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Help us improve Cinesouq, get full free access to our film and TV distributors and resources

31 Mar

We are reaching out to you to get your feedback and help so we may serve the independent film community better.

We are giving you a free access to our full database and resources, to utilize for your own needs. The Cinesouq database allows you to connect with U.S. and international distributors to let them know about your projects, and our list of resources and tools will help you with your distribution needs.

All we want in return is your feedback.

Resources and Tools Cinesouq provides you with:

  • Domestic Video Distributors List – Contact list of North American Video distributors.
  • Domestic Theatrical Distributors List – Contact list of North American Theatrical distributors.
  • International Video Distributors List – Contact list of International Video distributors.
  • International Theatrical Distributors List – Contact list of International Theatrical distributors
  • Sales Agents List – Contact list of sales agents.
  • Producers’ Reps List – Contact list of producer’s reps.
  • Attorneys List – Contact list of entertainment attorneys.

Delivery Materials:

  • Delivery Checklist – Checklist of all deliverables for distribution.
  • Delivery Schedule – DVD/TV – Standard schedule for DVD/TV delivery of masters and elements.
  • Delivery Schedule – Theatrical – Standard schedule for Theatrical delivery of masters and elements.

Additional Resources

  • Projected Sales Percentages Per Territory
  • Distribution Agreement Template
  • Notice of Delivery Template
  • Minimum Guarantee Invoice Template
  • Delivery Materials Invoice Template

Our Mission: Cinesouq to Democratize Film Distribution

To help independent filmmakers overcome the challenges related to the marketing and distribution of their filmed properties, to succeed and profit from their works utilizing the power of the internet and its vast possibilities, and to fortify our commitment to keeping the spirit of the independent filmmaking alive throughout the globe.

All you need to do is just register with your e-mail address on www.cinesouq.com within the month of April 2011, and we will activate our resources so you may start utilizing them.  You have 30 days from the time you register.

After you have a chance to use the site, we please ask that you take a moment and send us your feedback by e-mail: info@cinesouq.com

We thank you for your time and help.

The Cinesouq team.

Cinesouq

Cinesouq enables domestic and international distributors to screen and the license the rights of motion pictures instantly

29 Mar

Cinesouq™ The World’s Online Film Market™

Hollywood Wizard is the first-and-only, motion picture sales company in the world, to launch its own Online Film Market, Cinesouq enables domestic and international distributors to screen and the license the rights of motion pictures instantly, from the comfort of their offices or homes.

In today’s economy, it’s more challenging than ever. Money is tight, and competition is fierce. As an innovator in the distribution field, Hollywood Wizard launched Cinesouq to overcome these dire market conditions while generating more financial returns to our clients — distributors and filmmakers alike.

Our service is simple and clear, to bring our distributor clients the best films made by the most talented independent filmmakers from around the world, ahead of your competitors to help you succeed in releasing these films while saving time and money.

We are continually designing and implementing marketing activities and strategies to attract films with commercial appeal that are suitable for distribution in all territories.

Cinesouq was designed keeping in mind how valuable your time is. We made screening and licensing films effortless. We will be glad to register you, and send you your access info immediately. Then, all you have to do is login and start benefiting from all that we have in store for you.

Just e-mail us, or call us, and we promise you will be glad you did.

E-mail: info@cinesouq.com
Tel: (818) 734-7261

The Cinesouq Team


Film production, pre-sales, domestic and international tax incentives, gap financing and distribution.

29 Mar

Consulting Services and Pre-Sales

At Cinesouq, you have the advantage of consulting with a highly experienced team with over 20 years of direct experience in film production, pre-sales, domestic and international tax incentives, gap financing and distribution.

Our knowledge of the domestic and international marketplace and dedicated approach provides you with customized packages, quick decision-making and sophisticated solutions. In addition, our team members maintain relationships with distributors and broadcaster worldwide to give the additional advantage of making valuable connections with industry leaders in the field.

