Tribeca Movies, the distribution label from Tribeca Enterprises and Giant Pictures, has set multi-year partnerships with Kanopy and Kinema to stream the label’s catalog of independent festival movies.
The primary-of-their-kind output agreements will make it easier for festival favorites to achieve wider audiences. And the deals create necessary revenue structures for independent movies.
Tribeca is the primary festival to license movies with Kanopy and Kinema, and Kanopy is the exclusive educational and public library streaming partner for the label.
Kanopy works with libraries and universities to stream content without fees or commercials and Kinema is a direct-to-consumer exhibition platform, with a “pay what you would like” feature, for filmmakers and non-theatrical distributors to deliver live screenings to audiences in person or virtually on demand.
“Tribeca is a number one destination for filmmakers—from developing a project with Tribeca Studios, premiering on the annual Festival, to distributing with Tribeca Movies. We seek to champion independent cinema, and there are not any higher partners than Kanopy and Kinema,” Tribeca CEO and co-founder Jane Rosenthal said in an announcement. “More people deserve access to great movies. These output deals will make it even easier for wider audiences to find and watch festival favorites using a library card or attending an area screening event.”
Kinema CEO Christie Marchese added: “Tribeca Movies is understood for making a number of the world’s most creative and original movies, which is why we’re thrilled to assist expand their distribution footprint and permit our growing audience of movie-lovers to observe these titles wherever and each time they need.”
And OverDrive, the corporate behind Kanopy, executive vp, content, Jason Tyrrell said, “At Kanopy, our mission is to bring diverse and meaningful movies to public libraries and universities, offering a fastidiously curated collection of cinema to viewers in all places. This partnership with Tribeca Movies allows us to amplify that mission by providing exclusive access to a number of the most acclaimed festival movies, making it possible for more audiences to find and revel in these incredible stories.”
Tribeca Movies has greater than 50 titles in its library and the primary collection of movies under the agreement are 2022 Tribeca Festival best narrative winner Good Girl Jane; Mary Heilmann: Waves, Roads, & Hallucinations; A Bronx Tale; and In Her Name. Moreover, the next titles at the moment are available on Kinema: Nude Tuesday, Roving Women, Listen Up Philip and My Awkward Sexual Adventure.
Each deals were negotiated by Nick Savva for Tribeca Movies with Tyrrell for OverDrive and Marchese for Kinema.
