Independent Filmmaking’s Distribution & Showcase Platform.

We showcase Independent Films.

Independent from market research.

Independent from critics.

Independent from studios.

What we really do is, we showcase films that convey a passion for filmmaking.

Marilynfilms.com is an online digital film distribution and showcase platform for independent filmmakers launched by filmmaker Zandir Santos in 2018. All films on MarilynFilms.com can be streamed directly from our FILMS page. We are committed to showcasing independent filmmakers films’ as we believe they are the engine of creativity and innovation in filmmaking.

Marilynfilms.com can, as an intermediate, provide Independent Filmmakers a certainty that they will have a marketable distribution platform for their film project(s) once completed. Selection of independent films for digital distribution via Marilynfilms.com is based on specific criteria, including, but not limited to, aesthetic creativity, relevance of story, among others.

Our motto at Marilynfilms.com when handling a filmmakers film is exposability and profitability. Our distribution agreement with filmmakers is one where we provide our platform, MarilynFilms.com, to make their films available to viewers at a set price; $1 for short films  $2 for feature films and web series $1 for each episode (sole episodes can not be purchased, season(s) only). The filmmakers receive 80% of the profit of each film purchased. The platform retains 20% of the profit of each film purchased. All payments are made to the filmmaker via Paypal. 

The filmmakers retain 100% ownership of their films and they can ask for their films to be removed from the platform at any time. 

When a filmmaker submits any content to MarilynFilms.com for consideration, viewing, distribution and/or showcasing he/she agrees that they have been granted all the proper and lawful requirements, permissions, to publish , copy, reproduce, distribute, display, perform, modify, create derivative works, transmit or in any other way the content. By content is meant, but not limited to, copyrights permission for text,  graphics, images, video clips, audio clips, trademarks, etc. The filmmaker agrees to abide fully to these and all other respective disclosures on our website and that MarilynFilms.com cannot and will not be held responsible for any infringement on their part of keeping with these and all other disclosures on our website.

Filmmakers, as all users and viewers of our platform, MarilynFilms.com, must agree and abide according to our TERMS OF USE agreement and should familiarize themselves with our PRIVACY POLICY.

Filmmakers can SUBMIT their films for distribution consideration.

If you have any questions please reach us via our CONTACT page or email us at: info@marilynfilms.com.

DISCLAIMER

As stated, all payments are made to the filmmaker via Paypal. Paypal may automatically deduct a receiving fee from the payment we make to the filmmaker. Paypal may deduct a fixed fee per individual transactions, $0.30, plus 2.9% of the total amount transferred. Fees and percentage for foreign transactions may vary and be higher according to Paypal’s payment receiving policy.

Marilynfilms.com currently offers its viewers a per film(s) purchase option. That is, the viewers select the film(s) they want to see, checks out and the film(s) is downloaded directly onto the viewing device they’re on (e.g., smart phone, desktop, laptop, etc…).

Zandir Santos was born in the Cape Verde Islands, an archipelago nation on the coast of West Africa. An immigrant to the United States, he attended East Providence High School, East Providence, RI. He holds a Business Management degree from Rhode Island College, 2010.While in college Zandir began dabbling in film writing. However, it was not until he moved to New York in 2011 that he began pursuing film writing as a career option.

In 2011, while living in New York, Zandir would go on to write several feature length films while in pursuit of an agent. Contact was made with several agents but the reply was often the same, something along these lines: It’s pretty good, but it’s not what we’re looking for right now. However, determined, Zandir kept writing. He was confident his feature film scripts were great enough to be made into films and he would see through on that. Thus began his journey as, in additional to film writer, film director and editor.  

In 2012, while living in Brooklyn, NY, Zandir volunteered, interned and worked as a production assistant on low budget independent short and feature length films to gain a broader understanding of filmmaking. In 2013 Zandir commenced his independent filmmaking career writing, directing and editing his own short films. He’s written, edited and directed eight short films, of various genres, with Marilyn Films production company. All of his released films are available on Marilynfilms.com and his foresseable releases will also be available on Marilynfilms.com.  

I must say the idea of Marilynfilms.com, as it is today, came from me meeting so many incredibly talented Independent Filmmakers making incredible films, shorts and features, and seeing their films come to a dead end because, 1) they weren’t accepted into particular film festivals, 2) if they were accepted, the film had no life after the festivals and 3) no distribution, no monetization. With Marilynfilms.com we could provide the filmmaker a continuous platform for distribution and monetization where their financial reward is 80% on the dollar. And to us that’s very important because we believe that’s a great incentive for the filmmaker to continue to make amazing films.

Up to date, all of my films have all been short films. Varying from 6 minutes in length to 20 minutes. Generally the stories are inspired by me living life; from a ride on public transportation to a walk through a neighborhood to inspiration from true events. The topics vary from turbulent love stories to police injustice to immigrating, among others.    

Yes and no. Yes because when I’m working on a film it’s my favorite. And no because when I commence a new film, the latter and not the former becomes my favorite. I always say, the film that I’m presently working on is my favorite, because it truly is. At least that has been my experience up to this point.

For those reasons and others, yes, I am an auteur filmmaker. In my opinion, it’s really the best way to learn filmmaking. You develop your own uniqueness and learn to interject it into a film when it’s fitting. Taking on such tasks as an Independent Filmmaker has allowed me to develop my own creative filmmaking craft and take chances that otherwise could be restricted due to outsider input that would mandatorily have to be considered.

Okay. For example one common factor that my films have had is that they don’t seem to give off a determined ending. They leave the viewer with an open parentheses to speculate on a conclusive ending that is only constrained by educated limitations of the character(s) within the narrative. That tends to be a no-no when you’re not independent. The outside mandatory consensus it that you tell the viewer how the film ends, and generally, a happy ending, whether it fits the context of the story or not.

For the time being I’m very satisfied in telling incredible stories via short films. But certainly, feature filmmaking is projected in the development of my filmmaking career.

Yes, I did. Many know me as Zandir Santos, the filmmaker. But I am also a digital media expert based in New York, New York (NYC). I specialize in website design, photography, SEO and more. Anyone interested in such services can reach me at www.zandirsantos.com.