New DCP Vault helps filmmakers create, store, and digitally deliver cinema-ready DCPs, bringing theatrical delivery directly into the festival workflow.
LOS ANGELES — October 13, 2026 CineLot has partnered with DCP For ALL to launch CineLot DCP Vault, a new service designed to help filmmakers create, store, and digitally deliver cinema-ready Digital Cinema Packages after a festival selection.
The partnership addresses a very specific moment in the festival process: a filmmaker gets selected for an in-person theatrical screening, celebrates the news, and then receives another request
“Please send us your DCP.”
For many independent filmmakers, that is where a simple festival selection can turn into another technical project. They may need to find a DCP vendor, prepare the correct master file, move very large files, confirm theater specifications, or ship a hard drive before the screening deadline.
CineLot and DCP For ALL are working to make that handoff easier.
What Happens After Your Film Gets Selected?
The file a filmmaker uploads for festival review is not always the file a theater will use for projection. For many theatrical screenings, the festival or cinema will request a DCP, the professional digital format used for cinema exhibition.
That can create a gap between selection and screening. The filmmaker has already submitted the project, the festival has already selected it, but both sides still need to coordinate another technical delivery before the film can reach the screen.
CineLot DCP Vault is designed around that real-world problem: help the filmmaker prepare the theatrical asset, keep it available, and make digital delivery easier when a participating festival needs it.
Create it once. Keep it ready. Send it when the festival needs it.
Professional DCP Creation Inside the CineLot Experience
Through the partnership, filmmakers can order a cinema-ready DCP from their project with professional encoding and quality control. The current CineLot partner offering also includes one year of cloud storage and digital transfer.
Once completed, the DCP can remain available in the filmmaker’s CineLot DCP Vault, reducing the need to restart the delivery process each time another participating festival requests the theatrical screening file.
- Professional DCP encoding and quality control
- One year of cloud storage
- Digital transfer for festival delivery
- A centralized DCP Vault to keep the theatrical asset ready
Why It Matters to Filmmakers
A filmmaker may spend months, sometimes years, finishing a movie. When that film is finally selected, the next question should be when and where it will screen, not how to solve another delivery problem.
The DCP Vault is meant to reduce the scramble of finding a new vendor, moving large files, or shipping physical media from one festival to the next. The goal is simple: make the technical step easier so filmmakers can focus on the opportunity they worked for, seeing their film in a theater with an audience.
“We kept seeing the same gap: a filmmaker gets selected, and suddenly the filmmaker and festival have to step outside the workflow to figure out the DCP,” said Apple TungFong, CEO of CineLot. “Getting selected should feel exciting. We want the theatrical file to be ready when the festival is ready to screen the film.”
“As independent filmmakers ourselves, we understand the challenges of bringing a film from production to audiences. That experience has shaped Luca Severi Production Group into a filmmaker-focused company offering integrated support across production, post-production, distribution, and technical delivery.
Through DCP For ALL, our dedicated theatrical delivery and festival services division, we are proud to partner with CineLot. Its festival platform suits the needs of both festivals and filmmakers, and CineLot’s all-inclusive ecosystem helps filmmakers discover new opportunities, gain visibility, connect with festivals, and pursue distribution.
This partnership brings together two companies that share the same core belief: filmmakers should have access to the tools, services, and opportunities they need to advance their work,” said Luca Severi, CEO of Luca Severi Production Group and DCP For ALL.
Why It Matters to Festival Teams
Festival staff know the other side of the same problem. After selections are announced, teams often begin another round of follow-up to collect final screening assets, confirm technical requirements, track delivery, and solve last-minute issues before showtime.
A professionally prepared DCP that is already stored and digitally available can reduce unnecessary file chasing and give festival teams a cleaner path to receiving the screening asset they need.
For filmmakers: less time dealing with delivery logistics.
For festivals: less time chasing screening files and solving avoidable last-minute problems.
CineLot Partner Pricing
Current CineLot partner pricing for DCP creation starts at $0 setup fee, only $3 per minute for the Feature film. Short - $100 setup fee, $3 per minute.
The current offering includes professional encoding and quality control, one year of cloud storage, and digital transfer. Any optional services or special technical requirements should be confirmed at the time of ordering.
From “You’ve Been Selected” to “Your Film Is About to Start”
The CineLot and DCP For ALL partnership is focused on a small but important part of the independent film festival experience: making it easier to move a selected film from the filmmaker’s finished project to a theatrical screening.
A filmmaker gets selected. The festival needs a cinema-ready file. The filmmaker needs a reliable way to create and deliver it.
CineLot DCP Vault is designed to make that moment safer and easier.
Your film got selected. Now let’s get it on the screen.
About CineLot
CineLot is a technology company that built the infrastructure carrying independent films beyond the festival. Festivals run submissions, judging, programming, ticketing, and screenings on one platform, while every film is protected from AI training, and identified, from first submission to audience and distribution.
About DCP For ALL
DCP For ALL provides professional Digital Cinema Package creation and related theatrical-delivery services for filmmakers. Through the CineLot partnership, filmmakers can access professional DCP encoding, quality control, cloud storage, and digital transfer as part of the festival experience.
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