She started her career in the entertainment industry as corporate counsel and head of business development
for a film distribution company where she helped to significantly increase turnover by negotiating licenses for independent films rights.
The internet has redefined the playing field
for film distribution: uploading your film online is quick, cheap, and effective.
With so many platforms available
for film distribution, it's a missed opportunity that Pitch Perfect 3 didn't release directly to FX, preferably unannounced on a lazy Sunday afternoon.
Not exact matches
The
films will be produced by a cast of popular YouTube creators and stars, including Joey Graceffa (3.6 million subscribers), Joe Penna (2.8 million) and Sawyer Hartman (1.7 million), and will be distributed through the creator's individual channels, with the potential
for extended content deals, branded entertainment, and wider
distribution if the videos prove to be a hit.
Rumoured
for months, the deal
for Alliance has finally been done and the Canadian
film and TV
distribution industry has a new kingmaker in eOne.
The combined company, which will retain the eOne name, will hold about a 20 % share of the
distribution market
for independent
films in Canada and will have significantly expanded its footprint in international territories.
At the same time Ofoto and Shutterfly are reaching out to picture takers of all stripes by offering steep discounts on old - fashioned
film processing (returning prints by snail mail), as well as digitizing the images
for online viewing and
distribution.
Netflix is expected to push the
film as an Oscars contender after reportedly outmaneuvering several other bidders
for distribution rights.
«It's much more evolutionary than revolutionary,» Reed Hastings says about Netflix's
distribution model
for television and
film.
In December 2017, iQiyi was granted exclusive
distribution rights to six
films nominated
for Golden Globe Awards.
Just like
film studio
distribution now puts extra emphasis on a
film's overseas take, international markets may be crucial
for investors looking
for returns to supplement domestically driven ones.
In a partnership with Vevue, a P2P video
distribution app running on the QTUM platform, the
film will be uploaded onto the blockchain, made available
for...
Demand
for new independent
film and TV content is growing rapidly as both traditional and non-traditional
distribution channels, such as over-the-top streaming and other video on demand applications, become more popular.
This would be a big shift in the business model of feature -
film distribution for both the major studios and the theater chains.
The
Filmed Entertainment offers production and acquisition of live - action and animated motion pictures
for distribution and licensing in entertainment media.
The officials at Cannes set new rules preventing
films without theatrical
distribution in France from competing
for the festival's prizes.
Miramax picked up Children of Heaven
for distribution, and it was nominated
for a best foreign language
film Oscar in 1998.
Imaginative and exciting education, with specific courses targeted to children, youth and adults, dealing with Christian values and how they relate to current TV,
film and video, is tailor - made
for videocassette
distribution to churches, schools and families.
Thus,
for truly international
distribution,
films had to have slightly different versions so as not to offend local taboos.
Having built a reputation
for unrivalled
films and industry knowledge, Plasfilms»
distribution processes cover the entire value chain with an advanced logistics model encompassing procurement, storage and delivery.
Coveris is a global leader in the development, manufacture and
distribution of precision coated papers,
films and specialty substrates
for digital imaging, electronics, medical and optical technologies.
Customized particle morphology modified cellulose (CPM MC) is designed to hydrate faster in a coating system (
for full functionality), with a controlled level of spherical particles and
distribution of particles, leading to increased surface area
for better / faster hydration and a smoother
film.
Stretch
film for pallets unitization is an important type of secondary / tertiary packaging and a crucial part of the
distribution chain that is often unnoticed by consumers.
About Condé Nast Entertainment: Condé Nast Entertainment (CNE) is a division of Condé Nast that focuses on the development, production, and
distribution of original television, feature
film, and digital video offerings based on the company's iconic media brands, which
for more than one hundred years have created the world's greatest content
for the world's most influential audiences.
I am working on scheduling screenings of Handmade Nation, entering the
film into festivals and working out the best options
for distribution.
Basic layers are an outer shell of breathable polyethylene
film or a nonwoven and
film composite which prevents wetness and soil transfer, an inner absorbent layer of a mixture of air - laid paper and superabsorbent polymers
for wetness, and a layer nearest the skin of nonwoven material with a
distribution layer directly beneath which transfers wetness to the absorbent layer.
The complainant alleged that the release and
distribution of FAHRENHEIT 9/11 constituted an independent expenditure because the
film expressly advocated the defeat of President Bush and that by being fully or partially responsible
for the
film's release, Michael Moore and other entities associated with the
film made excessive and / or prohibited contributions to unidentified candidates.
It showcases the best of the Nigerian
film industry with the aim of finding a larger audience and more sustainable
distribution system
for quality
films.
While studios can lobby
for their
films to be included in that quota, there is no magic formula that guarantees
distribution.
You can't blame a
film or its filmmaker
for the way the marketing team from the
distribution company chose to promote the
film.
