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• Annual Public Performance Site License • Show as many movies as you want inside your library • Price based on service population • Does Not Offer Single Event License
The major studios are covered under the annual license for public libraries: Dreamworks Animation, Fox Look, Twentieth Century Fox Film Corp. , Fox – Walden, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Fox 2000 Films, and STX Entertainment.
PUBLIC LIBRARIES Service Population Annual License K-12 SCHOOLS Full-Time Enrollment Annual License 1 to 10 K $135 Up to 150 $125 10 K to 50 K $200 151 to 300 $155 50 K to 100 K $250 301 to 500 $180 100 K+ $315 501 to 1, 000 $230 1001+ $295
• Annual Public Performance Site License • Show as many movies as you want inside your library • Multi-year pricing and multi-branch discounts • Single Event License
These studios are covered under the annual license for public libraries: Walt Disney Pictures, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. , Sony Pictures, NBC/Universal Pictures, New Line Cinema, Lionsgate Films, MGM, Touchstone Pictures, Hollywood Pictures, Columbia Pictures, Tri. Star Pictures, Summit Entertainment, Focus Features, Miramax, Warner Independent Pictures, Fine Line Features, United Artists, Paramount Vantage, and Screen Gems.
Movie Licensing USA also works with these studios on a title by title basis: A 24, Magnolia Pictures, Weinstein Company, TSI/Amazon, Bleecker Street, Broad Green Pictures, STX Entertainment, Open Road Films, Monterey Media, Ra. DIUSTWC, Relativity, Samuel Goldwyn, Turner Pictures and many others.
Public Performance Rights
How Do I Pay for This? • • • Programming budget Friends or Foundation Community sponsors Fundraiser Donations at the door Charge admission?
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Some POV Topics • • • Human trafficking: The Storm Makers PTSD: Of Men and War Drug war: Kingdom of Shadows Down Syndrome: The Grown-Ups Poetry: Still Tomorrow Campaign Finance: Dark Money
Anime
What to Show • • • Series Film festival Based on books Genre-specific Depends on age your are targeting • Children • Teens • Young Adults • Seniors • Family-friendly
Ratings Sites for Children • • Kids in Mind Common Sense Media Parent Previews Plugged In
Promotion • • • General marketing Licensing restricts promotion For children’s consider low or high age limit Consider if parents must be present For a children’s film, does an adult have to have a child with him or her?
Programming Ideas
Books-to-Film
Books and Film • Human Trafficking: • Book: The Guest Room by Chris Bohjalian • Documentary: Not My Life (2011) • Biography: • Book: Cleopatra: A Life by Stacy Schiff • Film: Cleopatra (1963) • Female Spies: • At Risk by Stella Rimington • Atomic Blonde (2017)
Use Your Calendar
Calendar Ideas • January (National Blood Donor Month) • Any vampire movie • February (National Weddings Month) • Any movie about weddings • March (National Nutrition Month) • A documentary about food • April (National Humor Month) • Any comedy • May (Older Americans Month) • Any movie with a mature cast • June (LGBTQ Pride Month) • A movie or documentary focusing on the LGBTQ community
Calendar Ideas • July 8 th (Video Games Day) • Any movie with video games or a movie based on a video game • August (Romance Awareness Month) • A romance • September (Classical Music Month) • A movie or documentary about classical music • October 31 st (Halloween) • Any horror film • November (National Novel Writing Month) • Any movie about an author • December 10 th (Human Rights Day) • A movie or documentary focusing human rights
Film Discussion Group
Award-Winning Films
Themes
Based on Lists The 50 Greatest Films of All Time (British Film Institute) The 10 Best Disney Films (British Film Institute) Best Movies of All Time (Rotten Tomatoes) The Top 100 Comedy Movies (Rotten Tomatoes) 50 Movies All Kids Should Watch Before They're 12 (Common Sense Media) • Top 25 Directors of All Time (IMDB) • Top 50 Worst Movies of All Time (IMDB) • • •
Patron Votes
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