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I am having trouble finding new release movies is it just me or are there no good family night movies out or coming out!!

Here is a link to the newly released movies on Movie Licensing USA.
Newest Movie Releases | License and Show Movies Legally In Your School

We are having an issue with which movie to show also. We are thinking about doing Camp Rock and having dinner and Karaoke before the show starts.

we are also planning camp rock and are showing it drive in movie style with hot dogs and popcorn...other than that I would look for some classics or themes like princesses for little girls and such..

Penny--be careful with Disney movies and "drive ins". They have special rules when you go for the license. I love the idea of that movie though....d

Pre-home release movies can be found through Criterion Pictures USA.

Currently they have Horton Hears a Who. Come October, Space Chimps are available.

Criterion does non-theatrical licensings for studios such as Fox.

,Southern Outdoor Cinema

I know its not super new but we are going to do Nim's Island for our first movie night this year.

I just previewed the movie and it is super cute!

Michelle

I knew there was a licensing requirement, but I'm just now starting to research it. Anyone have a reason why one should pick "Movie Licensing USA" (Public Performance License for Movies | Servicing Schools & Libraries Worldwide) versus "Motion Picture Licensing Corp" (Motion Picture Licensing Corporation) ?

Do you do single-movie licenses or annual? How much does your annual permit cost? (The web site says it depends on the number of students; it would be nice if they said, eg 250-499 is $x, 500-1000 is $y.)

We've always gone with movielic.com For our school size, 350-400 students, the one-time license is $75. The annual was $350 BUT.....
I just found out this year that our school district can purchase this cheaper. Our district belongs to an "intermediate school district", basically meaning that 5 counties pool their resources for more buying power and services. This license that would cost our parent group $350 can be purchased through our district for a bot over $200.
School districts should have this anyhow unless they do not allow teachers to show movies for indoor recess and ban any afterschool programs from showing movies also. This way, anyone using any buildings in the school district are covered by the district's license.

ETA:
So, I got to wondering about this Motion Picture Licensing Company since I have only ever heard of Movie Licensing USA. Went to their site, not alot of info but I found a toll free number so I called. Turns out that they do not deal with schools. They DO have a contract with Fox studios (20th Century Fox, Fox 2000 Pictures) to license their productions for the use of PTOs/PTAs. The fee was $80 one time or $105 annual. This only covers movies from Fox Studios.

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Debbie
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I had the same issue with MPLC: it seems to say it can do licenses, but the web site doesn't have details. I filled in the contact form and got a response a day or two later same as you did: they're not the right company for what we need.

Thanks for the sample $ figures.

Our Principal has given us the option as PTA to have PG instead of only G rated movies. This is only because in order of a student to come to movie night they have to have a parent. The parent has the option to pull out of stay. We have been doing this for four years now and no one has ever left. I even do the classic movie Shirley Temple, Son of Flubbler. The is alot out there that these kids have not seen.