedicated to
the distribution of independent film, including narrative
features and documentaries. Based in Los Angeles, The
Film Collaborative services filmmakers worldwide by
providing distribution guidance and support as well as
theatrical, film festival and digital distribution of art
house, independent and world cinema.
4. History of Collaborative Film
Launched in 2010, The Film Collaborative is a service-oriented, educational
organization aimed at encouraging and enabling independent filmmakers to forge
their own brands and directly reach audiences with their work.[1] TFC educates
filmmakers about marketing and distribution options with the objective to
eliminate unnecessary middlemen and break away from the restrictive contract
terms that are prevalent in the film industry so that creators, rather than
corporations, may profit from their own work. An ardent advocate of new
media/digital distribution, TFC encourages filmmakers to use the global reach of
the internet for digital marketing and forging an ongoing relationship with their
audiences
5. Festival Distribution
In 2010 TFC did festival distribution for films such as Eyes Wide Open, The Owls, Florent, A Small
Act, The Adults in the Room, How to Start Your Own Country, An African Election and Undertow.
TFC's 2011 slate included August, Codependent Lesbian Space Alien Seeks Same, Facing
Mirrors, Hit So Hard, The Invisible War, I Want Your Love, Leave It on the Floor, Mosquita y
Mari, Revenge of the Electric Car, Shut Up Little Man!, Some Guy Who Kills
People, Vito, Weekend, We Were Here and The Wise Kids.
TFC's 2012 slate included A Fierce Green Fire, Interior. Leather Bar., Jobriath A.D., The New Black, A
River Changes Course, Gayby, A Portrait of James Dean: Joshua Tree, 1951, Taking a Chance on
God, Trans, United in Anger and Valley of Saints.
TFC's 2013 slate included I am Divine, Born This Way, G.B.F., Gore Vidal: The United States of
Amnesia, The Happy Sad, Kink, Pit Stop and Valentine Road.
TFC's 2014 slate included Appropriate Behavior, Born to Fly, Boy Meets Girl, Cesar's Last Fast, Five
Star, The Immortalists, Kidnapped For Christ, Out in the Night, Regarding Susan Sontag, Song From
the Forest, (T)ERROR, To Be Takei and The Year We Thought About Love.
TFC's 2015 slate included All About E, All Eyes and Ears, The Amina Profile, The Armor of Light, The
Bad Kids, The Hunting Ground, I Promise You Anarchy, Landfill Harmonic, Naz & Maalik, The New
Man, Out to Win, Portrait of a Serial Monogamist, Racing Extinction, The Royal Road, Salero, Seed
Money, Tab Hunter Confidential, Those People, Uncle Howard and While You Weren't Looking.
TFC's 2016 slate included AWOL, Boone, Cameraperson, Equal Means Equal, Forever Pure, Hooligan
Sparrow, Hunky Dory, Icaros, Jewel's Catch One, The Last Laugh, Maya Angelou And Still I Rise, Out
Run, A Song For You, Tower, Untouchable and Women Who Kill.
6. Examples Of Collaborative Film
Film Year Director World
Premiere
Major
Awards
Distributi
n /
Services
Genre
Hooligan
Sparrow 2016
Nanfu
Wang
Sundance Best Social
Impact Film,
Documentar
y Feature
(Greenwich
International
Film
Festival),
Spirit Award,
Peabody
Award
Festivals,
Theatrical
Documentary
195 Lewis
2017
Chanelle
Aponte
Pearson
Rotterdam U.S. Grand
Jury Prize—
Narrative
Special
Mention
Film
(Outfest)
Festivals,
Theatrical
Episodic
After Vincent BFI Flare
Festivals