Cookies & Cream Picked Up for Distribution

Less than a year after its World Premiere at the Anthology Film Archives in NYC in July of 2009, we are proud to announce that Princeton Holt’s debut feature film Cookies & Cream has been picked up for distribution. LA-based company Celebrity Video Distribution has acquired all of the North American rights to the film (minus theatrical), after becoming aware of it on the film festival circuit, where it still is enjoying a successful run. The company reached out to us and ended up loving the film. And based on very favorable, mutually beneficial terms, we inked the deal within 2 weeks.

Cookies & Cream follows a racially-mixed single mother who maintains an adult entertainment gig to take care of her daughter and herself. It stars Jace Nicole (Razorblade City) in the lead as Carmen, Naama Kates (NCIS) as her best friend Jodie, Brian Ackley (Hostage Person) as a potential love interest named Dylan, and comedian Ardie Fuqua (HBO’s Bad Boyz of Comedy) as Jonathan the musician. The film also stars Chris Riquinha, Danny Doherty, Kent Sutton, Shannone Holt, Jaylon Nicole Carey Williams, Rick Borgia, and Thyais Walsh. Jace Nicole’s performance was recently named “Favorite Performance of 2009” by Sonic Cinema.

Recently becoming increasingly selective, this genre film-specialized company took to our small, character drama, encouraged no less by the increasingly positive reaction, feedback, and festival attention it is receiving. Los Angeles-based Celebrity Video Distribution, Inc., a leader in independent film DVD distribution, boasts a wide range of original content including independent films and documentaries as well as licensing cable TV content for their library. The company has relationships with all major retailers, wholesalers, academic, library and specialty store suppliers. Helmed by video industry veteran Robert Feinstein, former Founder/CEO of Marbles Entertainment the first supermarket and military base video rental store chain, the company's genre-heavy catalog can be seen HERE.

C.V.D. will be releasing the film on July 20th; it will be available at that time at Best Buy, Blockbusters, Netflix, Barnes & Nobles, Amazon, and several other internet and retail outlets. The film will be released via a multi-platform strategy that will include DVD, VOD, digital downloads, libraries, and possible cable television, through C.V.D.’s existing output with companies that also include RedBox, Midwest Tape, TNT, Bigstar TV, INGRAM, Starcrest, Cinema Now, Baker Taylor, Critics Choice, VPD, DVD Empire, DVD Play, Quality Books, WAXWORKS, Family Entertainment, GRAVITAS, Video Warehouse, and many others.

The Special Features DVD will include 3 commentary tracks: Director/Producer commentary, Post-Production crew commentary (Damon Dorsey & Hector Maldonado), and a critical commentary track by HammertoNail.com editor Michael Tully. There will also be an hour long documentary directed by co-producer of the film Omar Hernandez, documenting the at times disastrous, sometimes humorous making of the film. Also expected is an outtake gag reel from hilarious, irreverent comedian Ardie Fuqua.

We are delighted at this accomplishment, and we thank everyone who ever worked on this film, everyone who supported it, everyone who reviewed it, and every festival that continues to select or invite it.

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