A few years ago industry veteran Michael Katchman had a vision.  After 25 years of executive experience, he still felt something was missing from the distribution world.  "It's too often great films never get seen just because they don't fit within a certain paradigm," Katchman says.  Since then, he has teamed up with another Hollywood veteran, Tony Ventura, and the two have made it their mission to level the playing field for indie filmmakers.  Rivercoast Distribution represents a new opportunity for filmmakers across the globe.  Years of experience and a vast network of contacts are now accessible to films that don't fit the typical generic mold.  Welcome to a new generation of distribution.  Welcome to Rivercoast.  CLICK HERE to watch Rivercoast founder Michael Katchman be interviewed on CET.

Partnership Announced

Rivercoast Films is excited to announce a partnership with Cincy-Entertainment.com.  Click here to check out their site.  

This Month’s Featured Film- X's and O's

Set against the backdrop of a post dot-com Bay Area, ‘X’s & O’s’ is a story about a group of Generation (fill in the letter here)-ers, as they attempt their first forays into the real world.  They would love to find something real to latch onto, but they find out that in reality love is sometimes just ‘f’-ed up.  For real…

CLAYNE CRAWFORD (‘A Walk to Remember’, ‘Smokin Aces 2 : Assassin’s Ball, FOX’s “24”) stars as Simon, a biochemistry researcher who has a theory to explain all his failed dating experiments.  He has decided to take a new approach to solving his latest and most major relationship problem.  Simon is in love with Jane, a womanipulator of men, played by SARAH WRIGHT (‘All You’ve Got’, ‘The House Bunny’).  Simon hypothesizes that by making Jane jealous, she will see him as more than “just a friend”.  Simon begins to date Trese, the labmate next bench over, played by JUDY MARTE (‘Raising Victor Vargas’, ‘On the Outs’).  Trese is a poetic geneticist who is not-so-well-versed in the art of love.  Simon’s new experiment reaches the boiling point when he is forced to decide between being with the woman he’s with and the woman he wants. 

‘X’s & O’s’ also stars WARREN CHRISTIE (ABC’s “October Road”, Hallmark Channel’s ‘The Most Wonderful Time of the Year’) as Simon’s best friend, Lorenzo.  Lorenzo is a true player who wants out of the game.  KEL MITCHELL (‘Mystery Men’, ‘Good Burger’, “Kenan and Kel”) is Covonne, a deejay whose head spins with thoughts of God ever since his girlfriend broke up with him.  Jimmy, played by JOHN WYNN (‘Tunnel Rats’), has an identity crisis.  Jimmy is a hoodrat with no street cred, who is trying desperately to impress his fickle girlfriend, Gwen, played by LYNN CHEN (‘Saving Face’).  JILL BENNETT (‘In Her Line of Fire’, ‘The Pleasure Drivers’) is Vivian, who is carrying a secret torch for her roommate, Trese. 

All of these people will learn the hard way that it’s not all hugs and kisses in the game of love, and that everyone needs a strategy to score.