Artistic Quality Films
Sweet Mara deals with the underlying theme of man’s struggle for freedom against persecution; and the indomitable spirit to survive and overcome oppression, temptation and betrayal. People will flock to an artistic, high quality character driven story which impacts through the use of comedy, romance, drama and adventure. With an award winning team of Director, Director of Photography, and “A-list talent”; the artistic quality, historical context, and depth of Sweet Mara will attract film goers from around the world.
“Sweet Mara” has a compelling universal story, vivid characters and a dramatic historical backdrop, it will appeal to both sophisticated American and International film audiences that have supported recent films such as “Hotel Rwanda”, “The Lives of Others,” “The Last King of Scotland,” and “The Constant Gardener.”
The following film companies have successfully targeted the independent audience:
- Fox Searchlight
- Sony Picture Classics
- Warner Independent
- Samuel Goldwyn
- Focus
- Picturehouse
QUICK FACT SHEET:
Sweet Mara
Genre/Rating Drama/PG-13
- PG 13 Films make up largest category of the 50 all time grossing films both in number of films and profit
- Family films make up 75% of the top 50 films
- With 18,000 theaters and less than 500 films released annually there is a huge demand for new films
- 2006 was one of the biggest grossing income year in film history
- Independent film companies supply 70% of the current market
Budget/Location 5.7 Million/Romania
- * Unspoiled natural locations
- * Experienced crews and production facilities
- * Low construction/labor costs enable quality films to be produced for up to half the budget of a U.S. film
- * Reliable professional workforce
- * Big modern studios with full-time English-speaking employees
- * New Kodak owned and operated lab
Francis Ford Coppola, Anthony Minghella, Franco Zeffirelli and Costa-Gavras are only some of the
internationally famous directors that made their most recent films in Romania due to the tremendous
financial savings and professional quality.
PROFIT STREAM MODEL
The Gross Profit and Revenue Stream Charts have been developed by Fantastic Films Co-Founder, Fred deWysoocki, who has been a leading international sales professional for over twenty years. Fantastic Films will be our initial film distributor. Both charts provide information as to traditional distribution and revenue streams for independent films.
* PLEASE NOTE THIS IS FOR DOMESTIC BOX OFFICE ONLY ADDITIONAL MONIES WILL FOLLOW FROM OVERSEAS BOX OFFICE AND OTHER REVENUE STREAMS.
* Numbers in red provide an example of a film grossing 20 million and profit distribution based on that figure.
Revenue Stream
- Order of Revenue Implementation For Sweet Mara:
- Sweet Mara will be release theatrically after playing the major film festival circuit.
- Domestic release
- International release
- Domestic Video, DVD, Pay per View
- Cable, Free television
- All ancillary media, including internet, iPods and other PDAs.