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Distribution of Nordic Documentaries Distribution of Nordic Documentaries Supported by Nordisk Film & TV Fond Premiering 2015 - 2018 Distribution of Nordic Documentaries Distribution of Nordic Documentaries Distribution of Nordic Documentaries Supported by Nordisk Film & TV Fond Premiering 2015 - 2018 By Jan Daae Documentary Consultant Contents 06 10 30 42 54 Contents Introduction 1. Financing 2. Premieres and Festivals 3. Theatrical 4. Broadcast 70 86 98 110 116 5. Video-On-Demand 6. Educational and Events 7. World Sales Appendix A: Appendix B: List of List of Documentaries Other Participants © Nordisk Film & TV Fond 2021 2 3 Distribution of Nordic Documentaries Distribution of Nordic Documentaries Foreword Ever since the founding of Nordisk We were very fortunate that Jan Daae, Film & TV Fond in 1990, our mission with his background in documentary has been to support Nordic quality film sales and financing, could take upon and television for Nordic audiences himself the task of gathering, analysing and beyond. Documented Nordic and presenting his findings in dual distribution is required and further forms, one unabridged version as distribution potential assessed for an internal tool for Nordisk Film & TV every single application. The supported Fond and this distilled version for the productions are regularly reviewed documentary community at large. in terms of their actual distribution Thank you, Jan – and also thanks results — not primarily to measure the to all the producers, sales agents individual film’s success, but more and broadcasters for providing the importantly to evaluate the relevance of underlying information! our application assessment policies. This survey’s limitation in scope Due to the changing markets, it has naturally only addresses a segment of become more difficult to obtain a the bountiful documentary landscape. proper overview of the audience No matter how much or little applies to reach of the documentaries we have your particular practice, we hope you supported. With the increase of new see this as an invitation to take a closer platforms and the alleged shifts in look, not only here but also in your audience behaviour, we decided it was neck of the woods. The more we know high time to roll out a comprehensive and share the better we can reach the survey of the distribution of the audiences who truly deserve the films documentaries supported by Nordisk that we make! Film & TV Fond, premiering between 2015-2018. How did they position Copenhagen, 15 March 2021 themselves on the market? Where and Karolina Lidin on which platforms did they reach Senior Documentary Advisor their respective audiences? How is the Nordisk Film & TV Fond documentary distribution landscape changing in the Nordic region and beyond? As fate would have it, the Covid Pandemic hit in the midst of our final stages of analysis. What at a glance seemed to be simply an annoying delay, could also be seen as an opportunity: here we have a pre- pandemic survey that we hope can inform our post-pandemic reality. Diving Into the Unknown © Monami Agency 4 5 Distribution of Nordic Documentaries Distribution of Nordic Documentaries Introduction The changing documentary landscape Premieres and Festivals Video-On-Demand are, however, examples of large is an ongoing subject of discussion Meeting the audience and the press VOD is the blind spot of the industry. The fees and documentaries sold to in the industry, and concerns about for the first time, the premiere of a platforms are present in the market as both many territories, as the Nordic the state of affairs are widely raised. documentary at the right festival is investors and buyers, but at very different documentaries in general do Therefore, the initiative of Nordisk Film important. The Nordic documentaries levels. The variety of platforms and their well on the international market. & TV Fond to investigate the distribution have a good track record for world profiles is significant, and the Nordic of the documentaries supported by the premieres and awards at key documentaries in this survey found their Summing up, the general data fund in a broader perspective is a timely international festivals, and the second way to quite a few across the region. But shows that some documentaries opportunity to present key tendencies in chapter is devoted to mapping the VOD was still not a significant platform for perform well across multiple the Nordic documentary scene — pre- festivals hosting most world, Nordic the majority of the titles here, and how well distribution windows, but pandemic. and domestic premieres of the Nordic the documentaries reached the audiences success in one window does documentaries in this survey. on the platforms is still unknown. not automatically translate The commission to map the current to larger audiences on other Nordic documentary landscape based Theatrical Educational and Events platforms as well. Every film has on hard data was a welcomed attempt Releasing documentaries in cinemas Outreach campaigns impacting key interest its own bespoke distribution to standardise