A breadth and depth of solutions to cover your every need:

Production Services include:

  • Full analysis and evaluation of treatments, and scripts
  • A comprehensive analysis of the production budget and the shooting schedule
  • Identify name talent that is best suited to your project to insure its success in domestic and international markets

Pre-sales services include:

  • Long term strategic sales planning
  • Create and launch marketing campaign
  • Provide accurate and bank approved sales projections
  • Identify and engage distributors who will benefit from licensing the rights to your project for their respective territory
  • Licensing the rights to bankable distributors

Domestic and international tax incentive services include:

  • help oversee the entire incentive process from application to collection
  • Help you find the best state or country where you get the most rebates and tax credits for your filming needs
  • Suggest qualified production services companies in the U.S.
  • Arrange for co-producing partners in other countries when utilizing international tax incentives

Financing options include:

  • Structure a financing plan tailored specifically to your project needs
  • Facilitate Film & TV production loans (including discounting pre-sales, cash flow of domestic and international tax incentives, and gap financing)
  • Raise equity through domestic and international co-producing partners/distributors

Distribution services options include:

  • Full analysis and evaluation of finished feature films.
  • Accurate revenue projections based on current market conditions.
  • Long term strategic sales planning and marketing
  • Negotiation, licensing, collections and delivery of your film worldwide
  • Follow up on all distribution and marketing issues
  • Capability of doing direct sales for theatrical, ancillary markets, video, pay-per-view, pay TV, basic cable, and free television in the U.S.

Put our years of experience to work for you, so we may help you minimize your risk and maximize your returns.

Please send us your preliminary project info by e-mail:

  • Synopsis and treatment of your project (no script is needed at this stage)
  • Production budget range
  • Producers and key crew bios or resumes
  • A list of attached talent if any
  • Location where you anticipate filming
  • Preliminary funds if any
  • Your contact info

Please allow at least 48 hours to review your project info, and we will contact you with our basic requirements to proceed from there.

At Cinesouq, our goal is to provide you with the means to succeed!

E-mail: info@cinesouq.com
Tel: (818) 734-7261

SHOOTING APRIL finds distribution in North America and Japan through Cinesouq

28 Mar

It’s crucial to find the right distributor for your film.  Having been to the film markets before, I was intrigued by the idea of an online film marketplace that could be accessed by buyers anytime, from anywhere in the world; so I decided to give Cinesouq a try with our film “Shooting April”.

Within months we had a deal in the works with a great distributor who loved our film and really wanted to get behind it.  They licensed Shooting April for all of North America and Japan, and we now have a DVD and broadcast VOD launch coming in early 2011.

Cinesouq was a valuable partner throughout the process. They did everything they said would do, and a lot more on top of that.  I’d go with them again in a second.

Tod Lancaster, producer

Action star Mimi Lessoes and Tom Sizemore in the feature film Double Duty available for worldwide distribution on Cinesouq

14 Oct

DOUBLE DUTY (2010)

cast : MIMI LESSEOS, SUSAN DUERDEN, ALFONSO FREEMAN, CONNIE STEVENS, KAREN BLACK, TOM SIZEMORE (Saving Private Ryan / Black Hawk Down / Heat)
director : STEVEN ECKELBERRY
producer : MIMI LESSEOS
writer : MIMI LESSEOS AND WAYNE BAUER
editor : STEVE NIELSON
director of photography : BODO HOLST

Action, Romantic Comedy

After devoting her life to the Marine Corp. as a top notch warrior, Major M.J Logos (Mimi Lesseos) feels that something is missing. She wants to know what it’s like to be a regular woman. She leaves the Marine corp. and tries to start life again as a civilian. But she keeps being pulled back into combat in one way or another, having to fight her way to save her friend Sophia (Susan Duerden) from being ripped off in an evil plot by Sophia’s assistant ( Alfonso Freeman). During her adventures, Mimi meets Craig (Tom Sizemore), a handsome man who is maybe just a little too in touch with his feminine side. Heck let’s face it, Mimi thinks he’s gay. And Craig thinks M.J is just a little too much like a man. Between the two of them. M.J must learn to be more of a woman, and Craig must be more of a man.

This Action, Romantic Comedy  -  Both Sizemore and Lesseos are a pair of  hilarious dynamic duo that keeps us laughing as well as touches our hearts.

Jesse Eisenberg the star of The Social Network in The Living Wake Film available for international distribution on Cinesouq!

