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Rock Bottom and Back
ROCK BOTTOM AND BACK (short film)
Director: Steven Scaffidi
Producer: Mission Films, Yasny Entertainment Talent: Danny Trejo
Website: www.rockbottomandback.com
Services Provided: Branding, Website Design, Social Media Set-up and Management, Content Creation, Publicity, Community Screenings, VOD Distribution
Success Story: This film is being marketed in tandem with a book by the same name and utilized by BIC Media Services to bring hope to those most in need with charitable fundraisers and free film screenings offered as part of the awareness campaign. Available on Pureflix.com and Christian Cinema.com targeting the faith and family market. Cinedigm is distributing the film on digital and VOD.
TOWED (short film)
Director: Grant Janes
Producer: Tonya Agurto
Website: www.towedfilm.com
Services Provided: Branding, Website Design, Social Media Set-up and Strategy, Publicity, Film Festival Strategy and Representation, Distribution
Go Far: The Christopher Rush Story
GO FAR: THE CHRISTOPER RUSH STORY (feature doc)
Director/Writer/Producer – Zack Arnold
Co-Producer: Tracy Balsz
Cast: Mark Hamill
Website: www.gofarmovie.com
Services Provided: Branding, Website, Social Media, Crowdfunding, Digital Marketing Campaign, Film Festival Campaign, Publicity, Distribution, Non-theatrical campaign, Educational Speaker Series
Success Story: Seven years in production with four successful Kickstarter campaigns, this inspirational doc pulled the heartstrings of Mark Hamill to sign on as narrator, winning multiple Best Documentary Awards, secured worldwide distribution, launched a digital marketing campaign that went viral to promote the films launch, and is now on a traveling educational tour.
EATING HAPPINESS (documentary)
Director/Producer: Genlin
Producer: World Dog Alliance (Hong Kong)
Website: www.eatinghappinessmovie.com
Services Provided: Social issue doc disclosing the truth of the dog meat industry in Asia. Provided strategic plan and implementation of a worldwide branding, awareness, and distribution campaign including strategic partnership with Humane Society Int’l, Soi Dog, and Italian, European, Canadian animal rights organizations; US, non-theatrical screenings in UK, Italy, Canada; versioning of the film, trailer, key art for Italy, website design, self distribution theatrical campaign including 6 cities including Los Angeles and New York, festival run and preparation for Academy Awards campaign; social media and digital campaign including petition; publicity.
ALLEGED (feature film)
Director/Writer/Producer: Fred Foote
Cast: Brian Dennehy, Fred Thompson, Colm Meaney, Nathan West, Ashley Johnson
Website: www.allegedthemovie.com
Service Provided: Collaborated with first time filmmaker on all elements of marketing and distribution including website, key art, pitch package, press kit, festival representation (9 wins), publicity, social media and secured foreign distribution with Worldwide Filmed Entertainment and a domestic deal with Image Entertainment who launched their Faith and Family division Slingshot Entertainment with this film.
THERE BE DRAGONS (feature film)
Director/Producer: Roland Joffe, James Ordonez
Cast: Wes Bentley, Dougray Scott, Rodrigo Santoro, Olga Kurylenko
Distributor: Tayrona Entertainment Group
Services Provided: Coordinated international versioning of one-sheet, key art and official trailer for Latin American release; creative house New Wave Entertainment.
WITHOUT MEN (feature film)
Cast: Eva Longoria, Christian Slater, Kate Del Castillo, Guillermo Diaz, Maria Conchita
Alonso, Camryn Manheim, Paul Rodriguez
Distributor: Tayrona Entertainment Group
Services Provided: Coordinated international versioning of key art, teasers and trailer for Latin American release; creative house New Wave Entertainment.
CALIFORNIA INDIAN (feature film)
Director/Producer/Writer/Actor: Timothy Andrew Ramos
Producer: Chris Eyre
Cast: Gil Birmingham (Twilight), Julia Jones (Twilight), Gary Farmer, Mark Boone Jr
Services Provided: Secured traditional domestic DVD/digital deal with Vanguard Entertainment while simultaneously implementing a non-theatrical release targeting Native American communities in California and beyond, including a screening at the Smithsonian Institute, National Museum of the American Indian.