and structure data is by many considered the natural groups in society have been a growing strategy and criteria for Introduction across the region and platforms, as first commercial release towards trend in the industry for a while, and the success. It is important to point most data is not centralised. During the audience, once the festival runs chapter Educational and Events maps out that the aim of this survey is the life of a documentary, it is often allow it. The importance of domestic the variety of initiatives by the production not an evaluation of each single distributed on many platforms with and regional media coverage for companies under this umbrella. It also documentary’s performance varying transparency in terms of a film’s future distribution reach demonstrates big differences in the level of in terms of distribution, nor to performance — even for the production notwithstanding, the statistics regarding engagement by the production companies, identify the boundaries between companies themselves, as reflected in cinema admissions show that the as this window of distribution is considered success and failure. this report. documentaries (with a few exceptions) both very important and very demanding in struggle to find a large audience in the terms of resources. This report looks at the overall The chapters of this report follow the cinemas. trends in the distribution traditional chronology from financing World Sales windows taking a closer look though distribution windows: Broadcast The final chapter takes stock of the at where the documentaries Despite broadcasters transitioning world outside the Nordics and how supported by Nordisk Film & Financing towards an online reality, the largest the documentaries in this survey have TV Fond have been distributed In order to generate as comprehensive audience for the Nordic documentaries travelled internationally. In many ways and met their audiences. The a picture of the distribution of the in this survey is still found on the the world sales consolidate the trends intention is that this report will Nordic documentaries as possible, this linear broadcast channels, i.e. flow already touched upon in the previous prompt further studies locally report starts with a thorough look at TV. Catch-up and online availability on chapters. Broadcast rights are still the main and/or collective initiatives the financing of the documentaries. In the broadcasters on-demand services commodity followed by All Rights and VOD towards standards for collecting today’s documentary landscape, the may be important for the future and rights. The concerns about decreased and structuring this kind of financing and agreements concluded as a service to the public, but they still financing of the documentaries are backed information to benefit the at this stage play a vital role for the produced a relatively low number of up by data showing that the majority of the industry as a whole. Each subsequent distribution of the film, and plays compared to the linear broadcast world sales are at lower end fees. There thus financing and distribution are seen ratings. as an interrelated process. 6 7 Distribution of Nordic Documentaries Distribution of Nordic Documentaries distribution window deserves a deep dive, Finally, all Nordic broadcasters the lack of industry standards in many areas and a structured centralised data collection commissioning or later resulted in very diverse types of answers across the region could bring a deeper acquiring the documentaries and data points needing to be processed understanding of the state of affairs of the in this survey have provided into uniformed comparable statistics. Nordic documentaries and qualify future broadcast and online ratings. The report is fully based on this data and distribution strategies to reach larger information provided by the producers, the audiences. Data from these four sources broadcasters and the sales agents. is the base of this report. Selection of Documentaries While some of it is quantitative Statistical Significance The selection of documentaries included information easily transformed Throughout the report it is advised to in this survey is based on two criteria: The into statistics, substantial parts remember the differences in the number of documentaries are supported by Nordisk the data provided have been documentaries from each Nordic country. Film & TV Fond, and they all premiered qualitative information, which The relatively low number of Finnish and in the four-year timespan between 2015 has been processed into neutral Icelandic samples risks depicting chance to 2018. This was to make sure that the statistics in order to create an findings. documentaries had come close to full overview. circle in terms of distribution by 2020, thus avoiding the Covid pandemic to influence Collaboration from Industry the data set. Partners The level of support for this 18 5 2 13 24 Nordisk Film & TV Fond supported 66 survey has been outstanding. A Nordic documentaries premiering in the total of 62 films are included in Introduction period of 2015 to 2018.
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