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On-demand platform FilmStruck International offers film fans quality over quantity Words by Heather McLean TIME TO GET FILMSTRUCK
MAINSTREAM CLASSICS Unlike its American cousin, FilmStruck International has a broad remit for what it calls “classic”. Kerensa Samanidis, FilmStruck International General Manager, joined the company in March. Talking to FEED , she explained how the international company differs from the US platform: “FilmStruck in the US very much focuses on classics. For FilmStruck International, the idea was to provide much more a mainstream offering, but with a lot of quality independent and cult films. “We define quality through three points that our curators use. The first point is, would you recommend this film and would you watch it again? The second is, what kind of mood or situation would you watch that film in?” The latter, she notes, means the service aims to offer a wide range of films for all occasions. “The third point is, will it stand the test of time? If the curator answers yes to all those three questions, we add it to the collection.
ll the President’s Men (1976) , The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg (1964), Battleship Potemkin (1925) – all classics, all greats,
and whether you’re a Sunday-afternoon- classic-film-tucked-up-on-the-sofa-with-a- cup-of-tea viewer, or an expert in arthouse, there is a stunning variety of greats to choose from. FilmStruck International, a joint venture between Turner International’s Digital Ventures & Innovation Group and Warner Bros. Digital Networks, is an OTT service aiming to serve discerning viewers the cream of the cinematic crop. Available in the UK, France and Spain, FilmStruck International is a spin-off of FilmStruck, which launched in the US in October 2016. Filmstruck, developed and managed by Turner Classic Movies (TCM) in collaboration with the Criterion Collection, features a library of classic, foreign and arthouse films.
KERENSA SAMINIDIS We’re not trying to compete with Netflix and Amazon, we are complementary to those services
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