TFC direct.
flat-fee service
We’re happy to introduce our new flat-fee direct distribution service…
Get your film onto iTunes, Netflix, Amazon VOD, Hulu Plus and YouTube Rentals!
For those of you whose films do not require the comprehensive worldwide digital strategy in our commission-based service, we offer a flat-fee service that gets your film onto iTunes while simultaneously transcoding it for submission to other platforms. Barring any technical problems, we can help get your film onto iTunes in appoximately 90 days.
Then we can try for other platforms, such as Netflix and Hulu, which can be a bit more difficult to get onto. But you won't pay if we can't get your film onto them.
If you are a DIYer, there are slightly cheaper options for Amazon and YouTube as well.
TFC takes no additional commissions on revenues generated from flat fee submissions.
To get started, just fill out the questionnaire below. We’ll contact you after we receive your info and answer any additional questions you have.
Please note that we’ll be using some of your answers as metadata, so please be accurate so we won’t have to redo it!
Fill out all fields using Title Case; please do NOT use ALL CAPS for any field. For simple lists, separate with commas, even before the last entry on the list.
| Production Company Information | |
| Legal name of your production company |
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| Contact Name | |
| Role | Director, Producer etc. |
| Phone | |
| Please pick a format for how would you like your © Copyright to appear on iTunes. | © 2012 Your Production Company. © 2012 Your Production Company. All Rights Reserved. |
| Main Film Information | |
| Film Title | |
| IMDb id: | e.g. “tt1368491” |
| Website: | http://www.mywebsite.com |
| Country of Origin: | USA/Canada/Germany |
| Year: | |
| Runtime | mins. |
| Synopsis | Please provide the best and most concise synopsis to describe your film the way you would like it to be listed in various platforms. Also if you are copying and pasting from somewhere else, please avoid the use of “curly” quotes and apostrophes. Use straight quotes and apostrophes instead. |
| Genre(s) | Action and Adventure Anime Classics Comedy Documentary Foreign Horror Japanese Cinema Jidaigeki Kids and Family Korean Made for TV Music Feature Music Documentary Musical Romance Sci-Fi/Fantasy Special Interest Thriller Rokusatsu Urban Western |
| Director: | John Smith, Amanda Johnson, Michiko Yoshitomo |
| Writer: | |
| Executive Producer: | |
| Producer: | |
| Co-Producers: | |
| Editor: | |
| Cinematographer: | |
| Production Designer: | |
| Sound: | |
| Music: | |
| Cast: | Name of Actor #1 (Character Name), Name of Actor #2 (Character Name), etc. |
| Festivals & Awards | |
| Festivals | Please provide the FULL and COMPLETE names of five of the film festivals you think will enhance the prestige of your film. |
| Awards | Please list any awards your film has won (use the exact language of the name of the award as provided by the film festival), and indicate full name of the each festival where the award was given. |
| E&O Insurance | |
| Do you have E&O insurance? | yes no Please note that E&O insurance is required for Netflix and Hulu |
| If yes, what kind and what terms? | |
| Language & Subtitles | |
| Main language of your film | |
| Does your film have English subtitles? |
yes no |
| If yes, are the subtitles external or burned-on? |
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| If external, do you have a subtitle file in .srt or .stl format? |
yes no |
| Broadcast & Theatrical History | |
| Has your film ever been broadcast? | yes no |
| If yes, please provide details | |
| Has your film ever been released theatrically? | yes no |
| If yes, please provide details | |
| If yes, was your film rated when released? | yes no |
| If yes, please provide details | Also note foreign ratings if available, and indicate why the film earned the rating that it received |
| If yes, do you have a closed-captioning file in .cap or .scc format? |
yes no |
| Technical Details | |
| What are the dimensions of your film? | 1280x720 1920x1080 other Please note that iTunes requires your film and trailer to be the same aspect ratio |
| Does your film have a 5.1 audio track? |
yes no Please note that iTunes HD requires an enhanced audio file, even if your video is 1080p |
| Will you be submitting your feature on a Tape or a Hard Drive? |
Tape Drive |
| Will you be submitting your trailer on a Tape or a Hard Drive? |
Tape Drive |
| iTunes | |
| iTunes allows submission to the following Territories, deemed “English-Lanuage Deliverable Territories,” with a single submission to iTunes. You can choose different release dates for each territory. USA Canada United Kingdom Australia New Zealand Republic of Ireland Bulgaria Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Estonia Finland Greece Hungary Latvia Lithuania Malta Netherlands Norway Poland Romania Slovakia Slovenia Sweden | |
| Are you interested in pursuing English-Language Deliverable Territories on iTunes? |
yes no |
| In order to get your film into the following iTunes stores, you will need to provide localized metadata, localized subtitles and localized key art. German: Germany/Austria/Switzerland French: France/Belgium/Luxembourg Castilian Spanish: Spain Italian: Italy Portugese: Portugal Japanese: Japan Latin American Spanish: Mexico (coming soon) | |
| Are you interested in pursuing any of these Foreign-Language Deliverable Territories on iTunes? |
yes no This iTunes add-on option is available for an extra $60 per country |
| Are you interested in offering both SD and HD versions on iTunes? |
yes no 1080p video and 5.1 audio is required This iTunes add-on option is available for an extra $100 charge |
| Are you interested offering your film for download on iTunes? |
yes no |
| Are you interested offering your film for rental on iTunes? |
yes no |
| Other Platforms | |
| Which digital platforms are you interested in pursuing for this title? |
Netflix Amazon VOD Hulu Plus YouTube Rentals |
| Questions, Concerns, Custom Requests? | If you have any questions, concerns or custom requests, please list them here and we will do our best to address them when we contact you after reviewing your information. |
© 2012 The Film Collaborative. All rights reserved.