Intandem to collaborate with IFA Distribution


 
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31.10.11 
 
                              INTANDEM FILMS PLC 
 
               ("Intandem Films", the "Company" or the "Group") 
 
                                  (AIM: IFM) 
 
     Intandem increases film slate through IFA Distribution collaboration 
 
 Deal secures additional potential revenue stream through pipeline of 20 films 
                                   per annum 
 
Intandem Films, the London based international film group, is pleased to 
announce that it has signed an agreement to collaborate with a Los Angeles 
based distribution and acquisition company, IFA Distribution ("IFA") to 
distribute films which are financed by IFA, throughout the world, excluding 
North America. 
 
 IFA is a joint venture between FUNimation® Entertainment and American United 
Entertainment, LLC. ("AUE"). IFA Distribution, will distribute films for the 
North American region, with a leading Home Entertainment & Digital Media 
distribution platform. 
 
It is expected that the deal will supply Intandem with approximately 20 films 
per year, increasing revenues and helping Intandem to build its film catalogue 
in anticipation of the expected growth in `video on demand' ("VOD") and other 
forms of digital distribution. Currently, Intandem's catalogue consists of 
approximately 40 films. 
 
One of the films being produced under this collaboration is 3D supernatural 
thriller Glimmer, set to star Amy Smart (Crank, The Butterfly Effect) and Shawn 
Roberts (Resident Evil: Afterlife, X-Men). The $5million budget film is due to 
be released in the fourth quarter of 2012. 
 
Furthermore, four films have already been completed including Stag, A True 
Story, Path of Souls and Construction. Other films in development and filming 
include Finding Iris, Misfitswith Guy Pearce and William Fichtner `s Cold 
Brook. The films under this collaboration will mainly be lower budget, focusing 
on thriller, comedy and faith based genres. 
 
Faith based films are a growing genre in the film industry and recently films 
such as Fireproof, Facing the Giants andCourageous have been produced for under 
$3m and have gone on to gross a total in excess of $100m at the US box office 
alone. Finding Faith, starring Tom Cavanagh is due to commence filming in 
December and will be the first faith based film to be produced under the 
collaboration between Intandem and IFA. 
 
Commenting on the deal, Robert Rodriguez, Chairman of American United 
Entertainment: 
 
"We are delighted to be entering into this agreement with Intandem. AUE has 
worked closely with the Intandem team on Glimmer and are impressed by the 
dedication to strong marketing and the quality of their relationships with 
international distributors. We expect this to be a long term arrangement which 
helps build a strong catalogue of feature film titles which can be exploited on 
digital outlets as well as traditional media." 
 
Gary Smith, CEO of Intandem also said: 
 
"This deal secures Intandem a source of films to add significantly to our 
catalogue. The company is keen to expand into faith based films through this 
relationship and we expect very strong growth in digital distribution in the 
future. It's an important part of our strategy to add to the volume of films we 
represent and this deal helps to achieve that objective. FUNimation is a market 
leader in digital distribution and we are excited to formalize this arrangement 
with them and American United Entertainment." 
 
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Contacts 
 
Intandem Films plc Tel: 020 7851 3800 
 
Gary Smith, Chief Executive 
 
Nominated Adviser 
 
Northland Capital Partners Limited Tel: 020 7796 8800 
 
Luke Cairns/Rod Venables 
 
Broker 
 
Rivington Street Corporate Finance 
 
Dru Edmonstone/Jon Levinson Tel: 020 7562 3384 
 
Financial PR 
 
Bishopsgate Communications Tel: 020 7652 3350 
 
Deepali Schneider/Natalie Quinn 
 
intandem@bishopsgatecommunications.com 
 
About Intandem Films 
 
Intandem Films plc (www.intandemfilms.com) is a London based international film 
company. It specialises in raising finance for commercial feature films and 
selling them to distributors around the world. The Company earns fees for 
arranging the financing for the films' production and generates commission on 
all sales secured. 
 
Intandem closely manages the risk associated with the film industry and does 
not invest in films from its own resources.  Its highest profile film to date 
was 'How To Lose Friends and Alienate People' starring Simon Pegg, Jeff Bridges 
and Megan Fox - for which Intandem raised the finance and sold the film to 
distributors such as Paramount, Warners and MGM. 
 
About IFA Distribution 
 
IFA is a joint venture between FUNimation® Entertainment and American United 
Entertainment, LLC. IFA is a North American film distributor which specializes 
in home entertainment and digital distribution. FUNimation® traditionally it is 
one of the largest anime distributors in the world and is expanding its live 
action content through IFA. American United Entertainment is an entertainment 
finance and production company with offices in California, New York and 
Louisiana and Canada. 
 
About FUNimation 
 
FUNimation® Entertainment is the leading Anime company in North America. 
FUNimation has a proven formula for launching and advancing brands. They manage 
a full spectrum of rights for most of their brands including broadcasting, 
licensing, production, internet, and home video sales and distribution. For 
more information about FUNimation Entertainment and its brands 
www.funimation.com. 
 
 
 
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