The Film Collaborative

Tagline Brand's website · 2026-11-07

The Film Collaborative is a California 501(c)(3) nonprofit that helps filmmakers with distribution, education, consultation, and fiscal sponsorship without taking film rights.

Description Brand's website · 2026-11-07

The Film Collaborative (TFC) is a nonprofit focused on film distribution education and filmmaker support. It provides distribution services, consultation, educational resources, and fiscal sponsorship for film and media projects while emphasizing filmmaker ownership and control of rights.

Mission Brand's website · 2026-11-07

To educate filmmakers about and help filmmakers with all aspects of distribution without taking rights, with a focus on putting filmmakers first and preserving their ownership and control.

Founders & leadership Brand's website · 2026-11-07

Orly Ravid is the founder and co-executive director.

Website Brand's website · 2026-11-07

https://thefilmcollaborative.org

Voice & tone Brand's website · 2026-11-07

Filmmaker-first, mission-driven, educational, collaborative, and focused on fairness and retaining creator rights.

Founded Brand's website · 2026-11-07

2009

Headquarters Brand's website · 2026-11-07

California, United States

Problem solved Brand's website · 2026-11-07

TFC helps filmmakers navigate film distribution, marketing, sales, licensing, festival strategy, digital aggregation, theatrical release, and project fundraising without surrendering ownership or control of their rights.

Core capabilities Brand's website · 2026-11-07

• Film festival distribution
• Non-theatrical, hybrid, and educational distribution
• Domestic sales and licensing
• U.S. and Canada theatrical release support
• Distribution and marketing consultation
• Commercial assessment and marketplace positioning
• Global film festival strategy
• Domestic and international sales advice

Products / SKUs Brand's website · 2026-11-07

• Distribution services
• Consultation
• Fiscal sponsorship program
• Distripedia™
• ResourcePlace™
• Digital Distribution Guide™
• Distributor ReportCard™
• TFC newsletter

Pricing Brand's website · 2026-11-07

Fiscal sponsorship has a $95 annual membership fee, a one-time $60 application fee, and a 5% administrative cost on funds raised. Online donations incur a 2.2% plus $0.30 credit-card processing fee. Pricing for distribution services and consultation is not stated.

Target industry Brand's website · 2026-11-07

Film, documentary, narrative, episodic, and media arts.

Customer base Brand's website · 2026-11-07

Filmmakers, film producers and directors, documentary and narrative projects, episodic series, and independently produced film or media-art projects seeking distribution, consultation, education, or nonprofit fundraising support.

Ideal customer profile Brand's website · 2026-11-07

Filmmakers with documentary or narrative feature films longer than 70 minutes or episodic series seeking distribution or consultation; and producers or directors of film or media-art projects seeking fiscal sponsorship and funding from individual, foundation, government, or corporate sources.

Use cases Brand's website · 2026-11-07

• Worldwide film festival distribution
• Non-theatrical, hybrid, or educational distribution
• Domestic sales and licensing
• U.S. and Canada theatrical releases
• Distribution and marketing planning
• Commercial and marketplace assessment
• Global festival strategy
• Domestic and international sales advice

Customer outcomes Brand's website · 2026-11-07

• Filmmakers receive distribution support without giving up rights or ownership
• Projects can pursue festival, theatrical, non-theatrical, educational, sales, licensing, and digital distribution opportunities
• Filmmakers gain access to distribution education and planning resources
• Eligible projects can receive fiscal sponsorship and access to funding sources restricted to nonprofit organizations
• Fiscally sponsored projects receive financial administration, fund distribution, reporting, bookkeeping, and oversight support