Distribution opportunity for indie features

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SaintEuphoria

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Just found this over at the Shadow Creek Studios website:

This was just listed at the Shadow Creek Studios website:

Shadow Creek Studios is currently looking to expand its catalog of feature-length (70 minutes or longer) independent films. If you are a filmmaker who has a completed independent film of at least seventy (70) minutes in length, Shadow Creek Studios may be interested in distributing your film. This is a rare opportunity for filmmakers in that we are seeking unsolicited films for possible worldwide or domestic distribution. If you are interested in submitting your film for possible distribution, please send a copy of your film on DVD (region 0 or 1, DVD-R or DVD+R is acceptable) in NTSC format plus an electronic press kit (must include a trailer!) to:

Shadow Creek Studios
11763 95th Avenue North
Maple Grove, Minnesota 55369

Your film must be at least seventy minutes long and you must own all rights to the film (you must have obtained permission to use all music, audio and video contained in your film). Films that are received without an electronic press kit containing a trailer will automatically be rejected.

Once your film is received it will be reviewed for potential distribution. If your film is accepted, Shadow Creek Studios will contact you with further instructions. If your film is rejected for any reason, your DVD and press kit will be destroyed. If you would like your film returned to you, please include a self-addressed mailer with proper postage.

IMPORTANT! There is no obligation and this costs you nothing. This is simply a great opportunity to have your film reviewed for possible DVD, VOD and/or theatrical distribution through Shadow Creek Studios. Submitting your film does not automatically qualify you for distribution. No distribution deal with any filmmaker or production company will be finalized until a contract is signed and received by both parties. Filmmakers under the age of 18 must acquire their parents' permission before submitting a film.

NOTE: This opportunity is ONLY for COMPLETED FEATURE-LENGTH (70 minutes or longer!) independent films. We are NOT looking for shorts, screenplays, books or treatments. Any inquiries about short films, screenplays, books, or treatments will not be answered.

For more info, visit the Shadow Creek Studios website at www.shadowcreekstudios.com.
 
The American Film Market and Cannes are the real way films are distributed.

I'd be very wary of this offer. The website is terribly unprofessional, they don't have a deep library and they show no proof that they have the ability to distribute your film.

Companies like this come and go every year. What they don't tell the filmmaker is that they usually attend the AFM or Cannes, rent a booth and try and sell the rights to your movie to buyers.

Perhaps, this company isn't like that...but if they are legit they're failing to look like it.
 
Wait a minute...

Wait a minute...

Doesn't the website flat out say "looking to expand its catalog of features?" How does that happen without people submitting their films to them? Besides, how does submitting your film to a company hurt anything? Isn't it ultimately up to you, the filmmaker, to sign a contract with a company before anything can be bought or sold?

And to clear up your initial point, the company is not looking to resell your film at Cannes. What's so unprofessional about their website?
 
Yeah, this looks pretty flimsy. Any filmmaker who can make their own website and burn a DVD has about the same distribution reach as Shadow Creek. You're better off releasing a film yourself than signing distribution rights away to tiny distributors like this.
 
Well I've got nothing against people making their own B-grade slasher films and self-distributing them, but fronting like they're a "worldwide distributor" that can offer theatrical distribution and soliciting other filmmakers' work is stretching it quite a bit.
 
Prodigi Pictures said:
Before I answer your questions could you please answer one of mine?

Are you in any way affiliated with this company?
Click to expand...

You've had two weeks to answer this simple question. This either means:

1.) You are quite busy.
2.) You don't want to answer it.
3.) You are trapped under a heavy boulder.

Regardless, I have a duty to make sure fellow independent filmmakers are warned about risky ventures. We work hard making our movies. A distributor needs to prove they are capable of professional packaging, promotion, replication and distribution before we should hand over our hard work.

This distributor has shown none of that. The website is cheesy, the films are amateurish, the catalog is in the single digits and they provide no proof that they have successfully distributed a film before.

I think any filmmaker on this site should be wary of such a company.
 
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