Cinéart

• BENELUX independent distributor

• Member of the D-Platform

• 8 digital releases

Digital Releases

• Merry Christmas (2005)• Congo River (2006)• Azur & Asmar (2006)• Max & Co (2008)• Female Agents (2008)• Funny Games U.S. (2008)• Le Silence de Lorna (2008)• The Class (2008)

Release ENTRE LES MURS

• Luxemburg: September 26th, 1 digital print• Belgium: October 1st, 6 digital and 21 35mm

prints• Netherlands: November 27th, 19 35mm prints• Same release plan as if it was only in 35mm

• Today: 23 prints still running in Belgium and

Luxemburg (digital and 35mm)

Digital release

• Authorization from the director

• Other distributors interested

• Enough screens to do it

Screens• Belgium: 94 digital screens (+- 20% of the total)

• Luxemburg: 14 digital screens (+- 50% of the total)

• Belgium: release in multiplexes

• Luxembourg: release in a cross-over theater

• In both countries, digital release in theaters with

enough digital screens to change capacity

• No second run in digital, except for the equiped

multiplexes

Prints & Keys

• Only DCP’s, no 35mm in backup, no digital sent by cable• DCP’s for 3 months, 1 will stay longer for special

screenings: french week in flemish theaters, schools, special screenings… all in multiplexes

• VPF: only access fees to pay to the theaters, no free access, no VPF for third parts

• KDM’s for the national release, and for special screenings to come or in multiplexes other than the ones of the national release

Pros & Cons

• In this case a real economy: third of a 35m • Print’s mobility and flexibility • Useful for special screenings, even if only in

multiplexes• Quality of the digital prints >< 35 mm after

numerous screenings (image, sound, subtitles)

Pros

Pros & Cons

• Managing digital & 35mm together not simple

• We don’t own the prints• After a while DCP (hard disk) won’t work• Keys management• Gentleman’s agreement

Cons

Conclusion

• Digital prints useful

• Lowers the costs

• Some complications, due essentially to the youth of the support and the inexperience of all

• Titles in digital for arthouse cinemas