cinéart
DESCRIPTION
Cinéart. BENELUX independent distributor Member of the D-Platform 8 digital releases. Digital Releases. Merry Christmas (2005) Congo River (2006) Azur & Asmar (2006) Max & Co (2008) Female Agents (2008) Funny Games U.S. (2008) Le Silence de Lorna (2008) The Class (2008). - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Cinéart
• BENELUX independent distributor
• Member of the D-Platform
• 8 digital releases
Digital Releases
• Merry Christmas (2005)• Congo River (2006)• Azur & Asmar (2006)• Max & Co (2008)• Female Agents (2008)• Funny Games U.S. (2008)• Le Silence de Lorna (2008)• The Class (2008)
Release ENTRE LES MURS
• Luxemburg: September 26th, 1 digital print• Belgium: October 1st, 6 digital and 21 35mm
prints• Netherlands: November 27th, 19 35mm prints• Same release plan as if it was only in 35mm
• Today: 23 prints still running in Belgium and
Luxemburg (digital and 35mm)
Digital release
• Authorization from the director
• Other distributors interested
• Enough screens to do it
Screens• Belgium: 94 digital screens (+- 20% of the total)
• Luxemburg: 14 digital screens (+- 50% of the total)
• Belgium: release in multiplexes
• Luxembourg: release in a cross-over theater
• In both countries, digital release in theaters with
enough digital screens to change capacity
• No second run in digital, except for the equiped
multiplexes
Prints & Keys
• Only DCP’s, no 35mm in backup, no digital sent by cable• DCP’s for 3 months, 1 will stay longer for special
screenings: french week in flemish theaters, schools, special screenings… all in multiplexes
• VPF: only access fees to pay to the theaters, no free access, no VPF for third parts
• KDM’s for the national release, and for special screenings to come or in multiplexes other than the ones of the national release
Pros & Cons
• In this case a real economy: third of a 35m • Print’s mobility and flexibility • Useful for special screenings, even if only in
multiplexes• Quality of the digital prints >< 35 mm after
numerous screenings (image, sound, subtitles)
Pros
Pros & Cons
• Managing digital & 35mm together not simple
• We don’t own the prints• After a while DCP (hard disk) won’t work• Keys management• Gentleman’s agreement
Cons
Conclusion
• Digital prints useful
• Lowers the costs
• Some complications, due essentially to the youth of the support and the inexperience of all
• Titles in digital for arthouse cinemas