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Distribution : Has anyone dealt with Distribber recently? by William Scherer
Has anyone dealt with Distribber recently?
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Charge you lots of money. If you have a genre that will sell, then sell it. If you have a comedy or a drama, then you may as well self distribute but maybe do it yourself.
I was wondering the same, since Alex Ferrari posted in his latest podcast/rant about distribution on Filmtrepreneur warned of Distribbr, since he supposedly received complaints from filmmakers. i think he felt kinda uncomfortable since he promoted them heavily on his podcast over the years and also distributed one of their films with them. You can listen to the podcast here: https://filmtrepreneur.com/predatory-film-distributors/
P.S. Hope this helps. As an alternative you can also try Quiver (got a better reputation) as well as Filmhub. com which has a slightly different deal. No upfront and 20% on the backend. Once thing that makes me kinda uncomfortable is that there are now two services between me and the customer. As Adam from Filmhub erxplains. fi they don't get paid from for example iFllx (South East Asia, although I think their owned by Sony and probably will be liquid) or any other service you have a hard time to collect from due to distance) neither will you get paid. So you're waiting for everybody being honest and honor the reports. Which may or may not work...
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UPDATE: Allex Ferarri just confirmed in a FB live video that Distribberr officially under reorganization. All the key people left and offices are closed. Mo more movies are being accepted and royalties and refunds are frozen. He will upload a podcast later this morning on the Indiefilm Hustle site with more detailed info... so I guess that answers the OP.s question.
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Distribber is going bankrupt and involved in a several lawsuits which will affect it's ability to survive. Stay away.
I have a film with them and after 8 months they have never done that they say they would do. For any new filmmaker out there I would avoid them like the plague.
As more details emerge, it's very unlikely for them to get out of this and for any filmmaker to recover any funds. You can find out more details in a specially created FB group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/distribber/