Develop a nonfiction book into a documentary with an editorial plan, production scope, and audience strategy selected together.
$100,000–$300,000
Short or feature documentary
Built for your story.
Authors with a researched issue, mission, biography, movement, or documented real-world story.
- Research and fact-checking plan, contributor outreach, interviews, and observational footage
- Archive sourcing plan, access review, releases, and rights-clearance coordination
- An approved editorial structure with subject expertise and documentary storytelling
- Festival, educational, direct-audience, and distributor-led release planning
Choose your production scope.
Focused Documentary
$100,000A contained 25–40 minute documentary. Up to five shoot days in one region, four primary interviews, and two principal locations.
Signature Documentary
$200,000A 45–60 minute documentary. Up to ten shoot days across two agreed regions, eight primary interviews, and expanded archival planning.
Feature Documentary
$300,000A 60–90 minute documentary. Up to fifteen shoot days across three agreed regions, twelve primary interviews, and a broader editorial and release campaign.
These are alternative production levels within the package range. Each tier funds its defined film, rather than a separate fee added to the range.
From the page to the release.
Develop
Book and rights assessment, audience brief, treatment, budget, production schedule, and release objectives.
Produce
Producer coordination, agreed crew and equipment, scheduled filming, interview or performance direction, and production management.
Finish
Picture edit, sound edit and mix, color finishing, licensed music within the agreed allowance, English captions, master, trailer, and release artwork.
Launch
A book-led SLO funnel, consent-based reader follow-up, campaign assets, pitch preparation, and a route-specific distribution plan.
Consider a short documentary companion.
Use an agreed episode sequence to introduce the subject, contributors, and book. Protect context and accuracy when adapting interviews or research into shorter material.
Explore Mini Dramas & Short Series ➜What your package includes.
- Approved treatment, production budget, schedule, and milestone approvals
- Director / producer coordination and the crew, equipment, and shoot days in your scope
- Editorial review, finishing, and delivery defined in your scope
- Promotional assets appropriate to the selected scope
- An agreed book-to-viewer offer and follow-up journey
- Campaign preparation appropriate to the agreed route
- Pitch materials and an agreed outreach scope
- Release planning, reporting, and handoff responsibilities
A plan beyond production.
How the engagement works
Your written production agreement confirms the finished duration, crew, shoot days, locations, rights, deliverables, and cost allowances. Advertising spend, travel outside the agreed region, major archive or music rights, celebrity talent, stunts, visual effects, legal services, E&O insurance, translations, cinema bookings, and distributor or platform fees are quoted separately unless expressly included. The package does not purchase guaranteed financing, a studio deal, or a platform placement.
Frequently Asked Questions
What does the package price cover?
The scope listed here sets the starting production parameters. Your signed budget allocates funds between development, production, post-production, and campaign delivery. Optional costs require written approval.
Does this include pitching to Netflix or other buyers?
Pitch materials and a target plan are included. Submission execution follows buyer policies and an approved route. Where a buyer requires representation, a qualified producer, sales agent, attorney, manager, or distributor with the appropriate access must participate. Any representation fee is identified in the proposal.
Will the film raise its own production money?
The campaign supports audience-building, reward offers, sponsorship outreach, and fundraising preparation. Advertising recovery and fundraising depend on response. Production begins only after the agreed funding milestones are met.
Start with the story.
Put a production plan behind the ambition.
Discuss your book, preferred format, budget, rights, and audience with IME Publishing Group™.
Discuss Your Film Project➜