YOU FINALLY FINISHED YOUR FILM. NOW WHAT? Distributor...? Sales agent...? GOT IT: SELF DISTRIBUTION

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1 YOU FINALLY FINISHED YOUR FILM. NOW WHAT? Dstrbutor...? Sles gent...? GOT IT: SELF DISTRIBUTION

2 THE ADVANTAGES OF SELF DISTRIBUTION: A gurnteed openng n NY / LA prme theter nd you keep 100% of the boxoffce. Revews from the mjor med. Retn the rghts to your flm. One set prce for ll the fetures. Your costs re cpped so you cn mxmze your ncome. Access to n experenced tem to help you lunch your flm. No surprses. Lern how to do t.

3 YOU WILL MAKE THE MONEY HERE: BUT TO HAVE SUCCESS YOU NEED TO BE HERE FIRST: Over the top (OTT) Vdeo Provders Internet Stremng Med Plyer Gmng Consoles BlueRy/DVD Plyers Internet-connected TVs Set Top Boxes Openng flm thetrclly, lthough expensve, s n essentl prt of self-dstrbuton, s t genertes wreness for the flm, whch hopefully trnsltes nto DVD/onlne sles further down the rod. - Peter Broderck, flm consultnt t the Vncouver Interntonl Flm Festvl

4 TO DO THIS YOU NEED HELP FROM THE BEST... CINEMAflx D I S T R I B U T I O N

5 CINEMAflx WITH US YOU WILL RECEIVE A: THEATRICAL RELEASE D I S T R I B U T I O N For one set prce, the CINEMAflx DISTRIBUTION Pckge n New York offers the followng fetures: A Google AdWords cmpgn. You wll receve ssstnce n wrtng your d, selectng pproprte keywords to mke t effectve, nd settng the budget. SeeGoogle AdWords for more nformton. A New York thetrcl relese. Your flm wll be booked for full one-week run t the Cnem Vllge n Mnhttn. You wll keep 100% of the box offce ncome generted by ths run. The servces of our publcst. Our experenced nd wellconnected publcst wll contct the mjor flm crtcs on your behlf, set up press screenngs, wrte nd eml/ml press releses, nd comple nd dstrbute producton notes. Submsson to dgtl pltforms nd vdeo-on-demnd. Your flm wll be submtted to t lest four mjor dgtl pltforms, such s Tunes, Netflx, Hulu, nd Amzon. DVD sles. Your flm wll be offered to mjor retl outlets, schools, nd lbrres for sle on DVD. TV Sles nd Dstrbuton. Domestc nd Interntonl. BBC, Chnnel 4 (UK), Russ Tody, Strz, HBO, The Hstory Chnnel. Opportuntes for foregn sles. Your flm wll be mrketed n the mjor foregn mrkets: North nd South Amerc, Centrl Amerc, Europe, As, Austrl, nd New Zelnd. Oscr qulfyng run. We offer n Oscr Qulfyng Pckge n both New York nd Los Angeles. In ech cty, the flm wll be projected n DCP, nclude mnmum of 4 shows per dy, 1 nch x 2 nch d n the Vllge Voce nd/ or the Los Angeles Weekly. A documentry flm requres run n both ctes. A feture flm requres run only n Los Angeles. Plese note: The fetures lsted bove represent n rry of optons, nd you my elect to prtcpte n those tht re good ft for your flm. We cnnot gurntee cceptnce of your flm to the dgtl pltforms, cble vdeo-ondemnd sttons, DVD wholeslers, nd foregn sles gents. But successful thetrcl run, good box offce sles, nd fvorble revews wll mxmze your chnces of success. The costs for closed-cptonng nd subttles, f requred, re not ncluded. THEATER Our pckge ncludes full one-week run t the venerble Cnem Vllge, locted t 22 Est 12th Street n Mnhttn. Bult n 1963 n the shell of turn-of-the-century fre stton, t s probbly the oldest contnuously operted cnem n New York. Wth three udtorums, the Cnem Vllge hs worldwde reputton for showng the best n ndependent feture nd documentry flms

6 TO MAKE MONEY YOU NEED TO STAND OUT FROM THE CROWD If you opted to self-dstrbute your flm, you ll need to hre publcst. However, New York or Los Angeles bsed publcst cn be very expensve. You cn reduce ths cost by FIRMLY requestng tht the publcst do just three jobs. Nothng more! 1. Contct the mjor flm crtcs to ensure tht the flm wll be revewed. 2. Wrte nd ml press releses. 3. Comple nd dstrbute producton notes. Our CINEMAflx DISTRIBUTION Progrm ncludes the servces of top-notch publcst, full one-week run t the Cnem Vllge n New York, nd much more.

7 CINEMAflx D I S T R I B U T I O N Wth our former nme QUADflx SELECT, we booked 400 thetrcl releses n 36 months. Ellott & Donld receved over 650 flms from 40 dfferent countres wth QUADflx SELECT. Now they re redy wth ther combned experence of over 60 yers n the ndustry to contnue wth ths mgc tool for nde producers!

8 VISIT OUR WEBSITE AND CONTACT US: ELLIOTT KANBAR Presdent DIRECT LINE: DONALD RABINOVITCH Executve Vce Presdent Busness Development & Globl Sles DIRECT LINE: CINEMAflx DISTRIBUTION P.O. Box New York, NY CINEMAflx D I S T R I B U T I O N We cn orgnze conferences n your country wth Donld Rbnovtch nd Ellott Knbr s lecturers nd pnelsts. Donld ws the founder of the Andes Flm Compny whch produced three feture flms: Route 9, On the QT, nd Mendy. The flms won wrds t Trbec, Berln, So Pulo, nd Mm. He lso served s co-founder nd Executve Vce Presdent of the QUADflx SELECT Progrm, whch dstrbuted over 300 flms n North Amerc. He hs spoken t flm festvls n Cnnes, Irelnd, Columb, Argentn, the Domncn Republc, Cnd, nd on vrous onlne lernng stes. Ellott Knbr s the uthor of two populr books on Flm Dstrbuton, publshed by Councl Ok Books, Sn Frncsco: YOU FINALLY FINISHED YOUR FILM. NOW WHAT? nd DON T LET YOUR FILM DIE: HOW TO PLAN A SUCCESSFUL LAUNCH WITHOUT GOING BROKE. Complmentry copes vlble upon request.