SXSW Panel: Arthouse Awakening: Indie Distribution Today

What's the future of cinema amid a landscape of streaming services?

"...things filmmakers should consider when contrasting the value of distribution via brick-and-mortar cinemas vs. on-demand streaming? Experienced distribution representatives..."

March 13, 2017 SXSW Post by Marjorie Baumgarten

Austin Bicycle Meals Offers Pedal-Powered Distribution to the Streets

Meals on (two) wheels

"...and hard-up individuals whose paths they cross. The food distribution effort, headed up by Austin residents Kelly Wourms and..."

Sept. 29, 2023 Food Feature by Kevin Curtin

Water Distribution Sites Open Around Austin

Boil water notice, water use restrictions still in place

"...alleviate the situation, Austin/Travis County is opening ten water distribution sites around Austin on Sunday. All sites will provide..."

Feb. 21, 2021 News Post by Kimberley Jones

Austin Documentary Gets Distribution Deal

PJ Raval's Call Her Ganda to receive Oscar push

"...film for AGLIFF 2018, it's been picked up for distribution by Breaking Glass Pictures, and the studio has officially..."

Aug. 31, 2018 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

'Zero Charisma' Rolls a Double Six on Distribution

Nerdist and Tribeca team up for Austin role playing comedy

"...be Nerdist's first entry into the world of film distribution. The pairing with Tribeca makes a lot of sense,..."

July 21, 2013 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Thanksgiving Dinner Distribution at the Cantu Pan-Am Center

Nov. 22, 2021 Photo Gallery

'Eden' Gets Domestic Distribution

Drama about human trafficking premiered at South by Southwest

Aug. 29, 2012 Screens Post by Monica Riese

Extra Credit

How a class I took in college helped find distribution for a low-budget, high-caliber indie

"...willing, we were to work collectively to find theatrical distribution for the film. Our efforts would focus on distributors..."

July 14, 2006 Screens Feature by Brian Clark

Passion Project

Jim Cummings is supercharging self-distribution with Thunder Road

"...Self-distribution is normally a dirty term in film circles, usually..."

Oct. 12, 2018 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

Brand on the Run

Synergy is the name of the game at Drafthouse Films, the distribution arm of the Alamo empire

"...risky? Absolutely. But that's why he founded his own distribution company in the first place. He calls Drafthouse Films..."

Aug. 31, 2012 Screens Feature by Richard Whittaker

The Lovers on the Bridge

Carax's stridently anti-romantic romance is curiously full of extravagant visual panache.

"...times that long for the film to find American distribution (under the auspices of Martin Scorsese and Zoë, the..."

Nov. 26, 1999 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Alamo World Domination Plan Continues Unabated

The Drafthouse announces a new distribution banner

"...But who woulda thunk it would be into film distribution?..."

Sept. 9, 2010 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Drafthouse Films Returns to Release Jallikattu

Local distro house acquires India's Oscar contender

"...Drafthouse Films is back: the distribution arm of the Austin-based Alamo Drafthouse theatre chain is..."

Jan. 20, 2021 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

Austin Horror Crew Launch Bloodoath Filmmaker Consulting

Paper Street creatives join forces with genre experts

"...who to ask about anything. Now veteran filmmakers and distribution experts, including many recognizable names from the Austin genre..."

Nov. 19, 2020 Screens Post by Richard Whittaker

YMCA x Brighter Bites = Free Fresh Produce

How citizens can get free boxes of fruits and vegetables

"...with Brighter Bites and DiMare Fresh to host free distribution of fresh produce beginning Tuesday, May 19, at the..."

May 18, 2020 Food Post by Wayne Alan Brenner

SXSW Panel: Theatrical vs. Streaming

Finding distribution and finding an audience on big and small screens

"...make feature length films on their phones. Finding lucrative distribution is another story. With the rise of Netflix and..."

March 11, 2018 SXSW Post by Milo Webb

Dangerous Men

Instant midnight classic marries inspiration with sub-par technique

"...but obviously the honchos at Drafthouse Films, the company’s distribution arm, decided Dangerous Men was a good thing, because..."

Nov. 13, 2015 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

The Connection

The French-made Connection owes much to The French Connection

"...heroin, and then shipped off to the U.S. for distribution. The film documents the dismantling of that trade route,..."

May 29, 2015 Movie Review by Josh Kupecki

Sundance, 78723

Sundance Institute & AFS partner for #ArtistServices Austin Workshop

"...Sundance Institute and the Austin Film Society have announced..."

April 9, 2014 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

The FP

This potential cult-movie masterpiece is likely the most original dance film you'll see this year.

"...The latest film to be picked up for distribution by Austin's (Alamo) Drafthouse Films is every bit as..."

March 16, 2012 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Drafthouse Films Acquires New Film

SXSW hit 'The FP' to be distributed in 2012

"...Drafthouse Films, the year-old distribution arm of Alamo Drafthouse, announced today that its acquisition..."

Aug. 1, 2011 Screens Post by Kimberley Jones

Best Worst Movie

Premiering in Austin, this documentary is about the purportedly "best worst movie" ever made, Troll 2, and its enthusiastic fans.

"...emerging from the festival circuit and into a theatrical distribution run beginning with this Austin opening. The piece is..."

April 23, 2010 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Stuff the Cooler – With Black Tar Heroin!

APD trumpets big heroin bust

"...APD PIO:Investigation results in federal indictments for Austin-area heroin distribution operation Members of the Austin Police Department Narcotics Conspiracy..."

March 12, 2008 News Post by Wells Dunbar

The Ultimate Gift

In this inspirational film, a deceased tycoon's will decrees that his grandson perform a series of tasks to determine if the young man is worthy of inheriting the fortune.

"...storytelling is the newest effort from Fox Faith, whose distribution includes The Last Sin Eater and several upcoming titles..."

March 16, 2007 Movie Review by Toddy Burton

No Man's Land

This bleak antiwar comedy won the Oscar for Best Foreign Film of 2001.

"...bleak anti-war comedy has received only enough sporadic U.S. distribution to make it eligible for Academy Award consideration. The..."

March 22, 2002 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Last Resort

"...festival-circuit favorite, Last Resort is the first film in distribution company Shooting Gallery's 2001 package tour of films --..."

April 20, 2001 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Duets

"...were excised in order to satisfy the Disney studio's distribution requirements. Supposedly what's gone are some overt images of..."

Sept. 15, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Cecil B. Demented

"...movie does anything to rally crowds against cinema's mass distribution of mediocrity then it has served a noble purpose...."

Aug. 18, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Detroit 9000

Blaxploitation classic re-released in 1999 by Quentin Tarantino's Rolling Thunder distribution company.

"...honky mofo in my soup. Quentin Tarantino's Rolling Thunder distribution group unleashes on the world yet another exuberantly asinine..."

July 23, 1999 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

A Stranger in the Kingdom

"...much about a film's content as its financing and distribution...."

June 11, 1999 Movie Review by Russell Smith

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