New Day Films comes to OVID!

Reclaiming the meaning of independence and documentary film

Long before influencers and the “creator-economy” existed, four feminist filmmakers frustrated with mainstream distribution channels founded New Day Films. Operating as a filmmaker-run collective since 1971, New Day now has 140 filmmaker member-owners and a collection of over 300 titles.

New Day’s catalogue includes many groundbreaking social issue films, winners of Academy Awards and other prestigious honors, and new films from an upcoming generation of independent filmmakers. New Day’s tradition of personal and collective empowerment—controlling their own distribution—is constantly evolving.

To wit, while historically focused on educational audiences, New Day has not been blind to the changes in the media landscape over the past 50+ (!) years. And so, wanting to see its films reach as wide an audience as possible, we are proud to announce today that New Day is partnering with OVID to, for the first time, bring its films to individual “at-home” viewers on OVID’s convenient, low-cost, subscription video-on-demand platform. 

New Day will be a dedicated destination and collection on the OVID platform, and many of its filmmakers will be highlighted as well. A large project encompassing hundreds of films from many filmmakers, it will be rolled out on OVID with an initial selection of films starting mid-July. Many more titles will then be added in August and September.

Jonathan Miller, OVID’s managing director:

As OVID has evolved, with the preeminence and weight of our documentary film collection ever more apparent, and appreciated by our members, partnering with New Day bringing their unrivaled, historical and contemporary body of socially committed documentary work to our platform, will add immeasurable depth and value to our members experience.

Joel Fendelman, current Chair of New Day’s steering committee:

I share the enthusiasm of New Day’s membership to say how excited we are about this groundbreaking partnership with OVID. This collaboration ensures home audiences are empowered with New Day’s impactful films at an important time for positive change in our world.

We have up to 60 more titles coming your way over the coming months! 

Click here to view what’s coming in July, and here to watch them now on OVID!

Above: Still from Benevolence, A Journey, dir. Joanne Hershfield, courtesy OVID & New Day Films
Featured: Still from Sin País, dir. Theo Rigby. Courtesy OVID & New Day Films