Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is launching a distribution label, Alamo Exclusives, to bring unreleased film festival movies to theaters through limited-run screenings. The program is aimed at titles that do not secure distribution after festival premieres. According to reports, Alamo Exclusives will screen films from major festivals and events, including Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca, TIFF, Cannes, Berlin, and Alamo Drafthouse’s Fantastic Fest. The first release planned for the label is a documentary related to the band Butthole Surfers, identified as an SXSW documentary. The initiative positions Alamo Drafthouse as not only an exhibitor but also a distribution partner for independent festival films that have trouble reaching wider theatrical audiences. Details in the coverage describe Alamo Exclusives as an “exclusives” series associated with the theaters’ dine-in experience, with the intent of creating a consistent outlet for festival titles that remain undistributed.
Alamo Drafthouse Announces Alamo Exclusives for Unreleased Festival Films
Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is launching a distribution label, Alamo Exclusives, to bring unreleased film festival movies to theaters through limited-run screenings. The program is aimed at titles that do...
- Alamo Drafthouse Cinema launches a new distribution label called Alamo Exclusives.
- The program focuses on unreleased films that did not secure distribution after festival screenings.
- Alamo Exclusives will offer limited-run theatrical engagements.
- Planned sources include Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca, TIFF, Cannes, Berlin, and Fantastic Fest.
- The first announced title is the Butthole Surfers SXSW documentary.
Alamo Drafthouse is launching a distribution program that’s designed to showcase film festival releases that never scored distribution. Through Alamo Exclusives, the dine-in cinema will offer limited runs of titles that weren’t acquired from festivals including Sundance, SWSW, Tribeca, TIFF, Cannes, Berlin and its own genre-focused Fantastic Fest. The company’s hope is creating a platform […]
1 month agoThe Alamo Exclusives series will highlight films from Sundance, SXSW, Tribeca, TIFF, Cannes, Berlin, and its own Fantastic Fest.
1 month agoEXCLUSIVE: Alamo Drafthouse Cinema is getting into the distribution business with their new label Alamo Exclusives, which will offer limited run theatrical engagements to unreleased film fest titles on the exhibitor’s screens. The move by Alamo Drafthouse comes at a time when it has been increasingly challenged for independently financed film festival movies to find nationwide theatrical […]
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