Possible Film Distributors

When researching possible film distributors for our film I first looked at horror film distributors in the UK to look at the distributors that are similar to our film, that way when they distribute our film people will know what type of film our film is because if it’s a globally known as distributing horror films then the audience will know our film is in the horror genre. Another reason is that horror film distribution companies will know how to distribute horror films and how to best reach our audience in turn bringing us more publicity and a bigger audience. However just because it is a horror distributor, doesn’t mean it will reach more audiences. If we choose a distributer that is well known and is bigger than any of the horror distributors we find that could reach more people than a small horror company. But regardless, it needs to be feasible and local so it actually supports our film being a small film.

When I was looking for possible distributors I came across Lionsgate. Lionsgate are a $2 billion company that specialise in production and distribution they are known as one of the top 20-film distribution companies in the world. They have had many, many box office films and are known globally. I also found that Lionsgate are a huge company that are experienced in distributing horror films could distribute our film. They have distributed many films here are a list of a few: The Last Exorcism, Cabin in the Woods, A Vampires Tale, Alive or Dead, Alone in the Dark, American Psycho, Cabin Fever, The Decent, You’re Next, Texas Chainsaw 3D, Saw I, Saw II, Saw III, Saw IV, Saw V, The Decent 2, Jessabelle and so many more. The fact it is a huge company that distributes horror films it almost sounds perfect for our film however it isn’t that local. Yes it is based in the UK but it isn’t local. Another fault with this company is that it is a huge company therefore may not be feasible and easy for us to convince to distribute our film. So although Lionsgate is a perfect company to distribute our film, they wont be able to distribute our film as they don’t distribute films this small.

The next film distribution company I found is Warp films. I know Warp films because we study it in our theory section of our media work. I know that warp films are a film distribution company based in London and Sheffield. This is useful to us because Sheffield is very close to us therefore checking off the box that it is local to us now to look if it is possible to distribute our film. Looking at the films they have distributed they are not high budget films which makes it good for our film as we aren’t a high budget film therefore a small film distribution company will be good as they know how to distribute films and yet won’t cost much. Warp films produced a TV program known as This is England which is quite a successful program. They also produced Four lions which is also a very popular comedy film in the UK. Looking at all the possibilities I think Warp films would be a good distribution company to distribute our film however they aren’t very well known and maybe they can’t get our film out to the amount of people we need. Also it is a case of that they aren’t known for distributing horror films so maybe they’re not the ones for us.

I also came across Arrow films which is a UK based film distribution company they take films from all over the world and distribute them nationally and sometimes further. They are not a well known company but whilst researching them something just drew me to them. They see themselves as one of the most energetic and lively film distribution companies in the UK. They have produced films such as; Gods Pocket, Honeymoon and a few more. They haven’t produced many horror films but they know how to do it and how to get the films out to the best audience. This tells me that perhaps they are a good company to distribute our film. They turn the low budget films into big successful films which makes it all the more better for our film.