NextPix Productions

NextPix Productions nextPix Productions LLC produces and promotes independent, alternative media. Directed by four-time Cannes selected filmmaker Oliver Schmitz.

IN DEVELOPMENT:

MESSAGE TO SHIGATSE – Based on a true story, this dramatic feature chronicles a BBC journalist's involvement in one of the great human rights stories of our time. COMPLETED PROJECTS

TIBET IN SONG – A documentary about Tibet’s musical culture, directed by former political prisoner Ngawang Choephel. Selected for Sundance 2009 World Cinema Documentary Competition - World Premiere. W

inner, Special Jury Prize, World Cinema Documentary - Sundance 2009. Winner, International Human Rights Film Award, Cinema for Peace, 2010. Produced/released by Guge Productions with support from nextPix. Co-produced by Don Thompson. SINGING THE BONES – Three women explore the mystery of birth and death through the practice of midwifery. Distributed internationally to five countries and the US. Film festivals included Montreal Film Fest and Mill Valley. Produced in association with nextPix. Released internationally by Fat Salmon Cinema. CLOUDS – A physicist takes a seaside sabbatical to work on an obscure theory about the nature of reality, only to find his humanity cannot be separated from any mathematical equation. Winner of numerous awards and special recognition on the festival circuit, CLOUDS was distributed theatrically by IN Pictures and is now available on DVD. Co-produced by Will Arntz, producer of WHAT THE BLEEP. Produced by Pacific Grove Productions in association with nextPix. Released theatrically by IN Pictures and on DVD by Passion River and netFlix. GRANTS

Since 2001, nextPix Productions has sponsored the firstPix grant program that offers first time directors a no-strings attached finishing grant for their film. Projects that have received grants have gone on to film festivals such as Sundance, Chicago Documentary Film Fest, Mill Valley, and many others. In addition, many of the films have found theatrical and/or cable distribution (HBO, Seven Arts Releasing and others). THEATER

nextPix Productions has also provided grants to the Maryland Ensemble Theater to help produce innovative multi-media theater. Theatrical projects have included Don Thompson’s ‘Democracy: A Work In Progress’ (2004-5) and the collaborative piece ‘Something Brilliant’ (2007). PEOPLE

Don Thompson – Don's background is as a playwright, filmmaker and essayist. His plays have been produced coast-to-coast and been positively reviewed by The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, the Baltimore Sun, The Reader, CityPaper and others. His popular play ‘Tibet Does Not Exist’ was re-staged in New York City in 2009. Thompson received B.A. (film production) and M.A. (media criticism) degrees from UCLA. Diana Takata – Diana co-founded nextPix Productions with Thompson and has a diverse background of 25 years in media, business and government. She received her BA degree from Occidental College and her MA degree from UCLA.

What is an Artist? Don Thompson discusses his view of the role of the artist and art in society.
01/21/2026

What is an Artist? Don Thompson discusses his view of the role of the artist and art in society.

What if art’s real job is to translate life into something we can carry? Don Thompson takes us into a clear, honest exploration of what an artist is, why beauty matters, and how creative work helps us make sense of a noisy world. We follow the thr...

WHERE TO LAND wins 'Best Film Award' at the Lisbon Film Festival! Read more here: https://leffest.com/en/news/palmares-...
12/22/2025

WHERE TO LAND wins 'Best Film Award' at the Lisbon Film Festival! Read more here: https://leffest.com/en/news/palmares-leffest-2025-25

O Grande Prémio NOS foi atribuído a Where to Land, de Hal Hartley. Segundo o Júri, «pela sua originalidade, brilhantismo e profundidade, com uma encenação transparente e simples que transforma o filme numa pequena jóia».

CLOUDS 25th Anniversary re-release has won recognition at the London Cine Awards!
11/30/2025

CLOUDS 25th Anniversary re-release has won recognition at the London Cine Awards!

Another great write-up for 'Where to Land'!
10/27/2025

Another great write-up for 'Where to Land'!

“I’m done being a superhero.” An international movie star who’s become synonymous with her intergalactic onscreen persona in a wildly successful television show, Muriel (Kim Taff) has reached her creative breaking point. She confesses as much to her boyfriend Joe Fulton (Bill Sage), a former...

Review of 'Where to Land' by SLANT magazine!
09/29/2025

Review of 'Where to Land' by SLANT magazine!

'Where to Land' opts for quiet moments of connection, raising questions rather than giving definitive answers.

07/25/2025

To paraphrase Kent Jones on John Carpenter: America doesn’t have so many great directors to spare that it can afford to let Hal Hartley fall through the cracks. It's been 11 years since Ned Rifle, and while a spate of restorations and Criterion Channel streams (to say nothing of a novel based on h...

It's the 25th Anniversary of the release of CLOUDS, our first feature film. You can check it out on Vimeo here:
06/21/2025

It's the 25th Anniversary of the release of CLOUDS, our first feature film. You can check it out on Vimeo here:

First released in 2000, CLOUDS is the award-winning feature film debut of filmmaker/producer/playwright Don Thompson (TIBET IN SONG, NED RIFLE, THE GOD OF THIS WORLD).…

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