LES FILMS DU LOSANGE • French Independent distributor • Member of EUROPA DISTRIBUTION and DIRE • 3 Digital Releases
DIGITAL RELEASE LES PLAGES D’AGNÈS by Agnès Varda Date of release: December 18th 2008 ANTICHRIST by Lars Von Trier Date of release: June 3rd 2009 LE RUBAN BLANC by Michael Haneke Date of release: October 21th 2009
SCREENS • France : around 650 digital screens (around 12% of the total, raising fast). • Principally in multiplexes: CGR: around 350 screens Europalaces (Pathé + Gaumont): around 80 screens Kinepolis: 32 screens • Few art house theaters with digital screens and none digital screens by UGC.
RELEASE “LE RUBAN BLANC” October 21th 2009 Release principally in Art House theaters, none CGR and few multiplexes, only multiplexes in the town center like UGC and few Gaumont and Pathé. 11 digital prints and 126 35mm prints Same release plan as if was only in 35mm
• Minimum 15 booking more to come in digital. • The 11 digital prints: PARIS - MK2 Odeon PARIS - Cinéma des cinéastes PARIS - Balzac PARIS - MK2 Quai de Seine BLOIS - Lobis BORDEAUX - Utopia ST GAUDENS - Regent BOURGOIN JALLIEU - Mégaroyal AIX LES BAINS - Victoria CANNES - Arcades FORBACH - Paris • Minimum 15 booking more to come in digital.
DIGITAL PRINTS, VPF & KEYS 6 DCP for the 11 theaters, no digital sent by cable and no 35mm prints in backup. VPF : only free access except one paid to a third part (Ymagis) for a special screening and the release in Blois. KDM for the national release for minimum 8 weeks for special screenings specially with schools.
PRO & CONS • Pros A real economy specially with the cost of the 35mm black and white print. Control of the capacity with the keys. Quality of the screening. A beautiful and modern black & White. Useful for schools screenings if it’s long time after the release. Same quality after several screenings.
Cons digital & 35mm together is difficult to organize. Art houses theaters are still not enough equipped. Difficulty to work with third part. If we have to pay a VPF, still high, the digital print can not go to another theater after.