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Film collective

Show your films without waiting to be picked up

A catalogue of independent films, with the feel of a real platform.

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Who it is for

You have a catalogue of films and no platform has taken it.

What it settles

  • Posters and rows, arranged by the collective
  • Subscription, 48-hour rental or purchase, film by film
  • Subtitled originals, resume, and My list

Products used

To stream independent films, Videas gives the collective a platform at its own address: large posters, trailers, rows of films. Each film opens through a monthly subscription, a 48-hour rental or a purchase, in its original language with subtitles, and the viewer resumes where they left off.

“Ciné Marge” is a collective of independent filmmakers invented for this walkthrough. Ten years of low-budget films, Sarah Benali chairing it, Tom Laurent handling distribution.

Films waiting for a platform to want them

An independent film tours festivals, finds its audience for three weeks, then waits. Large platforms rarely take catalogues like this one, and when they do they decide the price, the placement and what you get to know about the viewers.

Meanwhile the films sleep, and the audience that loved them at a festival has nowhere to see them again.

A platform of your own, with the feel of a real one

Everything lives on a channel at the collective’s address, in black: the film of the moment large with its trailer, then the rows, new releases, features, shorts, first films. Those rows are arranged by the collective, not by an algorithm: it is an editorial line, not a recommendation.

The films play in their original language, subtitled by Scribe, and one work can carry several audio tracks. For a cinema audience that is the price of entry, not an extra.

And the viewer finds what they expect without thinking: the Resume row with the films they started, and My list. Those two gestures are only noticed when they are missing.

Subscription, rental or purchase, on the same film

The subscription opens the whole catalogue monthly or yearly. The two-day rental serves whoever wants a film tonight. The purchase gives permanent access. The shorts stay free with an account, and the three shapes coexist film by film.

A paid film keeps its public page, poster and synopsis included, and its trailer plays in place of the feature. On a festival’s site, the sales player shows the same poster with its entry price, and brings people back here to pay.

Two limits to know before signing a distribution contract: there is no territorial restriction, and no studio-grade protection. For a catalogue sold straight to its audience that is the right trade; for a release under a strict contract it should be checked in advance.

The same mechanism serves a production company for its catalogue, and an independent outlet for its documentaries.

How it works, step by step

  1. The platform

    The film of the moment large, its trailer running, then the rows: new releases, features, shorts, first films. The feel of a major platform, at the collective's own address.

  2. A film's page

    The trailer plays in place of the film, the synopsis stays public, and three doors open: a two-day rental, a purchase, or the subscription.

  3. The series

    Episodes follow each other beside the player, and you move between them without returning to the home page. Features, shorts and episodes live in one catalogue.

  4. Original language, subtitled

    Several subtitle tracks per film, and several audio tracks. For a cinema audience that is rarely a detail: it is the condition for watching at all.

  5. Resume, and My list

    The two gestures a viewer expects without thinking about them. Their absence, on the other hand, is noticed by the second visit.

  6. Coming soon

    The next film announced with its poster and its date, then published by itself on the day. A release is prepared, not announced once it has passed.

  7. The film on sale elsewhere

    On the film's page or a festival's site, the player shows the poster and the entry price. Payment happens on the collective's own platform.

  8. The subscribers

    Who signed up, who subscribed, who rented. The collective's audience belongs to it, and it is to them that the next release is announced.

  9. The sales

    What the subscription, the rental and the purchase each weigh, and which films carry the catalogue. A figure no distributor returns this quickly.

Catalogues already online

Ciné Marge is invented; these three are not: a creator, a themed channel and a publisher distributing their catalogue straight to their audience.

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Frequently asked questions

Can you build a platform for independent films under your own name?

Yes: a channel at your address, in black or in whatever colours you choose, with large posters, a banner playing the trailer and rows of films. The rows are arranged by you, not by a recommendation algorithm.

What is the difference between SVOD and TVOD for a film catalogue?

SVOD is the subscription: the viewer pays monthly or yearly and opens the whole catalogue. TVOD is the transaction: they rent a film for a period you set, or buy permanent access. Both live on the same platform, film by film.

Can you offer films in their original language with subtitles?

Yes, and for a cinema audience it is often what decides them: several subtitle tracks per film, produced and translated by Scribe or imported, and several audio tracks, original, dub or audio description. The viewer chooses in the player.

Does the viewer resume a film where they stopped?

Yes, and they find the films they started in a row of their own, with progress bars. They also keep what they want to watch in My list. Those are the two gestures an audience expects from a platform, and their absence is noticed immediately.

Can you announce a film before its release?

Yes: the film appears in advance with its poster and its date, without a player, then publishes itself on the day. Enough to run a release like a release, rather than telling people once the film is already up.

Can a series be filed episode by episode?

Yes, the episodes follow each other in a list beside the player, and you move from one to the next without going back to the home page. A feature, a short and a series episode live in the same catalogue.

Can a film be sold from another website?

Yes, with the sales player: on the film's own page or on a festival's site it stays locked, shows its poster and its entry price, and its button leads to the rental or purchase on your platform. Payment happens at your end.

Can a film be restricted to one country?

No, there is no territorial restriction. That is a limit worth knowing if your distribution contracts impose one: the platform cannot filter a film by country.

Are the films protected against copying?

The player streams and downloading is allowed film by film, but there is no studio-grade protection. For an independent catalogue sold straight to its audience that is usually the right trade; for a release under a strict contract it has to be checked in advance.

How is the platform watched?

In the browser, on computers, tablets and phones, and on the television through Chromecast or AirPlay. There is no connected-TV app and no mobile app to install.

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