Since my posting about Jonathan Glazer’s amazing film, ‘The Zone of Interest’…
https://www.stage32.com/lounge/distribution/NEWS-The-Zone-Of-Interest-s-...
…I have become more interested in distribution. In my mind, if you are a producer, you should be excited by Distribution. Right? I must admit, when I first forayed into being a Producer (back in 2009) I was more daunted than excited, but the distro terrain has changed radically since then and I find myself exhilarated by the potential for thinking outside of the bounds of traditional models of (theatrical) release.
I was doing a little Sunday morning research and came across ‘Fathom Events’ on the BoxOffice Pro website:
https://www.boxofficepro.com/tag/fathom-events/
I then checked out the Fathom Events site:
https://www.fathomevents.com/about-us/
…and I began to see the potential for my film which is yes, in development, but it’s never too early to think about distribution and which model(s) will be appropriate for the theme of the story. Whilst we don’t fit Fathom Events ‘faith-based’ model, I decided to contact them about their acquisitions policy, as I was intrigued by their distribution model. (It’s Sunday, so I’m still awaiting a reply, but I’ll post it in the comments, below). Now, they may not meet exactly what I was looking for by way of ‘direct-to-theatre’ distribution, but it gave me another possibility for the film, when thinking of Events releasing.
Have any of you used Fathom Events for distributing your film? What was your experience of working with them? Are there any other similar companies out there, that work with films that aren’t ‘faith-based’?
Back to ‘The Zone of Interest’ - I noted with Glazer’s film that a Specialty distribution to the educational market was accessed and I think we may be a suitable film to follow this approach.
Have any of you produced a film that was right for the Specialty educational market? What was your experience?
Thanks for any insights that you post.
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Always we have a No as an answer, but we can have a Yes! Good try Geoff Hall I never heard about them, but go to check also :))
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Sandra Isabel Correia thank you, Sandra!
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I work with Fathom; in fact just spoke to Ray on Thursday. They are having their best year yet, but they are NOT only faith based. They do a lot of other specialized distro. It all comes down to marketing with them.
Laurie Ashbourne thanks, Laurie. Well, that’s interesting to know and a definite blip now on my radar. This is us on IMDb Pro:
https://pro.imdb.com/title/tt6054692/?ref_=m_nm_known_for_3
Geoff Hall Not sure what you mean by blip on the radar. Best of luck with your project.
Laurie Ashbourne y’know, now I know it exists and I have a bearing?