8 Oct

The Living Wake

cast : Jesse Eisenberg (The Social Network / Zombieland / Adventureland / The Squid and the Whale), Mike O’Connell

director : Sol Tryon

Director Sol Tryon’s critically acclaimed debut feature is a timeless fairytale with a biting sense of humor. When self-proclaimed genius K. Roth Binew (Mike O’Connell, Funny People) learns his life will be cut short by a grave but unnamed illness, he decides to go out in style-with a living wake. Accompanied by his faithful assistant Mills (Jesse Eisenberg, Zombieland), K Roth spends his scheduled final day on earth revisiting all the people who touched his life – from the village prostitute, to his estranged mother – in order toinvite them to his grand finale.

Guaranteed to be a cult classic, The Living wake plays out like a combination of Monty Python’s absurdist humor and Wes Anderson’s delicate styling. What unfolds onscreen is a clever, whimsical fable about the nature of death.

Take your film to the American Film Market for free with Cinesouq!

4 Oct

Take advantage of this once-a-year event! Cinesouq will be attending and exhibiting at the American Film Market from November 3-10, 2010.

We will be promoting Cinesouq and all the films listed on our site to over sixteen hundred buyers from around the world.

Add your film and reach all those potential buyers, its free, so you have nothing to lose. Check it out! www.cinesouq.com

We provide you with easy steps to market your film:
— Create your Profile Page with your photo, bio, and awards
— Create a film page with your title’s info, trailer, key art, stills, synopsis, awards, reviews and contact.
— Instantly publish your title to go live for everyone to see.

Our Mission Statement

Cinesouq to Democratize Film Distribution

To help independent filmmakers overcome the challenges related to the marketing and distribution of their filmed properties, to succeed and profit from their works utilizing the power of the internet and its vast possibilities, and to fortify our commitment to keeping the spirit of the independent filmmaking alive throughout the globe.

Thank you and see you on Cinesouq – The World’s Online Film Market.

Sign up now and get connected!

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Cinesouq at the AFM – American Film Market

November 3-10, 2010
Loews Hotel Santa Monica
Visit us @ Suite # 501

MMA Worldwide TV series available for worldwide distribution on Cinesouq!

1 Oct

MMA Worldwide TV Series (2010)

Mixed martial arts is a young sport where things continue to happen that signify change. But it is the only professional sport where fans can really connect with the fighters, often times having a beer with them after the fights if they happen to be at the same bar. The humbling experience that got many of these fighters to where they are today is the same reason they stop and take pictures, sign autographs and don’t leave fans waiting. Fighters like Chuck Liddell, BJ Penn, Quinton Jackson and Gina Carano are far more than just household names; they are superstars that people follow religiously through guest appearances, movies, TV shows, videogames and mass merchandising. And though the UFC is often-times the only promotion synonymous with MMA in the hearts of new fans, it’s important to recognize the grassroots movement, the regional promoters like Sven Bean, Monte Cox and Terry Trebilcock and the MMA media (on and off the Internet) that has worked so tirelessly to keep fans connected. There are local MMA events to be found in almost every state and the local fighters who make $1,000 could be the world champions making over a million in a few years. The evolution of MMA as a sport was a fight in itself. Now it is up to you to carry on that torch by educating people on why mixed martial arts is the greatest sport of a new generation.

House of the Wolfman feature film available for worldwide distribution on Cinesouq!

1 Oct

House of the Wolfman (2010)

cast : Ron Chaney, Sara Raftery, Dustin Fitzsimmons, Cheryl Rodes
director : Eben McGarr
writer : Eben McGarr
cinematography : Royce Allen Dudley

Horror

Five strangers are invited to a castle under the pretense that one may inherit it. Little do they know what dangers await at the House of the Wolfman.

Nicotine Bees feature film available for worldwide distribution on Cinesouq!

1 Oct

Nicotine Bees (2010)

director : Kevin Hansen

Documentary

Nicotine Bees is a documentary film about the worldwide, simultaneous death of honeybees – and the threats to our food security

In 2005-2006, honeybee colonies worldwide started to collapse. Alarmingly, since then the problem has gotten worse, not better: 40-50% of bees in the U.S. and in some E.U. nations died in the year 2010 alone. Because bees are needed for one-third of our food supply, this is a serious global issue.

