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deadline: january 24, 2024
Tribeca Enterprises, Giant Pictures Launch Digital Distribution Label For Festival Fare
Tribeca Enterprises and Giant Pictures are launching Tribeca Films, a distribution label the partners said aims to support high-quality independent films from the festival circuit. The label is focused on U.S. transactional video-on-demand (TVOD) and advertising-based video-on-demand (AVOD) with the opportunity for distribution across Giant Pictures’ streaming infrastructure, as well as on the Tribeca Channel.
VARIETY: JUNE 30, 2023
Documentary Community Still Wary as AVOD and FAST Channels Proliferate
Sana Soni, director of sales and distribution at Giant Pictures/Drafthouse Films, talked up the AVOD alternative at the inaugural Washington D.C.-based DC/DOX film festival last month. “If HBO, Netflix, or Hulu didn’t buy all the rights to your film, that doesn’t mean you won’t find a distributor for your film,” says Soni, whose company acquires film with a revenue-share model and seeks licensing deals with all platforms including AVOD. “AVOD platforms like Peacock, Tubi and Pluto are also viable options.”
VARIETY: MAY 15, 2023
Drafthouse Films Buys ‘Mister Organ,’ ‘The YouTube Effect,’ ‘Everyone Will Burn’ (EXCLUSIVE)
”We are in this business because we know there are others just like us who want nothing more than to sit in a dark theater enjoying the movies they care about,” says Alamo Drafthouse Cinemas founder and executive chairman Tim League. “With this robust slate of bold films, we are looking forward to bringing independent cinema back to theaters in a big way!”
THE WRAP: MAY 12, 2023
Giant Pictures Hires Ahbra Perry and Jennifer Luisi, Ups Madeleine Schumacher to Director Roles (Exclusive)
Giant Pictures has hired Alamo Drafthouse’s Ahbra Perry and AMC Networks’ Jennifer Luisi to two new director roles, while promoting Madeleine Schumacher to director of distribution.
VARIETY: MAY 11, 2023
‘Bill & Ted’ Star Alex Winter’s YouTube Doc Scores Theatrical Release Courtesy Drafthouse Films (EXCLUSIVE)
The film, which made its world premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2022, explores the ascension and potential fall of YouTube, the world’s most popular video-sharing website. In the docu, YouTubers, reporters, and experts weigh in on the platform, its algorithms as well as privacy and ethical issues the site presents.
KCRW: MAY 5, 2023
'The Ants & the Grasshopper' unpacks America's contribution to climate change
The filming of "The Ants & the Grasshopper" began in 2010, when it was intended to be a web series shot from different perspectives in Malawi, Peru, and Singapore. "In the end, the money ran out but this story in Malawi wouldn't go away, it just kept developing," says co-director Raj Patel. The film follows the story of a community attempting to end hunger and fight patriarchy. Then, it takes another turn when narrator and lead character Anita Chitaya discovers how responsible Americans are for global climate change.
DEADLINE: APRIL 25, 2023
Yellow Veil Pictures & Drafthouse Co-Acquire U.S. Rights For ‘Once Upon A Time In Uganda’
Yellow Veil Pictures and Drafthouse Films have co-acquired U.S. rights to the documentary Cathryne Czubek’s documentary Once Upon A Time Uganda.
DEADLINE: MARCH 11, 2023
Drafthouse Films Acquires Documentary ‘Chop & Steele’ About “Legendary Showmen” Who Created The Found Footage Festival; Sets April Double Feature Release
Drafthouse Films has acquired North American rights to the documentary Chop & Steele, about the creators of the Found Footage Festival, announcing plans to release the film in April at Alamo Drafthouse theaters as part of a double bill with another newly-acquired doc, A Life on the Farm.
DEADLINE: FEBRUARY 14, 2023
Giant Pictures Takes U.S. Theatrical, VOD Rights To Oscar-Nominated Documentary ‘A House Made Of Splinters’
Giant Pictures today announced it has acquired U.S. theatrical and VOD rights to the Oscar-nominated documentary feature A House Made of Splinters, a film that until very recently lacked any American distribution.
VARIETY: MAY 9, 2022
Drafthouse Films Sells to Giant Pictures, Sets Nick Savva as CEO (EXCLUSIVE)
Digital distributor Giant Pictures has acquired Drafthouse Films, the genre movie label formed by Alamo Drafthouse founder Tim League.
Giant Pictures general manager Nick Savva will serve as CEO of the company, which will continue to operate under the title Drafthouse Films. League will become the chairman of Drafthouse Films.