27 October 2008: In recognizing the power of film to create social change, Gil Scrine, owner of boutique distribution company Gil Scrine Films, has established a new not-for-profit public company, Cinema Ventures Ltd., to develop film distribution strategies based on philanthropy.
A veteran distributor of theatrical documentaries, Mr Scrine calls the first of these strategies ‘Community Targeted Distribution’ (CTD). “The idea for CTD has grown out of years of struggling to present issue-based documentaries in cinemas under a commercial paradigm,” said Mr Scrine.