What is the explanation for the dieoff of honeybees worldwide, simultaneously? Using good science and experts across the US, Canada, Germany and India, Nicotine Bees explains the simultaneous, worldwide honeybee dieoffs – with the same weird bee behaviors – often referred-to as ‘Colony Collapse Disorder’ or CCD.

Although bees have been threatened for a long time, this was a new and very different problem. French, German and Italian experts clearly linked honeybee dieoffs to a new class of pesticides based on nicotine that made the entire plant toxic – flowers, pollen, leaves, stems and roots. These nicotine-based pesticides are now the most widespread pesticides on earth.

Positively, when the nicotine pesticides were banned, the honeybees rebounded in Italy, France, Germany, and Slovenia.

This documentary film offers explanations that work, solutions for recovery and a path forward for bees and our food security.

Irene In Time feature film available for worldwide distribution on Cinesouq!

1 Oct

Irene In Time (2010)

director : Henry Jaglom

Drama

A puzzle about love and time, a mystery in which clues are found and secrets are revealed, Irene In Time is a look at complex relationships between fathers and daughters and the consequences – years later – on the grown women’s relationships to the men in their lives.

Phyllis And Harold feature film available for worldwide distribution on Cinesouq!

1 Oct

Phyllis And Harold (2010)

Documentary

Phyllis and Harold is an astoundingly frank journey through a disatrous 59-year marriage. Drawing on a lifetime of her family’s home movies and interviews made over 12 years, filmaker Cindy Kliene mixes reportage, cinema verit’e and animation to uncover family secrets and tell a story that could not be shown publicly as long as her father was still alive. Phyllis and Harold delve into the mystery of time passing, the nature of living a life, and the challenges of losing those we love. But it is also a loving, funny expos’e on the sins of suburbia. Imagine Bergman’s Scenes From a Marrige seen through the prism of I Love Lucy.

Just Like The Son feature film available for worldwide distribution on Cinesouq!

1 Oct

Just Like The Son (2010)

cast : Mark Webber (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World / Snow Day / Bomb the System), Antonio Ortiz, Rosie Perez (Pineapple Express / White Men Can’t Jump / Perdita Durango)
director : Morgan J. Freeman

Drama

Told with equal parts eloquence and passion, the story follows 20-year-old Daniel Carter (Mark Webber, Jesus’ Son, Storytelling), a petty thief performing community service at a Greenwich Village elementary school. There, he befriends eight-year-old Boone (the adorable Antonio ‘A.J.’ Ortiz). When Boone’s mother is taken ill and the youth is sent away to a foster school, Daniel “rescues” him and together they set out on a road trip–funded partly by shoplifting and burglary–in which friendship, redemption and adventure are all within one’s grasp.

No Boundaries feature film available for worldwide distribution on Cinesouq!

1 Oct

No Boundaries (2010)

director : Violet Mendoza, Jake Willing

Drama

Love can conquer all obstacles and cross any border in No Boundaries, a captivating new film from writer-director Violet Mendoza and director-DP Jake Willing that puts a human face on the timely and volatile issue of illegal immigration in America today.

Hoping to earn money for an operation for her ailing mother, Isabel Moreno (ravishing newcomer Dani Garza) leaves South America and enters the United States illegally. Staying with her cousin Martin in Philadelphia, she finds employment and an extended family with Martin’s landlords Gloria and Maurice. She also quite unexpectedly falls in love with a handsome American, Christopher (Mark McGraw, son of Philadelphia Phillies great Tug McGraw), who unbeknownst to Isabel is an immigration officer.

How all their lives intersect and touch one another forms the basis for an exceptionally poignant and riveting romantic drama that ultimately affirms that love, indeed, knows no boundaries.

Sex Stories (Histoires de sexe(s)) feature film available for worldwide distribution on Cinesouq!

1 Oct

Sex Stories (Histoires de sexe(s)) (2010)

cast : Phil Hollyday, Rico Simmons, Lou Charmelle
director : Ovidie, Jack Tyler

Erotic

In the Vein of groundbreaking films like Shortbus, Irreversible and 9 songs, vomes Sex Stories, a humanistic and lighthearted exploration of the many pleasures, quirks, and follies that inhabit people’s sex lives.

