About Us
The Depth of Documentary Film making
Documentaries raise questions about the world we live in. They journey into the lives of real people, binding us to their joy, and their realities.
They pierce the armor of cynicism we have built around ourselves.They enrich our experience and expand our world. They can make us angry, delighted, amused and inspired.
At Sophodok we believe that documentaries can change our world, not only the one we live in, but also our inner world.
Sophodok- Inspiring Documentaries
Sophodok is a documentary distribution company, dealing in buying and selling of both international and local documentaries, started by Sophy V. Sivaraman and Nick Ware.
Both of them share a common passion for showcasing documentaries for the discerning as well as first-time viewer. Their unflinching commitment to the film-maker ensures that his interest is at the heart of all the actions undertaken.
At Sophodok, we believe that documentaries enrich the human experience as they connect people through their emotions. Documentaries do much more than just 'capture reality'. They enrich, educate, question, shock, cajole and provoke the viewer in a way no other art form can.
At Sophodok, we take pride in being an efficient, friendly and responsible team which helps you narrate the most evocative stories ever captured on visual text. In turn helping it find a wider audience.
The Architects behind Sophodok
Sophy. V. Sivaraman
Sophy is the Founder and Managing Director of Sophodok. She finds documentaries as immersive an experience as the sea, which is her other obsession.
She enjoys making friends with whoever she works with. Having worked with the advertising industry in India and abroad for more than a decade, Sophy has produced and supervised over 150 commercials for major brands, as well as corporate films for various international clients.
Her motto is to follow her heart and do the things that give her great joy. These days, she is mostly engrossed in telling untold stories, giving a voice to the voiceless and creating a language for human experience by popularizing the medium of documentaries. On other days, she can be found scuba-diving in some coral reef, marveling at the beauty.
Nick Ware
Nick Ware, Project Consultant to Sophodok, is a media consultant working across the creative industries. He is a Director at Aster Media, Channel Director at The Africa Channel and also Director at joiningthedocs.tv
A documentary enthusiast, Nick is passionate about finding new ways to fund, create and distribute factual media content. He works with media companies and others to create and develop projects, write business plans and prepare bids for public funding and investment capital.
Elahe Hiptoola
Elahe Hiptoola is an independent producer of feature films in India. Since her first feature, Hyderabad Blues in 1998, her name has featured as Producer, Co-Producer, Executive Producer, Costume designer and even actress in 11 feature films, which include the likes of 3 Deewarein, Iqbal and Dor.
At Sophodok, Elahe, along with Sophy acquires documentaries for distribution. Elahe is responsible for exploring Sophodok's interest in other areas of film production within this genre and eventually is looking to making Sophodok a key player in Co- Producing documentary films.
Anjali K. Vyas
Anjali heads the Marketing at Sophodok. She has worked in Corporate Communications, Event Management and Advertising. She has led teams marketing sponsorships, managing media, organizing events and creating multimedia advertisements.
Anjali started her career at Trade Fair Authority of India and Appu Ghar (an amusement park), handling Public Relations. Subsequently, she worked with IT and equipment manufacturers and advertising agencies.
Anjali has always been a mass communication enthusiast with a keen interest and involvement in theatre, press and films. Currently she is actively pursuing her interest through exploring social networking media. She is now leveraging her experience and interests to help promote documentaries to a wider audience.
