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Filmmaker's Clearing House
Results of Survey and Evaluation of Distributors

In evaluating these results, please keep in mind that the number of respondents is limited. The Filmmaker's Clearinghouse was established over a year ago, and the Survey of Independent Filmmakers regarding their experiences with distributors was launched at that time. As the body of data grows, the results should become more meaningful. The results below indicate a real time compilation of all user input to date.

These results do not represent a random selection of filmmakers. The results reflect only the opinions of those filmmakers who have chosen to comment. Consequently, the results may not accurately reflect the experience of other filmmakers who have dealt with a particular distributor.

Filmmakers should carefully research a distributor's reputation, and speak to other filmmakers who have dealt with that distributor, before entering into a contract. The information supplied at this site is just the first step in researching a distributor.

The Distributor's performance was based on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being the poorest & 5 being the best.

Number of submissions: 136
Regular/ Timely Producer Reports

Timely Payments

Quality of Marketing Materials

Spent Agreed Amount on Promotion

Honesty/
Integrity

Overall

 Average
Chip Taylor Communications 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
RGH LionsShare Pictures 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Echelon Entertainment 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Synapse Films 2 2 2 0 4 3 2
Barnholtz Entertainment 1 1 2 0 1 1 1
WORLD INTERNATIONAL NETWORK 1 1 2 0 1 1 1
Amazing Movies 4 5 5 5 5 5 4
Alexlia International Pictures 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Amco Entertainment 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
Arrow Entertainment 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Amazing Movies 4 4 5 5 5 5 4
Amazing Movies 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Amazing Movies 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Arrow Entertainment 2 0 4 1 2 2 1
Arrow Releasing 1 1 3 2 1 1 1
Artist View Entertainment 4 4 3 4 4 3 3
Brimstone Entertainment 1 0 1 1 1 1 0
Broadstar Entertainment 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
California Newsreel 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Coe Film Associates (NY) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Curb Entertainment 4 3 4 4 4 4 3
Indican Pictures 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Cutting Edge Entertainment 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
Double Helix (Krishna Shah) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Filmhaus 1 2 1 3 2 1 1
GEL 1 1 2 0 1 1 1
IAC Films 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
IAC Films 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
IAC Films 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
IAC Films 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
IAC Films 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
In Pictures 1 1 1 0 1 1 0
Insight Media 1 4 1 2 3 1 2
ITC Entertainment 1 1 3 3 1 2 1
Jane Balfour Films, Ltd. 1 2 1 0 3 2 1
Jane Balfour Films, Ltd. 1 3 1 0 3 3 1
Jones Entertainment Group 1 1 1 0 1 1 0
K-Beech Video 5 4 4 4 5 4 4
Lakeshore International 3 3 5 5 5 4 4
Leo Films 1 0 1 1 1 1 0
Lightage Filmworks 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
MDP Worldwide 3 2 4 1 1 2 2
MDP Worldwide 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Meteor (Netherlands) 1 1 3 0 1 1 1
MGI Production and Distribution 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
Million Dollar Video Corp. 2 2 3 3 3 3 2
Moviestore 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
MPI Home Video 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Mustang Films 1 1 2 3 1 1 1
New Day Films 5 5 0 0 5 5 3
New Day Films 0 4 4 0 5 5 3
October Films 2 4 4 5 4 4 3
Overseas Filmgroup 1 1 4 3 4 4 2
Overseas Filmgroup 5 5 4 5 5 5 4
Planet Pix 4 4 3 4 5 4 4
Raven Pictures International 1 1 3 3 1 1 1
Raven Releasing 1 1 1 0 1 1 0
Raven Releasing (Video) 1 0 1 1 1 1 0
Redwood Communications 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
Redwood Communications 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Santelmo Entertainment 1 1 3 2 1 1 1
Scorpio International 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Shapiro-Gliechenhaus Entertainment Corp. 3 1 4 1 1 1 1
short@cuts verdecchi s.a.s 2 1 3 3 4 3 2
Showcase Entertainment 5 4 5 5 5 4 4
Silverlake Pictures 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Strand Pictures 1 1 2 1 2 1 1
Stranger Than Fiction 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Soho Entertainment 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
American World Pictures 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Trident Releasing 1 1 4 3 2 2 2
Myriad Pictures, Inc 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
White Star 2 3 1 1 4 2 2
Williamson Distrib. Co 0 1 0 0 1 1 0
Wolfe 3 3 3 4 4 4 3
Woman Make Movies 4 4 3 2 3 2 3
Zeitgeist Films Ltd. 4 4 4 4 4 4 4
Panorama Entertainment 3 1 1 1 1 1 1
RGH/Lions Share Pictures/Echelon Entertainment/Singa Home Entertainment 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
SubRosa Studios 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Sub Rosa Studios 4 0 4 0 5 4 2
The Film Company Ltd/ High Point Films & TV Ltd 1 1 1 0 1 1 0
RGHLIONSSHARE PICTURES 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ECHELON PICTURES 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ECHELON ENTERTAINMENT 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
ECHELON ENTERTAINMENT 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
SPARTAN HOME ENTERTAINMENT 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
PorchLight Entertainment 4 4 2 2 4 4 3
MTI Video 3 3 2 3 3 3 2
wild bunch 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
horizon entertainment strand releasing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Creative Light Entertainment 2 3 1 1 2 2 1
Crative Light 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Echelon Entertainment 1 1 1 0 1 1 0
Image Entertainment 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Raedon Entertainment Group 1 1 2 2 2 1 1
Echelon Entertainment 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
the Asylum 1 1 4 1 1 1 1
the Asylum 1 1 3 1 1 1 1
Echelon-Newmark Entertainment Group 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Music Video Distributors 4 4 3 4 4 4 3
Cinemavault 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Echelon Entertainment 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Showcase Entertainment 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Indican Pictures 0 0 2 3 3 2 1
Urban/Delta/MTI 1 1 3 1 1 1 1
Indican Pictures 5 4 5 5 5 4 4
Indican Pictures 5 0 4 5 5 5 4
Indican pictures 5 5 5 5 5 5 5
Bhandari Films 5 5 4 5 5 5 4
Ardustry 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Ardustry 4 0 4 0 3 2 2
Echelon Entertainment (terminated) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Koan Inc. 3 3 3 3 5 4 3
RGH / Lions Share (Echelon) 1 1 1 1 1 0 0
Video Home Ent. (VHE) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Red Dist. (Red Music subsid of Sony / BMG) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Barnholtz Entertainment 0 1 2 0 2 3 1
Moviehouse 5 4 5 4 5 4 4
Pro-Active Entertainment Group 1 1 1 0 1 1 0
MTI 1 2 1 1 1 1 1
Maverick Entertainment (Domestic) 0 5 4 0 4 4 2
fox searchlight 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Horizon ent. (operating out of canada) 2 1 2 1 1 1 1
Maxim Media 5 4 3 1 4 3 3
Maverick Entertainment 1 1 4 3 1 2 2
American World Pictures 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Echelon Entertainment 3 1 2 2 1 1 1
High Point Media Group 1 3 1 2 2 2 1
Indican Pictures 4 4 4 4 5 4 4
bside 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
big sky motion pictures 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
York Entertainment 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Echelon Studios 4 0 1 2 2 1 1
CINEMAVAULT 1 1 1 1