“A filmmaker finishes their first feature. It gets into two regional festivals. Then what? No infrastructure they own. No way to charge. No audience. No path forward.”
Generic. No film identity, no creator brand, no audience retention.
Subscription-only. No live event format. No discovery layer.
Geographic, gatekept, annual. Not scalable for emerging creators.
ScreeningPass is the independent film screening platform built to close that gap. It gives indie filmmakers a real path for film distribution: host a screening, sell tickets, stream securely, and get paid directly.
From finished film to paid audience in 20 minutes.
Create your project
Upload your poster, synopsis, and trailer. Your film gets a canonical EmpowerFlix record. No re-entry ever.
Schedule a screening
Set your window, your price, your capacity. Free RSVP or paid ticket. You decide.
Gate access
Viewers register with email. We capture granular consent. Privacy-first and fully compliant.
Pipeline to EmpowerFlix
Your audience and project carry forward automatically. When EmpowerFlix launches, your audience is waiting.
How payouts work
Stripe Connect pays filmmakers directly. 88% of every ticket goes straight to your account. No waiting, no minimums. Stripe processing passed at cost.
Content protection
Mux signed playback URLs mean your film can only be watched by registered viewers during your screening window. No download, no sharing.
You stay in control
Your screening, your price, your capacity. Cancel or extend anytime. Your film, your terms. We just provide the infrastructure.
Built for every format.
Feature films. TV series. Vertical microdrama. The same 88% to the filmmaker.
Feature films
Full-length theatrical and direct-to-screen indie features. Mux HLS playback, signed access, ticket sales.
TV series
Series, seasons, episodes. Per-episode unlocks, season passes, binge bundles. Drop on your schedule.
Vertical series
Microdrama. Reels-format episodic. The new wave of indie storytelling. Vertical-native player, same revenue stack.
When teams make films, the team gets paid.
Your 88% can split across the entire team (director, DP, editor, composer, cast, producer) with custom percentages, digital agreements, and direct Stripe payouts to every contributor.
One ticket sale. Multiple recipients. Automatic.
Multi-recipient orchestration. Every team member gets paid the moment a ticket sells.
Per-project percentage tables. Each contributor signs their share online before payouts begin.
Every party sees the revenue and their share in real time. No reconciling. No waiting.
Discovery that respects the work.
Type “show me uplifting Black independent films” and get exactly that. AI metadata tagging on every project powers natural-language search. Genre, mood, theme, cultural context. Describe it, find it.
No algorithm burying your work. No keyword guessing. Audiences find your film without you bringing every viewer.
Most platforms make you the product. Here, the film is.
We make money one way: a small fee when a ticket sells or a filmmaker subscribes. No ads. No data brokering. We do not sell your information, ever.
How we earn
Platform fees on tickets and subscriptions. That is the whole model. No advertising, no selling audience data to anyone.
What viewers give
An email for your access link. Updates from the filmmaker or EmpowerFlix are opt-in, and you can unsubscribe in one click, anytime.
What filmmakers keep
Your branded page, your followers, and your box-office numbers. Viewer privacy is protected by the platform, which is exactly why audiences trust the room.
Transaction-led. Subscription-layered. You keep your revenue.
Spark
- — 1 active screening
- — Basic filmmaker page
- — Email capture
Pro
- — Unlimited screenings
- — Custom branding
- — Advanced analytics
Studio
- — 3-4 team seats
- — Full white-label branding
- — Richer analytics
- — Priority placement & API
For Institutions
- — Universities · Festivals · Networks
- — Multi-seat (10/25/unlimited)
- — Dedicated onboarding
- — Contact Sales →
Once your monthly screening revenue crosses ~$23,500, Studio’s 10% saves you more than the $470/mo upgrade costs, and you get full white-label, 3-4 team seats, and richer analytics. Below that, stay on Pro.
Universities · Festivals · Networks · Faith communities
Run ScreeningPass at your scale. Annual licensing. Multi-seat under one account. Dedicated onboarding. Annual reporting. Full white-label. Your audience never sees ScreeningPass branding.
Film school department, mid-size festival, community organization
University, large festival, network, denomination
Studios, networks, multi-org systems. Full white-label, custom reporting.
Every screening builds your EmpowerFlix catalog.
ScreeningPass is the first step. Every film you screen, every audience you build feeds directly into EmpowerFlix, the streaming platform for independent film launching soon.
Learn about EmpowerFlix →10 spots. Permanent terms.
Free Pro for life. 8% fee forever. Featured at EmpowerFlix launch.
“Where films find their first audience, and creators find their future.”