Quiver allows users to pitch their films to curated retailers. While curated retailers have the final say in which titles are selected for their stores, following these best practice guidelines will give your title the best chance at being selected.
1. Only pitch final films that won't be changed or edited.
2. Screener Link
- A film screener link is required for all pitches. This is a hard requirement for all curated retailers.
- Include password information if the screener is private or restricted.
- Curated retailers prefer Vimeo or VHX links. Google Drive and Dropbox links ARE NOT accepted.
3. Theatrical Release Date
- The theatrical release date must be an official theatrical release date. Do not enter a placeholder date.
- Festival dates ARE NOT accepted. Official theatrical release date refers to a film's commerical theatrical release.
- If a film doesn't have an official theatrical release date, enter the first date that the film was available for home consumption (e.g. DVD, Blu-ray, streaming, video-on-demand, etc) and indicate this in the pitch notes.
4. SVOD
- Include the earliest SVOD date for the title anywhere, regardless of rights-holder.
- The release date should be 90 days before the SVOD deal goes live. Most platforms will not accept your submission without a sufficient window before SVOD availability kicks in.
5. Foreign Language Films
- If a film's original spoken locale is not English, this must be reflected in the pitch.
- For all languages other than English, the short synopsis and long synopsis should begin with information about the film's original spoken locale.
6. DirecTV
- DO NOT submit a pitch for DirecTV unless you can provide all of the following information. Your pitch will be rejected otherwise.
- Earliest SVOD date
- Whether the title is free online - please do a search to find where your film may be available online without your knowledge as well - DirecTV does.
- If it is available online, while you take any legal action, please do not pitch for DirecTV until video is taken down, not before. "Pending legal action" will not suffice- your pitch for DirecTV will have to wait until the material is taken down.
- Window being availed for: New Release (Theatrical release immediately preceding); DTV (Direct to Video); Library (Prior Theatrical, DTV over a year out or currently on SVOD)
7. Trailer Link
- Public trailer links are strongly preferred. If the trailer is private or restricted, include password information.
- Google Drive and Dropbox links ARE NOT accepted.
8. Ratings
- Using "Not Rated" is no longer acceptable. An approximate rating helps your pitch by giving an idea of what the content is like without any official process (you can simply assign an unofficial TV rating to your material).
- Ratings available: TV-G, TV-PG, TV-14, TV-MA
- It is very important that you only use an MPAA rating if you have had the film officially rated by the MPAA (G, PG, PG-13, R). If MPAA ratings are used without going through the MPAA process, there can be legal/contract ramifications, so please use caution when entering ratings on the pitch sheet.
9. The pitch process usually takes about 60 days. If your film's pitch hasn't been accepted after 60 days, the curated retailers have most likely passed on the pitch. If a pitch is approved, Quiver will send an email with instructions on how to create a second order for the approved curated retailer.