The Department of Motion Pictures produces narrative and documentary features and series, with a focus on ambitious, cinematic, and emotionally resonant storytelling. Over the years, members of the DMP have produced BEASTS OF THE SOUTHERN WILD, PATTI CAKE$, MONSTERS & MEN, the Vimeo season of HIGH MAINTENANCE, as well as non-fiction work like TCHOUPITOULAS, WESTERN, A THOUSAND THOUGHTS, and projects in collaboration with David Byrne, Laurie Anderson, and Olympian Kerri Walsh Jennings. Their work has premiered at Sundance, Cannes, and TIFF, and been distributed by ESPN, Fox Sports, Neon, Searchlight, and Paramount. The Dept. premiered three films at Sundance 2020: WENDY, FAREWELL AMOR and BLOODY NOSE, EMPTY POCKETS. Though the DMP was officially established in 2015 its members have been part of the Court 13 collective and making movies together since 2007.