Kandoo Films Information

Established in 1992 by Oscar nominated and Emmy Award-winning producer Howard Barish, Kandoo Films is a Los Angeles based production company that specializes in creating independent feature films, documentaries, and promotional and digital content for television and film. Kandoo Films co-produced the critically acclaimed Netflix documentary 13TH with Ava DuVernay, which garnered an Oscar nomination and multiple award wins including four Emmy Awards, a BAFTA Award, Peabody Award, NAACP Image Award, and Critics’ Choice Award for Best Documentary. Additional credits include the ESPN 30 for 30 documentary VENUS VS., HELLO BEAUTIFUL: INTERLUDES WITH JOHN LEGEND, PUNCHING HENRY, MIDDLE OF NOWHERE, I WILL FOLLOW, E! Entertainment’s reality series The Entertainer, and FOX’s historic web series, 24Inside. Kandoo has also produced multiple Promax and Mobius Award-winning advertising and branding campaigns for NBC, CBS, FOX, The CW, and many others. With a focus on developing content from emerging filmmakers, Kandoo is currently producing and financing a new film slate as part of its recently established fund for low-budget features. The first film from the slate, BROKEN STAR (Analeigh Tipton, Tyler Labine), was released in theaters and on VOD on July 20, 2018. To extend this mission, Howard launched the distribution arm of Kandoo Films – Kandoo Releasing – in 2018, which will distribute an eclectic slate of indie films from emerging and diverse artists with day-and-date theatrical and VOD/digital releases. Forthcoming films include the thriller SKIN IN THE GAME (Erica Ash) which World Premiered at Urbanworld Film Festival this past September and HOSPITALITY (Emmanuelle Chriqui), which will hit theaters December 2018 via Kandoo Releasing.