Sandbox Films

Sandbox Films is an Academy Award-nominated, Emmy Award-winning documentary production and financing studio based in New York City, specializing in feature-length, artist-driven documentaries rooted in scientific inquiry. Founded in 2020 and operating as an editorially independent subsidiary of the Simons Foundation, the company provides co-production, development financing, and finishing funds for bold, cinematic science documentaries. Its critically acclaimed slate — including Oscar-nominated Fire of Love, Emmy-winning Fathom, and Sundance Jury Prize winners All Light, Everywhere and Nocturnes — has been acquired and distributed globally by Netflix, Apple TV+, Hulu, National Geographic Documentary Films, NEON, BBC, and PBS, among others.