You don’t need a cinema.

How much help do you want?

The first one is what every host gets. The other two are things to ask for.

1. 1

   On your own

   We send the film and everything you need to tell people about it, and you run the evening.

   • A download link to the film
   • Poster art, and a tool that puts your date and venue on it
   • Social graphics and a short blurb for a newsletter
   • Your date listed on the screening calendar here

2. 2

   We come to you

   Everything above, and someone from the film turns up at a venue that is already set up.

   • Your room supplies the screen, the projector and the sound
   • An introduction before the film, and questions afterwards
   • Anywhere in Missouri when the calendar allows, so ask early if it matters to your date

3. 3

   We bring the screening

   Everything above, and the picture comes with us.

   • A 150-inch screen and a 4K short-throw projector
   • For a room with no gear of its own, or for a field if you would rather be outside

Questions people ask →

Questions we get

What do we actually need in the room?

A projector, a screen or a pale wall, and sound the back row can hear. If you can play a video file and people can hear it, you can host this film.

How do we get the film?

A download link to an MP4, the same kind of file anything will play. It goes out ahead of the date so you can test it in the room, on the projector you will actually use, before there are people in it.

How long does it run?

Fifty-six minutes. Most hosts allow ninety, which leaves room for people arriving, a short introduction, and questions afterwards.

How far ahead do you need to know?

Three weeks is the minimum. More is better, mostly so there is time to get a flier in the window and a line in somebody's newsletter.

Will someone come and speak?

When the calendar allows, yes, and someone from the film will introduce it and take questions afterwards. Ask when you ask for the date, and say if it matters to you, because that changes how we schedule it.

Can we just show it ourselves?

Plenty do, since the film does not need an introduction to work and a host who knows the trail can take the questions afterwards perfectly well.

What if we have no projector or screen?

We have a 150-inch screen and a 4K short-throw projector and will bring them, in state and when the calendar allows. That also makes an outdoor showing possible, which is worth considering while the evenings are warm.

Does it cost anything?

No, there is no fee to show the film and nothing to sign.

Can we charge admission, or use it as a fundraiser?

Yes, if the money is going to an organization we have agreed on. Tell us who benefits when you ask for the date and we will say so then.

Is there a minimum audience?

No, eight people in a back room is a screening, and so is four hundred.

How far will you travel?

Anywhere in Missouri when the calendar allows, so ask early if having somebody there matters to your date.

Something not here? Ask us onthe same form that asks for a date, which takes a question just as well.