FAT CITY, NEW ORLEANS (feature film)
Director/Producer/Writer: Stephen Mouton
Cast: Josiah Lipscomb, Sean Carlin
Website: www.fatcityneworleans.com
Services Provided: Second project with filmmaker included consultation on the branding campaign, social media, festivals, publicity, and secured a domestic distribution deal with Vanguard Entertainment.
ON THE INSIDE (feature film)
Director: D.W. Brown
Producers: Mike Wittlin, Michael Rachmil, Jamie Kennedy
Cast: Nick Stahl, Dash Mihok, Olivia Wilde, Shohreh Aghdashloo
Website: www.ontheinsidemovie.com
Services Provided: Consulted with investor group in finishing the film, strategizing the marketing and distribution plan, re-titling, creative design of key art, sales reel, website, press kit, awareness campaign, social media and securing a worldwide sales rep.
THE CHIEF – Feature Film (one man stage play)
Director: Steve Parys
Executive Producers: Thomas E. Chaffe, Bruce Kaplan
Producer: Mike Wittlin
Cast: Tom Atkins
Website: www.thechiefmovie.com
Services Provided: Designed and implemented the branding, key art, website, pitch packet, social media, event production of a star-studded premiere in Pittsburgh, publicity, sponsorships, advertising, and secured domestic distributor.
Success Story: Targeted a niche Pittsburgh Steeler fan base with a regional DVD campaign in Pittsburgh and a roll-out of community screenings with Steeler fan clubs, nationally.
FREUDIAN EYEBROW (feature film)
Director/Producer: Stephen Mouton
Cast: Crystal Young (Lonely Girl)
Website: www.freudianeyebrow.com
Services provided: Created a niche market for this micro-budget quirky thriller. Designed key art, sell sheets, publicity, DVD packaging and secured a domestic DVD deal.
JORDAN SAFFRON: TASTE THIS! (feature film)
Director/Producer: Sergio Myers
Cast: Rachel Hunter, Steve Schirripa, Sergio Myers
Services Provided: Consulted with filmmaker on branding elements, DVD packaging, publicity, press kit and reviews. Filmmaker secured limited theatrical and home video distribution deal as a result.
DJINN (feature film)
Director/Producer: Sean Solimon
Cast: Navid Negahban / Sean Solimon
Services Provided: Secured home video distribution for straight-to-DVD/Blu-ray release and national VOD.
SPECIAL THANKS TO ROY LONDON (documentary)
Director: Christopher Monger
Producers: Karen Montgomery, Julie Warner
Cast: Patrick Swayze, Geena Davis, Jeff Goldblum, Drew Carey and many more.
Website: www.specialthankstoroylondon.com
Services Provided: Secured home video distribution for the film after having sat on the shelf for two years. Designed targeted grassroots effort to promote DVD into academic marketplace.
MOOLA! (feature film)
Director: Don Most
Producer: Lamese Williams, Carry Glieberman
Cast: Danny Baldwin, William Mapathor
Services Provided: Festival representation, publicity, talent and red carpet handling for world premiere event at Newport Beach Film Festival resulting in Best Director award. Distribution wide release on home video and VOD.
VALLEY OF THE HEART’S DELIGHT (feature film)
Director: Tim Boxell
Producer: Miles Murphy
Executive Producer: Scott Rosenfelt and B. Billie Greif
Cast: Pete Postlethwaite, Gabrielle Mann, Bruce McGill, Diana Scarwid, Emily Harrison, Tom Bower
Services Provided: Partnered with filmmaker from pre-production through post production on branding the film with website, press kit, bios, synopsis, focus groups, test screenings and festival representation at Newport Beach Film Festival and Boston Int’l Film Festival. Limited release theatrical distribution.
RED, WHITE, BLACK & BLUE (documentary)
Director/Producer: Tom Putnam
Website: www.alaskainvasion.com
Services Provided: Film representation and publicity at Locarno Film Festival with write up in Variety leading to eventual sale to Independent Lens PBS.
KIDS IN AMERICA (feature film)
Director: Josh Stolberg
Producer: Andrew Shaifer
Executive Producer: Scott Rosenfelt and B. Billie Greif
Cast: Gregory Smith, Nicole Richie, Julie Bowan, George Wendt
Services Provided: Created initial branding campaign and assisted filmmaker through production/post production including press kit, publicity, focus groups. Theatrical release in 700 theatres and home video release in all major retailers and VOD.