Entertainment Film Distributors is the best distributor for Turning Pages based on the following: 1) As the UK's largest independent film distributor, Entertainment Film Distributors is familiar with British audiences and Turning Pages features British iconography. 2) Entertainment Film Distributors has distributed global British successes like Lord of the Rings and national successes like St Trinian’s. 3) Entertainment Film Distributors works in home entertainment and would market DVD/Blu-Ray releases and extras, important for Turning Pages.

1. Which distributor
is best for
Turning Pages?

2. Through research of independent distributors based in
both the UK and the US, we came up with the following
shortlist of potential distributors:
• Entertainment Film Distributors
• Revolver
• Fox Searchlight
• Focus Features

3. Distributor of
British successes
UK’s largest
such as St Trinian’s
independent film and the Lord of
distributor the Rings trilogy
UK and Ireland based
Also work in
distribution company
home
founded in 1978
entertainment

4. Increasing ‘spirit
UK and Ireland and flair’ in
based film independent
distribution productions
company
Awarded marketing
Specialising in excellence for use of social
youth media to attract young
entertainment audiences- Facebook/
YouTube mainly

5. Specialists in both
Subsidiary of Fox independent and
Entertainment Group- British films
one of the six US majors
Distributors of films Distributors of
with an indie style, coming-of-age
such as 500 Days of comedy/dramas
Summer such as Juno

6. Arthouse division of Distributors of films with
NBC Universal a target audience of 16-
NBC also owns 24 year old females such
various television as Anna Karenina
networks, which
Distributors of films with
could be used as
themes of loss and love
marketing platforms
such as Eternal Sunshine
of the Spotless Mind

7. We chose Entertainment Film Distributors to distribute
Turning Pages because...
- they are familiar with British audiences, and Turning Pages
features a lot of British iconography, such as the London
skyline, that would be familiar to these audiences.
- Global British successes such as the Lord of the Rings
trilogy, as well as national successes like St Trinian’s were
distributed by Entertainment.
- Entertainment also work in home entertainment, and so
their marketing strategy would be likely to include details
about DVD and Blu-Ray releases, and any extra features
that are to be included on these products.