Bresson, along with Ozu and Dreyer, formed a trinity at the heart of Schrader's book Transcendental Style in Film, and the filmmaker has faithfully returned to them again and again, channeling them in most of his directorial efforts, working within the so - called «Tarkovsky Ring» (
films made within this ring will find commercial
distribution,
films like those of Bresson and Roberto Rossellini, while
films outside of this ring are destined
for museum and festival existences).
According to Screen Daily, the studio purchased worldwide
distribution rights
for Anderson's next
film and its impressive cast list of Anderson returning players (Owen Wilson, Jason Schwartzman, Bill Murray, Adrien Brody, Edward Norton, Tilda Swinton, Harvey Keitel, Willem Dafoe, Jeff Goldblum, Bob Balaban) and newcomers (Ralph Fiennes, Jude Law, Saoirse Ronan, Tom Wilkinson, Mathieu Amalric, F. Murray Abraham, Tony Revolori).
Sony also had the lowest per -
film average gross of the six major distributors in 2011, and its foreign box office growth (which includes a nice total
for The Adventures of Tintin,
for which Sony held the foreign
distribution rights) didn't prevent the studio from finishing fifth in global market share
for the second straight year.
Currently, Universal still has the
distribution rights
for any future Hulk
films, and Disney may not want Marvel to make a movie that it can not distribute.
Film School Rejects talks about release /
distribution for Sundance
films.
Lee's latest
film went to the festival with
distribution already in place — in April, Focus Features set the fact - based feature
for an August 10 theatrical release date, picked to reflect the one - year anniversary of the Charlottesville protests, which took place on August 12, 2017.
Directed with stirring beauty and lyricism by the Chinese American filmmaker Chloé Zhao, the
film was acquired
for North American
distribution by Sony Pictures Classics during the festival.
Early promotional material
for the
film channels the same neon - lit aesthetic as Drive and Only God Forgives, but the fact that the
distribution rights have been bought by Amazon Studios suggests a confidence in its mainstream potential.
At ITVS she served as Director of
Distribution, Campaigns, and Strategic Partnerships where she produced multiple high impact campaigns
for films including Half the Sky, The Invisible War, and Ted Talks on PBS.
For reference, the Criterion Collection is a home video
distribution company that focuses on licensing important classic and contemporary
films.
As we near the Marche du Film at the Cannes Film Festival next month promotion of
films up
for sales and
distribution has picked up as well.
The studio system is in a spot of bother: twice in the past year, Paramount has put tens of millions into a science - fiction
film, only to lose their
distribution nerve and shunt it off to Netflix
for international markets.
Meanwhile, Finley's
film debuted at the 2017 Sundance
Film Festival and was subsequently picked up by Focus Features
for distribution, so one supposes that there actually are consequences — namely, that the unproven and overprivileged get to keep enjoying unfettered success.
Since GATW's departure, he's programmed
for the Alamo Drafthouse, Fantastic Fest, Rooftop Films and the Sundance
Film Festival, worked in
film distribution for Cinedigm in New York, and his reviews, interviews, and editorials have been featured on websites including Twitch,
Film.com, MTV,
Film Threat, Indiewire's The Playlist, We Got This Covered, Latino Review, Dallas Observer, Culture Map, Central Track, Hammer to Nail, Denton Record - Chronicle, and the Dallas Morning News.
Even critics of last year's Amores Perros have admitted that an insurgence of Mexican productions into the highly populated art house
distribution crowd is increasingly inevitable (the best simile that could be imagined is that the rise of Mexican cinema is like the push
for Germany and Japan's permanent inclusion on the UN Security Counsil — hey, as art
film distributors are saying, we're still working with the inclusion of Iran and Taiwan).
For example, prior to digital
distribution, horror
films from filmmakers working in countries like Japan, Spain, and Italy were traded on VHS and DVDs by American fans of the genre, including movies that never saw an official theatrical release in the United States.
Trust me, it's a great movie, and one you'll be able to see by the end of the year because Sony Pictures Classics picked up the
film for domestic
distribution.
The
film is based on the crimes of serial killer Henry Lee Lucas and was the first independent
film acquired
for distribution by Roger Corman.
The below list only includes domestic (U.S. and Canada only, unless otherwise indicated) grosses
for specialty
films — which we define to include independent, foreign (including Bollywood
films), and / or documentary
films — that opened in limited release (599 screens and under) in 2018 AND / OR were acquired or produced
for 2018
distribution by an independent distributor (including STX
Films, Annapurna, A24, Entertainment Studios, Amazon, Netflix, Aviron, Global Road, and Bleecker Street) or a studio or its specialty division (including Fox Searchlight, Sony Pictures Classics, and Focus Features).
THE PLACE BEYOND THE PINES, Cianfrance's upcoming release, is currently having its world premiere at the Toronto International
Film Festival and news has come in that Focus Features have bought up the US
distribution rights
for the
film.