With Tale of Tales D&D we are planning the most ambitious release of a feature film simultaneously in cinemas and on VOD platforms in the UK and Ireland to date. This visually ravishing high-profile European co-production, from acclaimed director Matteo Garrone and renowned producer Jeremy Thomas, starring Salma Hayek, Vincent Cassel and Toby Jones, will open on more cinema screens than any day-and-date release so far, whilst being available on the widest range of VOD platforms possible. A key point of expansion will be in the Irish territory, where traditionally day-and-date releases open on 2 or 3 screens – we will be aiming to open the film in 20 locations on date across the whole of Ireland, a strategy never before attempted. We will also be hosting a nationwide UK premiere of the film ahead of release, with cast and crew in attendance, which will be satellite broadcast to cinemas in the UK and Ireland as well as being live-streamed on VOD platforms. Our ambition is to involve all three multiplex circuits in this live-broadcast premiere event, as well as the independent cinemas that will screen on release, allowing audiences across both territories unprecedented access to a day-and-date film. Supported by excellent UK reviews out of Cannes and the most extensive marketing campaign ever dedicated to a day-and-date release, we will position Tale of Tales as a key cinematic event of spring 2016, an entertaining adult fairytale in the vein of Pan’s Labyrinth shot across a variety of spectacular locations in Florence, Tuscany and Sicily. By experimenting with a high-profile, critically-acclaimed and commercially appealing film such as Tale of Tales, which we are confident can reach a wider audience than any day-and-date release so far, we will be able to demonstrate to the European film industry a business model for successful innovation with regards to multiplatform releasing, which is undoubtedly the future of independent film distribution.