Two simultaneous dinner parties unfold – one for a group of female friends, the other for their male counter parts. At each dinner table, the conversations quickly deleve into the characters recent sexual escapades: there’s the adventurous couple tries “swinging”, the middle-aged woman who notices a spark of intrest from her daughter’s boyfriend, and the young newlywed who thinks sex simply isn’t for her. With comic subtlety, the film capyures the many contrasting views – men’s women’s, young and old, conservative and liberal – about what it means to be a good lover.

Focus/Refocus feature film available for worldwide distribution on Cinesouq!

1 Oct

Focus/Refocus (2010)

cast : Cole Streets, David Taylor

Gay & Lesbian

San Francisco! The cross roads of gay culture where, sex, love and temptation dance a dangerous two step. Joe (Cole Streets) is a porn- obsessed twenty-something who loves to film his hot boyfriend Eddie (David Taylor) having sex. Eddie is not interested in being filmed, but that doesn’t stop Cole! The plot thickens as someone e-mails him a clip of Dario Stefano (Steve Cruz), his favorite porn star, in a private home video. When the guys in the video start turning up dead, Joe finds himself on a deadly disturbing adventure that he himself might not survive!

Someone’s Knocking At The Door feature film available for worldwide distribution on Cinesouq!

1 Oct

Someone’s Knocking At The Door (2010)

director : Chad Ferrin

Horror

A gruesome and graphic horror tale about a group of unsuspecting friends being terrorized by a pair of psycho killers. In a nod to those classic ’70′s indie splatter films, the story follows six college classmates on a drug – and sex filled week-end. When one of them is brutally  murdered, it soon becomes clear that one by one they are being stalked by the unknown killers. Someone’s Knocking at the Door is Russ Meyer meets Dario Argento, in which youthful, voluptous bodies find their doom in a blood-splattered orgy of murder and sex. A unique and original grindhouse thriller that will keep you guessing right up untill its unpredictable and shocking ending.

The Final Girl feature film available for worldwide distribution on Cinesouq!

1 Oct

The Final Girl (2010)

director : Todd Verow

Gay & Lesbian

Leslie Jordan: My Trip Down The Pink Carpet feature film available for worldwide distribution on Cinesouq!

1 Oct

Leslie Jordan: My Trip Down The Pink Carpet (2010)

Gay & Lesbian

My Trip Down The Pink Carpet is Leslie Jordan’s rollicking, faced-paced collection of stories served up with wit, panache, and plenty of biting asides. Filled with overwrought childhood agonies, offbeat observations, and revealing celebrity encounters – from Boy George to George Clooney – it delivers a fresh, laugh-out-loud take on Hollywood, fame, addiction, gay culture, and learning to love oneself.

Recorded during Leslie’s live one-man-show in Atlanta, My Trip Down The Pink Carpet shows the singular comedian in rare form as takes material from his book of the same name and brings it to life onstage.  With his signature southern drawl and self-deprecating humor, Leslie recounts the trials of being a gay, southern man with aspirations of entering show business.  Above all, his story affirms the importance of defining your own success – even if you’re a man who fell out of the womb and landed smack dab in your mother’s high heels!

Easter Bunny Kill Kill! feature film available for worldwide distribution on Cinesouq!

1 Oct

Easter Bunny Kill Kill! (2010)

director : Chad Ferrin

Horror

From Chad Ferrin, the acclaimed director of the cult hit Someone’s Knocking At The Door, comes this twisted and frieghtening low-budget shocker, a stylish and totally original confection where gore, violence, suspense and humor all intersect for a creepy and shocking good time. It’s Easter, sixteen-year-old Nicholas’ favorite holiday. When the mentally and physically disabled youth’s mother, Mindy, begins a relationship with a psycho killer, bizarre events begin to unfold – especially  after Nicholas takes a seemingly normal rabbit into the house. But when home intruders, prostitues and street trash are murdered in bizarre gruesome ways, just who is the bunny-masked killer committing these horrendous crimes?