Festivals reject 95% of submissions
And the entry fees come out of your pocket whether you get in or not. Even an acceptance rarely converts into distribution. Most laurels never translate into a single sale.
For independent filmmakers · Direct-to-audience
You made the film.
Now own the release.
A direct-to-audience distribution platform for independent filmmakers. Launch a branded storefront in minutes, sell with Stripe, keep up to 90% of every sale. We handle the streaming, access control, and infrastructure.
✓Pre-release landings free, forever✓30-day trial starts on publish✓You keep your rights
00:00:01 — A note from the team
"Festivals reject 95% of submissions. Marketplaces own your viewers. Distributors take half. We built TribuShare for the films that deserve a release on their own terms."
— TribuShare
yourfilm.tribushare.com
A SCREENING ROOM
built for one film. Yours.
STREAMING · SECURE ACCESS · STRIPE PAYOUTS · ZERO INFRA
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00:01:00 — The Problem
Finishing a film is hard.
Releasing it is harder.
Independent filmmakers face the same four walls. Festivals, marketplaces, distributors, custom builds — every option costs you money, audience, or control. Often all three. Here’s what nobody told you in film school.
Distributors take 30–50% and lock your rights
You sign a 7-year deal to access an audience you’ll never see, on a platform that decides your pricing, your release window, and whether your film stays online next quarter.
Uploading is not distribution
Vimeo OTT, Amazon, YouTube — they keep the viewer relationship. You get no email list, no buyer data, no way to launch your next film to the people who loved the last one.
Building a site takes months you don’t have
Hosting, payments, geo-restrictions, secure streaming, DRM, fraud, taxes. You went to film school to direct — not to debug a Stripe webhook at 2am.
00:02:00 — The Shift
Stop renting your audience.
Start owning the relationship.
TribuShare gives you the infrastructure of a major platform, without the middleman, the lock-in, or the data tax.
The platform model
What you give up today
- ×Audience captured by the platform
- ×30–50% revenue share, opaque payouts
- ×Buyer data locked behind their dashboard
- ×Algorithm decides who discovers your work
- ×Multi-year rights agreements
- ×Your film alongside 10,000 others
The direct model
What you reclaim with TribuShare
- ✓Emails, names, and preferences. Yours forever.
- ✓Stripe pays you directly. Up to 90% per sale.
- ✓Real-time analytics on every viewer
- ✓You drive discovery: your channels, your terms
- ✓No contracts. Leave any time.
- ✓A dedicated storefront. Only your film lives there.
00:03:00 — How it works
From master file to live storefront
in under an hour.
No developers. No design agency. No code. Tibu, our AI film assistant, turns your synopsis, script, or stills into a polished release page in minutes.
STEP 0101
Upload & describe
Upload your master and tell Tibu about your film. Genre, themes, audience, mood. Drop in a script, press kit, or stills — anything that captures the work.
~5 min
STEP 0202
Configure & refine
Choose your layout. Set your pricing (rental, purchase, screener, or all three). Connect Stripe. Add geo-rules, watermarks, and access codes if you need them.
~20 min
STEP 0303
Launch & sell
Go live with one click. Share your storefront link. Watch sales, viewers, and traffic sources update in real time. Stripe pays you directly.
Instant
00:03:30 — Flexibility
Your site, your way.
One film, with everything around it. Or your entire filmography on a single storefront. The shape is up to you. TribuShare doesn’t lock you into one model.
midnight-bloom.tribushare.com
MIDNIGHT
BLOOM
BLOOM
A film by Ana Vasquez · 2026
Rent $5Buy $15
One film
A focused release
A dedicated page for one film. All the energy, attention, and brand around a single work. Perfect for a feature release or a documentary launch.
studio.tribushare.com
VASQUEZ STUDIO
Midnight Bloom
2026 · Feature
Salt of the City
2024 · Doc
Long Way Home
2022 · Short
Bordering
2021 · Doc
Glass Skies
2019 · Short
Pale Sun
2018 · Feature
Catalog
A full filmography
Multiple films, organized by series, year, or theme. One storefront, one identity. Ideal for studios, producers, and filmmakers with a body of work.
Coming soon00:04:00 — Roadmap
Screener for festivals, press, and industry.
Send time-limited, watermarked links to selection committees, sales agents, and buyers. Track who opened, how long they watched, and revoke access in one click. Built for the people who decide your film’s next life.
- ✓Personalized watermarks (name, email, IP) burned in on the fly
- ✓Per-viewer expiration, view limits, and instant revocation
- ✓Engagement analytics — watch progress, drop-off, replays
- ✓One-tap invite from your dashboard. No new app to learn.
SCREENER · DRAFT
LIVESundance Selection Committee
Expires in 4 days · 7 viewers
K. TanWatched 87%
M. ReyesWatched 100%
A. SchmidOpened · 0%
Watermark: name + emailDRM · Off
00:05:00 — Meet Tibu
An AI that speaks cinema, not template.
Tibu is the film-aware assistant baked into every TribuShare account. Hand it a synopsis, a script, or a few stills — it drafts the copy, picks a palette, suggests the layout, and writes the press kit. You stay director. Tibu does the production.
- ✓Writes hero copy, blurbs, and FAQ from your film’s DNA
- ✓Suggests rental, purchase, and screener pricing tiers
- ✓Translates your storefront into 4 languages in one click
- ✓100% editable — Tibu is a starting point, not a final cut
Tibu · Drafting your storefront
You
Documentary, 84 min. Coming-of-age in rural Mexico. Audience: festival-goers, art-house, students.Tibu
Got it. I’m drafting a warm, dust-toned palette and a hero line: “A summer that refused to end.” Want me to push for festival-friendly copy or general audience?You
Festival-friendly.Tibu
Pricing draft → Rental $4 · Buy $14 · Educational license available. Adding press kit with director note + 6 stills. Site is ready in 90 seconds.00:07:00 — Pricing
Simple pricing. Built for filmmakers.
Build for free. Publish when you’re ready. We only grow when your sales grow.
Pre-launch
Free
$0forever
Build a teaser page and grow your audience before release.
- ✓Branded pre-release landing
- ✓Up to 5 minutes of content
- ✓Tibu AI site builder
- ✓Newsletter & email capture
- ✓No publishing or sales
TribuShare
Standard
$79/month
Everything to distribute your films directly to your audience.
- ✓2 titles included (160 min each)
- ✓+$15/mo per extra title
- ✓10% commission · $1 minimum
- ✓HD streaming, Stripe checkout, analytics
- ✓Team workspace & multi-tenant orgs
- ✓30-day free trial — starts on publish
Custom
Enterprise
Talk to us
Built around your catalog. Multi-org, custom splits, SLA, concierge.
- ✓Multi-client organizations
- ✓Custom revenue splits
- ✓Custom domain included
- ✓SLA & dedicated support
- ✓Concierge onboarding
- ✓Tailored integrations
All plans include Stripe processing (~2.5%–3.5% + $0.30 per transaction). See full breakdown →
00:06:00 — Field notes
The state of independent distribution, written by filmmakers.
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Monetization
Why Your YouTube Audience Won't Pay for Your Film (And How to Fix It)
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May 18, 2026·15 min read
Monetization
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May 16, 2026·15 min read
00:99:00 — Last frame
Your film
deserves a release.
Start free. Build your pre-release page. Publish when you’re ready and start your 30-day trial only on the day you launch.