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Where Film Meets Audience

We’re a global film distribution and exhibition platform built for film creators. Get your film to audiences everywhere through direct rentals, interactive streaming events and live in-person screenings.

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What We Do

We power your global direct to audience distribution strategy by providing you with best-in-class technology and access to audiences globally.

Global Streaming

We’re available worldwide, but you get to control your available territories.

Back Office

Our system handles payment processing, licensing, ticketing and rentals for you.

Proprietary Technology

We’ve built incomparable film delivery technology to securely send video files and deliver interactive streaming events.


Trusted by filmmakers and distributors

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How Audiences Can Watch Your Film

We offer 4 ways for audiences to experience your film. You can enable any and all of these options.

Live Screenings

Build community and generate hype through live events.

In-person

We deliver your film to screening hosts and spaces around the world though our secure Offline Cinema Player.

  • Cloud-based, downloadable, digital film delivery
  • No DCP or DVDs required
  • Watermarked until showtime
  • No wifi needed after download

Live Virtual

Our virtual cinema schedules and synchronizes the movie watching experience. Audiences participate in the text chat. Connect with your audience by joining a live Q&A after.

  • Synchronous stream for co-viewing
  • Live text chat
  • Live video broadcast for Q&As
  • Logo placement option for hosts

Kinema On Demand

Allow audiences to watch at their own convenience to maximize sales.

Watch Now Rental

Share your film directly with audiences through our Transactional Video on Demand (TVOD) rental option, called Watch Now.

  • Non-exclusive TVOD rights
  • Option for audiences to "Pay What You Wish"
  • 48 hour watch period
  • Instant payouts

Event VOD

Effortlessly enable your partners to set up their own virtual cinema and drive their audiences to watch your film on VOD. You have the option to offer a revenue share.

  • Event VOD cinema open for 1-30 days
  • Audiences watch on demand
  • Control over optional revenue share splits
  • Optional branding in VOD cinema for partners

How to Join

1

Review

Make sure your film meets our standards and guidelines.

2

Join

Choose a pricing plan and revenue share option below.

3

Upload

Upload your film metadata and video files.

4

Relax

Wait 48 hours for your film to be encoded and reviewed by a human.

5

Promote

Go live and promote!


Pricing Plans

We deliver the best in class technology and customer service support for you, your screening hosts and audiences.

Generate More Revenue

$45.00

monthly
per film

or save 50% and pay $270.00 annually

Revenue Shares

Ticket Sales

45% Filmmaker | 45% Host | 10% Kinema

License Fees

80% Filmmaker | 20% Kinema

TVOD Rentals

Set your own price | 99¢ fee per rental

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Pay Less Upfront

$15.00

monthly
per film

or save 40% and pay $108.00 annually

Revenue Shares

Ticket Sales

30% Filmmaker | 45% Host | 25% Kinema

License Fees

60% Filmmaker | 40% Kinema

TVOD Rentals

Set your own price | 99¢ fee per rental

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Key Product Features


How You Make Money

There are three ways to generate revenue from your film through screenings and TVOD on Kinema. These are all optional for you to offer, or not offer, to screening partners and audiences.

Licensing

This is what screening hosts can pay upfront to show your film to an audience for free. Prices are set by you and can vary based on audience size and organization type.

Ticketing

Instead of upfront licensing fees, offer your hosts the option to sell tickets and share in the revenue. Modify your revenue share with hosts during onboarding to fit your film and goals.

Rentals

Sell direct rentals of your film at a price of your choosing. You can also offer 'Pay What You Wish' pricing so that viewers can pay what makes sense for their budget, or contribute more to your film if they choose to.

With Kinema, we saw the possibility of prioritizing a community screening window above others and were able to promote our film as an alternative to festivals and theatrical releases. The results could not have been more powerful. Audiences gathered across time zones and borders, creating a feeling of intimacy and connectedness and sharing the spirit of resilience that our film presents.

Sanjay Rawal
Director, 'Gather'

Any Questions?

Contact us anytime for more information.

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