Ridge Road Films plans and manages the release of music documentaries into festivals, theaters, music clubs and other venues. We work closely with the entire team (film team, band management, record label) to promote screenings using local partnerships and social media to maximize screening attendance and increase eventual digital and DVD sales.
Complete social media support of all films and screenings is provided by our sister
company, ELICIT.
The Damned: Don't You Wish That We Were Dead
Film booking / Facebook advertising
RIDGE ROAD is booking and managing screenings in select theaters and clubs in the U.S. and Canada to help complete the film's yearlong run of screenings since its world premiere at SXSW in 2015.
Positive Force: More Than A Witness
Film booking / Facebook advertising
RIDGE ROAD is booking and managing screenings in select U.S. theaters and clubs with special guests at each screening for a panel discussion. We are also running promotions and ad campaigns on Facebook.
Salad Days
Festival & theatrical consulting / Film booking / Facebook advertising / Twitter
RIDGE ROAD booked and managed over 30 screenings in select U.S. theaters, music clubs, and music festivals--including a week-long run at New York's prestigious IFC Center--for the long-awaited documentary about its hometown punk scene. We also ran promotions and ad campaigns on Facebook and provided Twitter implementation.
Revenge of the Mekons
Facebook advertising / Twitter
RIDGE ROAD designed and executed Facebook advertising campaigns, and provided Twitter support, for the film's opening week at the Film Forum in New York.
Expedition to the End of the World
Facebook advertising / Twitter
RIDGE ROAD designed and executed Facebook advertising campaigns, and managed and executed the film's Twitter efforts, for the film's opening in six U.S. cities, including the Film Forum in New York.
Trash Dance
Facebook advertising / Film booking
Following over a year of screening at festivals around the world, Ridge Road helped put award-winning documentary TRASH DANCE into select theaters across the U.S. We also designed and implemented partnerships with local organizations as well as multi-tiered Facebook ad campaigns and promotions to help raise awareness of the screenings.
THE Jon Spencer Blues Explosion
Social media strategy / Facebook advertising
When THE JON SPENCER BLUES EXPLOSION reformed in 2011 and began touring, Ridge Road helped define and execute their social media strategy, growing their online following steadily since then. Ridge Road continues to provide Facebook advertising strategy and execution for many tour dates around the world.
BETTER THAN SOMETHING:
JAY REATARD
Facebook advertising / Film booking
BETTER THAN SOMETHING: JAY REATARD enjoyed great success in festivals and in screenings around the world. Ridge Road helped with select bookings in theaters and music clubs in 2012, toward the end of the film's theatrical run. Ridge Road also designed and ran Facebook ads to promote specific film screenings in the U.S. and abroad.
THE SECRET TO A HAPPY ENDING:
A Documentary about the Drive-By Truckers
Social media strategy / Facebook advertising / Film booking
THE SECRET TO A HAPPY ENDING debuted on both coasts in February, 2010, in San Francisco at the Noise Pop Music and Film Festival, and in Silver Spring, MD at the AFI Silver Theatre. Throughout the winter of 2010-2011, Ridge Road Films booked and promoted over 30 screenings of the film across the U.S. to support its February 15, 2011 release on DVD.
WILCO LIVE:
ASHES OF AMERICAN FLAGS
Facebook advertising / Film booking
ASHES OF AMERICAN FLAGS debuted at the Big Sky Documentary Film Festival in 2009, where it won the Best Cinematography award. Festival and theatrical screenings continued through early 2009, culminating with the film’s release on DVD on Record Store Day at #1 on the Billboard Music Video chart. Since the DVD release, Ridge Road Films continues to bring Ashes to theaters, festivals and universities around the world.
THE MOUNTAIN GOATS:
THE LIFE OF THE WORLD TO COME
Social media strategy / Facebook advertising / Film booking
This 51-minute performance film premiered at Noise Pop Music and Film Festival in February, 2010. Ridge Road Films booked screenings in 20 additional cities nationwide, including Boston, New York, Seattle and Chicago, to support the DVD release on Record Store Day.