Sutudu | Picture Freedom

Independent film on the big screen and every screen.

See films at Sutudu Cinema, stream them on Sutudu.TV, and bring your own film to market with us.

Get tickets · Watch on Sutudu.TV

Filmmaker or buyer? Talk to us.

Sutudu Cinema, Sutudu.TV, and distribution, licensing and sales

Screenings and film events

Independent films on the big screen at the Sutudu Art House in Jersey City. Buy tickets for upcoming screenings and events.

Get tickets · Screen your film or host us

Stream independent films

On the web, iPhone and iPad. Rent, buy, subscribe or watch free with ads.

Watch now · Download Sutudu.TV on the App Store

Distribution, licensing and sales

Every film needs an audience. We build it.

Strategy, social, advertising, PR, TVOD presales and theatrical campaigns for independent films, from the first clip to opening night. Hire us for a campaign without handing over any rights.

Plan your campaign · How we market films

Campaigns are produced with Kvibe Studios, the agency Khoa D. Le founded in 2005.

  • 30M+ views in about 180 days (Across our clients’ films, our own films and Sutudu.TV)
  • 2.5M views on a single clip from a presale campaign (Facebook, plus about 202K on Instagram)
  • $50K+ in TVOD pre-orders for a client’s film in its first 30 days (Client-reported. Case study on request.)
  • 86% of seats filled on opening night of a nine-theater run (About 352 of 408 seats, by reported headcount. Case study on request.)

What we do

  • Strategy — Positioning, a release plan and one clear path to buy, with tracking from day one.
  • Social — Trailer cutdowns, vertical clips and graphics on a steady rhythm, with every channel managed.
  • Advertising — Paid campaigns on Meta, TikTok and YouTube, recut from what works. Ad spend goes straight to the platforms, never marked up.
  • PR & creators — Press kits, story angles and placements, and creator outreach from a team whose Chief Social Officer built her own audience of 17M followers.
  • TVOD presales & gifting — Pre-order, rental and gift campaigns for TVOD releases. Results can show within a week or build over months, depending on the film.
  • Theatrical release — Local campaigns that fill seats for screenings, tours and limited runs, city by city.
  • Premieres & events — Red carpets, Q&As and premiere nights that create their own content and press.
  • Film markets — We work the major markets: TIFF, AFM, Cannes, Hong Kong FILMART, MIPCOM and the EFM in Berlin.

Every Friday you get a report: what ran, what worked and where the next dollar goes. Past campaign results show what our playbook has done. They are not a forecast or a promise for any film. Full case studies are available on request.

Now streaming on Sutudu.TV

  • Forget Me Not
  • Walt Before Mickey (2015)
  • Christmas Cowboy (2024)
  • Ennio (2024)
  • Hell House LLC. (2016)
  • A Man Called Ove (2016)
  • Undercover High School (2025)
  • Mr. Church (2016)
  • Love Surreal (2011)
  • The Knock Knock Man (2026)
  • Sex Ed (2014)
  • 1998 (2025)
  • Ba (2024)
  • The Selling (2012)

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Built by people who make films.

Sutudu was founded by filmmaker Khoa D. Le, director of Walt Before Mickey and Bezos: The Beginning.

Board & advisors: Robbie Moffat, Rachel, Ryan Silvestre

Meet the full team

Picture freedom.

Have a film? Tell us about it, and we will tell you honestly what it needs.

Talk about your film

What does your film need?

Run a venue? Partner with us. Buying films? Open the catalog.

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