TFC has negotiated a Worldwide NETFLIX deal for one of our clients. The film will be released in early 2016, and we will provide further details at that time. We also secured a deal in the mid-5-figure range for Somewhere in the Middle. Details on this deal and several others in the works will be announced soon.
TFC’s Theatrical Distribution program, serviced via our for-profit entity TFC-Direct, had a milestone year in 2015, releasing 9 films in total.
All four of all fall releases (A SINNER IN MECCA, THE MAN WHO SAVED THE WORLD, TAB HUNTER CONFIDENTIAL and (T)ERROR) were Village Voice Critics Picks and are fresh on Rotten Tomatoes.
2015 End-of-Year lists and the Road to the Oscars®
Five of our 2015 films (SONG FROM THE FOREST, A SINNER IN MECCA, 1971, (T)ERROR and TAB HUNTER CONFIDENTIAL) will vie, alongside a total of 124 other films, for Best Feature Documentary at next year’s Academy Awards™. Two of our Festival Distribution clients, THE ARMOR OF LIGHT and THE HUNTING GROUND, also made the list.
Although a shortlist of 15 films will not be announced until December, Indiewire has placed already tapped THE HUNTING GROUND as one of the "predicted five" films to compete, with (T)ERROR making the top 25.
Indiewire has also listed these two films, as well as TFC Festival Distribution client THE ROYAL ROAD as three of the best reviewed documentaries of 2015.
Tab Hunter Confidential
Tab Hunter Confidential opened Oct 16 and is booked in over 40 theaters.
It has been endorsed/promoted by Leonard Maltin, George Takei, Scott Feinstein and many more.
…even The National Enquirer and Fox News had pieces on the film.
(T)ERROR
(T)ERROR opened theatrically on Oct 7th. (T)ERROR’s co-directors are being honored with the 2015 IDA Award for Emerging Documentary Filmmaker(s) and the film was also listed as on Cinema Eye’s list of “The Unforgettables,” the most notable and significant nonfiction film subjects of the year. It is booked in 20 cities and has been profiled on CNN, This American Life, and by The New York Times. It also won the Full Frame Grand Jury Prize and Sundance Special Jury Prize. (T)ERROR is also nominated for the 2015 ABC News VideoSource Award.