Introducing Print Traffic Powered by CineSend

From Submission to Screening

Film festivals have spent the last decade modernizing how films are submitted. Platforms like FilmFreeway have made it easier than ever for filmmakers to discover festivals and submit their work.

But once a film is accepted, the process often becomes surprisingly manual.

Programmers and operations teams move from reviewing submissions to managing delivery deadlines, collecting screening copies, coordinating DCPs, tracking missing assets, and answering a steady stream of filmmaker questions. Information lives in spreadsheets, inboxes, shared drives, and ticketing systems. As screening dates approach, keeping track of what has arrived—and what hasn't—becomes a job in itself.

That's the challenge Print Traffic was built to solve.

Today, we're excited to launch Print Traffic powered by CineSend, bringing together festival delivery management and CineSend's secure media delivery infrastructure.

The Work Nobody Sees

For festival teams, the weeks between programming and opening night are often the most operationally intensive part of the event.

Every selected film requires coordination. Deliverables need to be collected. Technical requirements need to be verified. Screening materials need to be delivered, organized, and ready when projectionists need them.

When you're dealing with dozens—or hundreds—of titles, small gaps in the process can create real headaches.

A filmmaker uploads the wrong file.

A DCP arrives without subtitles.

A screening copy gets buried in an email thread.

Someone needs to determine whether a film has actually been delivered or if they're still waiting on materials.

None of these problems are particularly difficult. They're simply time-consuming.

Bringing Festival Deliveries Into One Place

Print Traffic gives festivals a centralized place to manage those moving pieces.

By combining delivery tracking, content management, and CineSend's secure transfer technology, festivals can maintain visibility into the status of every title from acceptance through screening.

Rather than relying on multiple tools to manage the same film throughout its journey, teams can track deliveries, manage assets, and coordinate fulfillment through a single system.

Building on the FilmFreeway Integration

Earlier this year, CineSend and FilmFreeway introduced DCP creation directly from FilmFreeway submissions, making it easier for filmmakers to prepare exhibition-ready content.

Print Traffic builds on that foundation.

While the FilmFreeway integration helps filmmakers create and deliver screening-ready materials, Print Traffic helps festivals manage those materials once they begin arriving.

Together, they create a more connected path between submission, delivery, and exhibition.

Less Time Chasing Files

For filmmakers, the experience is simpler. Instead of navigating multiple requests and delivery methods, there is a clearer path for getting screening materials where they need to go.

For festivals, it means spending less time chasing files and more time focused on programming, audiences, and filmmaker support.

The goal isn't to change how festivals operate. It's to remove some of the administrative work that gets in the way.

Built for Festival Teams

Film festivals succeed because of countless hours of work that happen behind the scenes. Most attendees never think about how a film gets from a filmmaker's hard drive to the screen in front of them.

The people running festivals think about it every day.

Print Traffic powered by CineSend was built for them.

We're excited to bring it to festivals around the world and look forward to helping more teams simplify the journey from submission to screening.

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