Ovid

VOD Type
SVOD

Availability
iOS • AppleTV • MacOS • Android • Fire TV • Roku • Windows

Content
Narrative, Documentary

D.I.Y. via Aggregator or Direct?
N/A

If Aggregator, is Pitch required?
N/A

Non-Exclusive possible?
N/A

Territories
United States

OVID is a streaming video service offering documentary, foreign-language and fiction feature films, all streaming commercial-free.

It is a venture from six different independent film distributors—Bullfrog Films, Distrib Films US, First Run Features, Grasshopper Film, Icarus Films, and KimStim.

Broadway World

OVID.tv Announces New Titles Added to Streaming Platform

March 28, 2019

New streaming platform OVID.tv begins the roll out of it's robust collection of films not widely known, with six new selections from a canon of historical films and masterpieces curated from this collaborative streaming platform led by eight leading U.S. independent distribution companies.

On March 29, 2019 viewers will have access to five French language titles plus the definitive 10 part series about wine.

A Kid
This French-Canadian drama by Philippe Lioret is thriller is filled with secrets, this story about one man's coming to term with the foreign family he never knew he had is complex, with interconnected themes such as masculinity, family, paternity and filial devotion coiling in the layers underneath.

After Love
This French/Belgian film by Joachim Lafosse, stars Bérénice Bejo and Cédric Kahn as Marie and Boris, who decide to get a DIVORCE after 15 years of marriage. Tensions RISEwhen cash-strapped Boris must continue to live with Marie and the two children while trying to figure out how to divide the assets.

The Assistant
A French drama-thriller by Christophe Ali andNicolas Bonilaur and starring Nathalie Baye and Malik Zidi. While he is taking his wife to hospital to give birth, Thomas hits and kills a young man on the road. The young man's mother is devastated. Nine years later, without revealing her identity, she becomes Thomas' secretary and gets involved in his life.

Next Time I'll Aim for the Heart
This French language film by Cédric Ange follows a meticulous police officer (Guillaume Canet) investigates the murders of young women by a serial killer.

The Country Doctor
In this French language film by Thomas Lilti, starringFrancois Cluzet and Marianne Denicourt, Dr Werner must find a replacement for himself after coming down with a serious illness, even though he considers himself irreplaceable.

Mondovino (10-part series)

The ultimate series about wine and wine culture. Using the dark, rich Bordeaux as the current standard-bearer, the film traverses several countries and continents to examine how the production of wine has created aristocratic dynasties and class conflicts. A film by Jonathan Nossiter.

In April and In May OVID will add another 150 plus titles, with a strong focus on LGBTQ+ content in time for June's Pride celebrations.

In the summer of 2019, OVID will add more arthouse feature films, including films directed by Bi Gan, Pedro Costa, Claire Denis, Bruno Dumont, Cheryl Dunye, Philippe Garrel, NIKITA Mikhalkov, Eric Rohmer, Raul Ruiz, Dominga Sotomayor, Jean-Marie Straub and Danielle Huillet.

Initial subscription prices for OVID have been set at only $6.99 per month, or $69.99 annually. Customers will be offered a free introductory period. Exact launch date and where and how to sign up for OVID.tv will be announced later this month.


Indiewire

Missing FilmStruck? OVID.TV, a New Arthouse Streaming Service, Will Launch in March

It's a joint venture from six independent film distributors.

January 18, 2019

With FilmStruck gone and Fandor recently sold to a new entity, cinephiles would appear to be running out of streaming services catered toward them. Here to fill that void is OVID.TV, a new venture from six different independent film distributors — Bullfrog Films, Distrib Films US, First Run Features, Grasshopper Film, Icarus Films, and KimStim — set to launch in March. In a statement announcing the new SVOD platform, OVID is is said to be “designed to provide North American viewers with access to thousands of mostly un-streamable documentaries, independent films, and notable works of international cinema.”

At the time of launch, OVID.TV will offer hundreds of documentaries currently unavailable on other services. Among the featured filmmakers are Chantal Akerman, Michael Apted, Nikolaus Geyrhalter, Patricio Guzman, Heddy Honigmann, Chris Marker, Ross McElwee, Bill Morrison, Raoul Peck, Jean Rouch, Wang Bing, and Travis Wilkerson.

More films will be added this summer, with a focus on those directed by Bi Gan, Pedro Costa, Claire Denis, Bruno Dumont, Cheryl Dunye, Philippe Garrel, Nikita Mikhalkov, Eric Rohmer, Raul Ruiz, Dominga Sotomayor, Jean-Marie Straub, and Danielle Huillet. After that, OVID will debut curated collections on a monthly basis.

OVID is officially an iniative of Docuseek, a streaming platform geared toward colleges and universities that currently boasts more than 1,500 titles. No subscription details have been announced as of yet.

Jonathan Miller of Icarus Films, who will serve as director of OVID, said, “the time for this kind of partnership is now, as the streaming giants focus on generating fast-turnaround new content, this coalition will offer new access to high-quality catalogs found nowhere else, featuring some of the most celebrated filmmakers and films in the canon.”


Acknowledgements

Acknowledgments:
ggf
The Film Collaborative would like to recognize the Golden Globe Foundation for their generous support in helping us maintain our online educational tools, video series, and case studies.