Mann Robinson Distribution licenses Philadelphia filmmakers' films, TV shows and reality series to Tubi and other major streaming platforms. You keep ownership.
Mann Robinson Distribution works with filmmakers in Philadelphia to license finished independent films, television shows, sitcoms and reality series to major streaming platforms and networks, including Tubi. It is an independent film and television distribution company headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with presence in Detroit and Los Angeles, and it accepts submissions from filmmakers across Philadelphia and the surrounding counties.
Submissions are handled online, so there is no requirement to relocate or meet in person. A Philadelphia filmmaker with a completed feature, a finished series or a reality format can submit the work for consideration at mannrobinsondistribution.com/submit.
Philadelphia has an established independent film community, built on a regional film commission, a statewide tax credit, a full festival calendar and a set of nonprofits that fund and train local filmmakers directly.
The Greater Philadelphia Film Office is the film commission for southeastern Pennsylvania, officially serving Philadelphia along with Bucks, Chester, Delaware and Montgomery counties. It assists productions with permits, street closures, parking and locations at no charge, acting as the liaison between a production and the neighborhood it shoots in.
Pennsylvania's Film Production Tax Credit offers a 25 percent credit to productions that spend at least 60 percent of their total budget in the state, with an additional 5 percent, for 30 percent total, available at a Qualified Production Facility. The program is funded at $100 million a year, and no single project can be awarded more than 20 percent of the funding available at the time it applies. In the 2025 to 2026 round the Pennsylvania Film Office awarded $117 million across a record 59 projects, among them HBO's Task, season 3 of the Netflix series Tires and season 5 of Paramount's Mayor of Kingstown.
The Story Factory, a woman-owned facility at 1600 N. 5th Street near 5th and Oxford, carries that Qualified Production Facility designation. Open since 2022 with more than 12,000 square feet and a private loading dock, it is the only space of its kind inside Philadelphia city limits.
BlackStar Film Festival marked its fifteenth year in 2026, running August 6 to 9 across the Kimmel Center, the Wilma Theater and the Suzanne Roberts Theatre with 91 films from more than 30 countries, spotlighting work by Black, Brown and Indigenous filmmakers. The Philadelphia Film Society programs the Philadelphia Film Festival every October, with the 35th edition set for October 15 to 25, 2026, plus SpringFest in April at the Philadelphia Film Center on Chestnut Street and the Film Society Bourse on Ranstead Street. FirstGlance Philadelphia, described as the city's longest-running competitive independent film festival, held its 29th edition at the Bourse in May 2026, the same month the Philadelphia Independent Film Festival reached 20 years. The Philadelphia Latino Arts and Film Festival is also active in the city.
Scribe Video Center, founded in 1982 at 3908 Lancaster Avenue in West Philadelphia, trains media artists and provides low-cost access to camera, lighting, sound and editing equipment, plus fiscal sponsorship and producer support groups for artists in mid-production. Its Street Movies series screens independent work outdoors in public spaces across Philadelphia and Camden, New Jersey, at no cost to audiences. The Philadelphia Independent Film and Video Association runs the Cinema Speakeasy screening and dialogue series, speed-crewing events, workshops, mentoring and a Finishing Fund for post-production. The Independence Public Media Foundation's Local Filmmaker Fund awards roughly $500,000 a year across about 30 Greater Philadelphia projects, with individual grants in the $5,000 to $15,000 range, plus a twelve-month cohort of workshops and convenings.
The work made inside that system is shot against the city itself: rowhouse blocks, the industrial riverfront, the parkways and the murals. Finishing a film in Philadelphia is well supported. Getting it in front of an audience is a separate step, and that is the step distribution covers.
Mann Robinson Distribution licenses finished independent projects to streaming platforms and networks and handles the delivery, reporting and payment side on the filmmaker's behalf.
Mann Robinson Distribution works on the following terms.
Typically about 90 days from signing to go live. Philadelphia filmmakers can count forward from a signing date against the local calendar. A project signing in summer is generally looking at an autumn go live, worth mapping against a festival run if premieres are still ahead of it. A film that has finished its festival life can move straight into the 90 day window.
On ad-supported platforms, earnings are impressions multiplied by CPM, not a flat amount per view. An impression is an ad served against the film, and CPM is the rate paid per thousand impressions. Those two figures together produce the earnings for a period.
Every filmmaker gets a portal login. The portal shows impressions, CPM and earnings broken out per platform, alongside statements and payment history, so the arithmetic behind every payment is visible. Payments are made quarterly.
Approach once the film is genuinely finished, with the rights paperwork and materials already assembled. As a general practice, have the following in hand.
No. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with presence in Detroit and Los Angeles. It works with Philadelphia filmmakers from those locations, and submissions are handled online.
No. The filmmaker keeps ownership. Mann Robinson Distribution licenses distribution rights for the term.
Two years, exclusive.
20 percent of gross.
Quarterly.
Yes. Every filmmaker gets a portal login showing impressions, CPM and earnings per platform, plus statements and payment history.
Films, television shows, sitcoms and reality series.
Filmmakers in Philadelphia and the surrounding counties can submit a finished film at mannrobinsondistribution.com/submit, or reach Mann Robinson Distribution at distribution@mannrobinsonstudios.com. Include the title, running time, genre, a short synopsis, festival history and a note on which rights are available.