Every film must meet or exceed the following criteria for curation:
- Commercially viable as verified by the Distributor. Sales estimates confirm commercial value.
- No more than 45% of the budget in equity unless warranted for commercial advantages.
- Ownership of not less than 50% of the copyright unless agreed upon. Added Library value.
- Ownership of all Distribution rights other than those used for financing.
- 120% first position recoupment from no less than 85% of the gross sales revenues, not used as financing.
- Prorated backend participation after film budget recoupment on a 65/35 split, investors are allocated 35%.
- No less than 100% full coverage of investment based on distributor’s sales estimates.
- Max budget no more than $25M / film preferably in the $12 to $20M range.
- A secondary range of projects in the $1.5-3.5M range, based primarily on commercial viability to be used as ancillary projects, carried along with the larger film, thus increasing their profile and ROI! 3-5 films a year. Secures market share as well.
- Approval over, Cast, Director, Producers, financing structure, budget, key creatives, shooting script and final cut.
- Audit rights and all other normal production approvals.
- Completion Bond and insurances in place unless otherwise agreed.
- Indemnity from all legal entanglements, an arms length transactions protecting the investment.
