TURTLE WALKER

Grand Teton Award Winner Jackson Wild Festival

HACKING HATE

Best Documentary Award Winner Tribeca Film Festival

UNION

Shortlist: Academy Award, Best Documentary

Executive produced by Adam McKay

ART SPIEGELMAN: DISASTER IS MY MUSE

"It’s a history, a biography and an autobiographical howl." - Manohla Dargis, NYT

Invisible Beauty

“the modern fashion industry through the eyes of Bethann Hardison” - The New York Times

SATAN WANTS YOU

“A documentary that’s as chilling as any narrative fiction this year” - Variety

The Conductor

“...offers a lively, wholly engaging look at what makes this accomplished, electrifying titan of the music world tick.”
- Film Festival Today

They Call Me Dr. Miami

Epicentro

"Hubert Sauper’s Sundance winner is complex and provocative.”
- POV Magazine

BLACK & WHITE STRIPES: THE JUVENTUS STORY

“...a soccer documentary, set to premiere Paramount+ US”
- CBS Sports

The Conservation Game

"Something for the Tiger King crowd, but eschews sensationalism to deliver something with much more bite”
- RogerEbert.com

Welcome to Cargo Film & Releasing

Cargo Film and Releasing is a boutique, full-service agent, global sales and distribution company. We specialize in the licensing of independent film globally, theatrically releasing titles domestically, the planning of festival strategy, and monetizing across every revenue stream available in the marketplace.

Cargo Film also acts as Producers and Executive Producers on premium, cutting-edge films and series. We champion the most exciting voices of independent filmmakers from around the globe. With a long track record in nonfiction, Cargo has recently launched a development, packaging and financing arm in the fiction space.

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Space Cowboy

A pioneer of skydiving cinematography, looks back on creating iconic moments in film and television, while he tries to turn a dreamlike vision into reality. TIFF World Premiere.

Suburban Fury

Through icy interviews and rich archival footage, the film traces how FBI manipulation and the political chaos of her time pulled a suburban housewife into extremism and an assassination attempt. World Premiere at New York Film Festival.

How Dark My Love

Outrageous underground artist Joe Coleman known for his portraits of serial killers and outlaws, undertakes his most challenging subject yet. Featuring Iggy Pop, Dave Navarro, and Asia Argento.

WINNER of Tribeca Festival Audience Award for Best Narrative Documentary

Art Spiegelman: Disaster Is My Muse

Explore the life and career of Art Spiegelman the NYC artist who revolutionized comics by exploring dark, complex themes with his famous work, MAUS: a poignant survivor narrative that redefined the medium and influenced graphic novels of today.

Michel Gondry, Do It Yourself

A rare and personal window into the mind of a singular artist, celebrating his wonder and imagination on his own terms. Featuring Kylie Minogue, Beck, Jack White, Spike Jonze, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Jack Black, and more.

Union

Up against one of the most powerful companies on the planet, a group of Amazon workers embark on an unprecedented campaign to unionize their warehouse in Staten Island, New York. 2025 Academy Short-Listed Doc.

Invisible Beauty

Through Bethann Hardison's life journey as a pioneering Black model, modeling agent and activist, the film explores race, beauty and representation.

Balomania

In the heart of Brazil's favelas, filmmaker Sissel Morell Dargis gains unprecedented access to the hidden world of the “balloon mafia.” World Premiere at CPH:DOX 2024.