What kind of media institution might distribute your media product and why?

This choice would involve a choice of distribution company. Bearing in mind that my production is likely to be independent, this would limit my choice to company's that would be interested in such a film. Here are a few possibilities.


Momentum Pictures specialises in independent films. As a brand of Alliance Films, it became one of the leading UK distributors of independent films, releasing around 2o films per year. Past successes include Control, Dorian Gray and P.S I Love You. The company has recently been purchased by Paramount Pictures UK.


Paramount Vantage is a specialised arm of Paramount pictures. It distributes films with, for the most part, a more 'art-house' kind of feel. It has had vast critical success including the Coen Brother's films No Country For Old Men and There Will Be Blood, amongst others such as The Virgin Suicides. The company as a whole considers the quality of film more important that financial gain, having received an array of critical acclaim but only one film (No Country For Old Men) making a profit.


Focus Features is the 'art-house' films division of Universal Pictures. Although, based in the US, it does distribute foreign films alongside producing and distributing its own work. Its most successful releases include Brokeback Mountain and Traffic. It was also responsible for distributing Billy Elliot.




I think these distributors would be most likely to be interested in work similar to mine. They all specialise in Independent films, or art-house styles. In the case of Momentum, the fact that it has distributed Control makes it more likely they would be interested, as my film is of a very similar style. Of course, them coming on board would also involve a large investment, as well as a production studio such as BBC Films, or Film4 who are interested in British youth film making.