Step 1
Create your order
Tell us about your film and your screening. Pick a film already on CineLot, or add a new one.
DCPIn partnership with
Get your film ready for the big screen
Festivals and theaters worldwide require a Digital Cinema Package (DCP) to project your film. Upload your final master film and our trusted partner, DCP For All, prepares the industry-standard package. Your final completed delivery link arrives securely inside your CineLot Chat and is safely stored in your personal DCP Vault.
What is a DCP?
A Digital Cinema Package, or DCP, is the professional format movie theaters and film festivals use for theatrical screenings. It isn't something you can email like a screener, and it isn't the same as the copy you upload for online viewing. If your film is only screening online, you don't need one.
How It Works
Four steps. You don't need to know anything technical about DCPs to get one.
Step 2
Upload your master
Upload the final, highest-quality version of your film. It transfers to DCP For All through Media Shuttle.
Step 3
DCP For All prepares it
Their team handles the technical preparation and the quality check, so your film plays properly at the venue.
Step 4
Save it to your Vault
DCP For All sends the delivery link through CineLot Chat. Copy it into your Vault and it's there whenever a venue asks.
Professional DCP Creation & File Delivery
DCP For All prepares the DCP while Media Shuttle handles the large-file transfer. CineLot keeps the delivery link with the film when a venue needs it.
DCP For All prepares the DCP from your master and sends the finished delivery link through CineLot Chat when it is ready.
Media Shuttle is the transfer service used to move large master files to DCP For All and return completed DCP delivery links.
What it costs
Priced by the minute, so a short film costs short-film money. You see the full price before you pay.
2K
$3per minute
What most festivals and theaters screen. With the set-up fee, a 12-minute short is $136 and a 94-minute feature is $382.
4K
$6per minute
Choose this only if the venue asked for 4K, and only if your master was finished in 4K. A 12-minute short is $172.
Submission Pricing
Transparent fees.
Feature Film$0Short Film$100
Captions or subtitles
Your subtitles built into a separate version, so the venue can play your film with them or without them. Send an .srt with your master.
$50
30-day download link
How your finished DCP reaches you. Included with every order.
Free
Film Festival Cloud
Keeps your DCP available for a year instead of 30 days, so a second festival doesn't mean paying for the DCP again.
under 40 min$99over 40 min$199
What would yours cost?
Film length92 min
92 min at $3, $276. Films over 40 minutes count as features and skip the set-up fee.
Your DCP
$276
Ready in 5 business days
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