Distribution

Are Studios Now Competing with International Indie Distributors?

By guest blogger Peter Belsito

Friends in the Biz: Craig A. Emanuel, Esq.

We are featuring this interview with Craig Emanuel, Partner and Chair, Los Angeles Entertainment Department, Loeb & Loeb. He is one of the most recognizable players on the indie circuit. His resume is impressive and worth reading, so here we go:

Women to Blog About: Stacey Parks – Giving Back to the Filmmakers

Stacey is L.A. based. She’s a Miami native and received her B.A in Economics from the University Of Florida. She then earned her International MBA from Pepperdine University in Malibu. ‘I always loved business. I am not a filmmaker rather, I am business trained so that’s my basic outlook in all my film work.’Stacey began in the ‘biz’ by working for 4 years at the William Morris Agency in indie film packaging. She went on to work as a Producer both in TV and film. Then, as an international sales agent for many years, she ‘sold independent films’ (i.e. secured distribution) for a wide range of the best international and US domestic compa...

Locarno – 63rd Event Features International Art Films

When are Films Political? (Part 4): Enemies of the People

Enemies of the People: World Theatrical Premiere will take place in Phnom Penh on July 21! Directors/ Producers Thet Sambath and Rob Lemkin

Producers to Watch: Phoenix Flies to Beijing

Rights Round Up Cannes 2010 by International Sales Agent: A-C

One of the most popular reports I publish is the Rights Roundup to show the trade who sold what to whom during the market (Cannes in this case). The ISAs (international sales agents) are all linked to their own websites. I wish all of the distribution companies who pick up the films for their territories (there are about 40 territories) and all the titles were also linked, but I lack the manpower to do the job 100% so only some are linked to their own company websites, or in the case of titles, to IMDbPro Title Pages. This reports allows sales agents to gauge their competitors, see who is buying similar types of films, and it allows buyers...

Rights Round Up Cannes 2010 by International Sales Agent: D - G

D Street Media Group licensed Rivers Wash Over Me to Strand for U.S. in a pre-Cannes deal.

Rights Round Up Cannes 2010 by International Sales Agent: H - L

Hanway has licensed Nowhere Boy to Gaga for Japan. It presold David Cronenberg's A Dangerous Method to Lionsgate for U.K. Universal Pictures International (UPI) for Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Spain and South Africa. Picture will start in May. Mars picked it up for France, E1 for Canada, Transmission for Australia and Cineartfor Benelux. It is based on the true-life turbulent relationships between fledgling psychiatrist Carl Jung, his mentor Sigmund Freud and his patient Sabina and is adapted by screenwriter Christopher Hampton from his play The Talking Cure. Focus has North American rights. U.K. is still available. Made in Dagenham w...