Peddling Pictures

What Peddling Pictures does

Peddling Pictures is a Singapore-based, privately held film production company founded in 2017 that produces documentaries and fiction films intended for international audiences and global distributors. Its catalog of publicly visible titles — King of Clones, The Negotiators, Riot Island, The Last Defenders, and The Deciphering Series — is positioned as blending documentary authenticity with cinematic storytelling, with the company explicitly describing its work as exploring "timeless questions" of identity and human behavior through an Asian-international lens.

The studio operates with a small team (11–50 employees) and no disclosed management team, funding, or parent company. Its core "technology" is creative production capability rather than a software platform — there is no app, API, SDK, or proprietary tooling referenced. The website functions as a portfolio showcase, with a single general inquiry email ([email protected]) serving as the primary contact channel for sales, partnerships, and distribution.

The business model is project-based film production monetized through conventional distribution channels — film festivals, streaming platforms, theatrical releases, and licensing deals — rather than direct-to-consumer sales. Pricing is not publicly disclosed. There are no named customers, distribution partners, awards, patents, M&A activity, or compliance certifications in the input, and no AI/ML capabilities are evidenced. The company claims a global footprint but provides no specific geographic, partnership, or revenue evidence to substantiate it.

Name

Peddling Pictures

Website

https://peddlingpictures.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Peddling Pictures is a Singapore-based independent film production company founded in 2017 that produces documentaries and fiction films with an Asian-international perspective, targeting global audiences and distributors through festivals, streaming, and licensing deals.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Film Production

NAICS

Motion Picture and Sound Recording Industries (512), Broadcasting and Content Providers (516)

SIC

Services-Motion Picture & Video Tape Production (7812)

akta.pro primary industry

Social Issue & Advocacy Documentaries (MPADADAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Docuseries & Episodic Nonfiction (TV/Streaming) (MPADADAB), Business, Politics & Current Affairs Documentaries (MPADADAJ)

Keywords

• Film production
• Documentary filmmaking
• Fiction filmmaking
• Content production
• Media production

Headquarters

HQ city

Singapore

HQ country

Singapore

HQ region

Asia

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels1 record

Core offering

Peddling Pictures is a film production company that develops and produces documentaries and fiction films with a global, Asian-international perspective, aiming to make content as cinematic as drama and as truthful as documentary. Its sold and distributed output consists of individual film titles and film series—such as King of Clones, The Negotiators, Riot Island, The Last Defenders, and The Deciphering Series—targeted at global audiences and delivered through distributors, streaming platforms, and film festivals.

Product overview

Peddling Pictures is an Asian-international film production company producing documentaries and fiction films with global stories and unique perspectives. The company offers a portfolio of individual film titles including King of Clones, The Negotiators, Riot Island, The Last Defenders, and The Deciphering Series. The company believes documentaries can be as captivating and cinematic as drama, and that fiction inspired by real-life stories can be more truthful than documentary.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• King of Clones A film in the Peddling Pictures catalog, distributed via the company's film distribution channels for global audiences and content partners.
• The Negotiators A film in the Peddling Pictures catalog, distributed via the company's film distribution channels for global audiences and content partners.
• Riot Island A film in the Peddling Pictures catalog, distributed via the company's film distribution channels for global audiences and content partners.
• The Last Defenders A film in the Peddling Pictures catalog, distributed via the company's film distribution channels for global audiences and content partners.
• The Deciphering Series A film series in the Peddling Pictures catalog, extending the company's content footprint beyond individual feature titles.

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Broad incumbents

• Vice Media Studios: Production studio producing documentary-style and doc-fiction hybrid content for global streaming and linear partners. Comparable in format mixing and global storytelling, though at significantly larger scale.
• National Geographic Documentary Films: Major documentary film label commissioning and producing feature documentaries and docuseries globally. Overlaps in subject matter (human/cultural exploration) but operates at much larger scale with embedded platform distribution.
• Plan B Entertainment: Independent production company producing prestige documentary and fiction content. Overlaps with Peddling Pictures in pursuit of story-driven, character-led projects with crossover documentary/fiction potential, though at materially larger scale.
• Participant Media: Larger production company that produces documentary and fiction content centered on social impact and human stories. Operates in a similar thematic lane (timeless human questions) but at significantly greater scale and with deeper platform relationships.

Regional players

• Beach House Pictures: Singapore-based independent production company producing premium factual, documentary, and scripted content for international broadcasters and streamers. Most directly comparable on geography, scale, and Asian-international storytelling orientation.
• mm2 Entertainment: Singapore-headquartered film production and distribution company with operations across Asia. Comparable as a regional film production peer based in the same market, though broader in scope across commercial film and TV.

Direct peers

• XTR: Documentary-first production and streaming studio that produces premium non-fiction content for global audiences. Highly comparable in targeting streaming platforms with cinematic, story-driven documentaries.
• A24: Independent film production and distribution company known for cinematic, auteur-driven films across documentary and fiction. Closely comparable in spirit to Peddling Pictures' emphasis on distinctive, craft-led filmmaking with global distribution.
• Imagine Documentaries: Documentary production arm of Imagine Entertainment producing premium docs and docuseries for global platforms. Comparable in format focus and pursuit of cinematic quality in non-fiction storytelling.

Emerging players

• Kartini Films: Asia-focused production company producing documentary and doc-fiction work for international audiences. Comparable in regional positioning and thematic focus on identity and human questions, though at a similar early-stage scale.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/PeddlingPics
• Facebookfacebook.com/peddlingpictures
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/peddlingpictures

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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