Publish movies

publishing vs scheduling movies movie publication involves creating a public webpage for a movie on your website by adding details including poster, trailer link etc for convenient selection during the showtime scheduling and ticket sales process you have the flexibility to publish them with or without scheduling showtimes for ticket sales scheduling is performed by adding showtime(s) for a movie or event via the scheduler https //support filmbot com/cinema/shows and showtimes#how to schedule a movie how to publish movies choose movies from the side navigation bar choose add new either from the top or side on the add new movie page, begin by typing the movie name into the add title field a list of movies with those words will display in a dropdown below select on the link of the movie title to import its details and assets then wait a few seconds for all the movie details to load while rare, if you see no results, you can manually add movie details you are welcome to edit any details or upload different assets to ensure the movie profile reflects your cinema's editorial voice movie details these fields will automatically populate when selecting a movie title field title description description summary or description of the movie's plot can also be edited to include additional details excerpt the film's tagline displayed when hovering over the movie in the now playing panel, https //support filmbot com/cinema/now playing panel and on the upcoming shows https //support filmbot com/cinema/create an upcoming shows page page running time length of the film in minutes please confirm runtime with distributor and edit if necessary to ensure 100% accuracy release date must be formatted as yyyy mm dd language the main language of the film trailer url the link to the trailer for the film, supports links from youtube and vimeo production still production stills provide visual previews cast members a list of talent in the film directors director(s) names genre the genre of the film poster the marketing poster for the film these fields will need to be entered manually field title description start date enter a start date if this show is happening soon, but not scheduled yet you can select whether to display the exact date it will start playing, or just the month on your upcoming shows page if you want your customers to know you will be screening it without a start date set, your show will not display on the upcoming shows template page (often titled coming soon) page series assign series here before any showtimes are scheduled the start date must be set in the future for the series to appear on your website you will still need to assign the series to specific showtimes once you create them for more information on managing series, please see this article https //support filmbot com/cinema/create a series distributor choose the appropriate distributor from the dropdown menu adding the distributor to a movie ensures that your movie sales are properly reported to comscore swift or maccsbox for more information on adding and managing distributors, please see this article https //support filmbot com/cinema/add a distributor format the format of the film (dcp, 4k, 35mm, etc ) you can add additional formats for selection via movies > formats in the filmbot admin rating rating of the film you can add additional ratings for selection via movies > ratings in the filmbot admin age policy entering an age into this field will override your default age policy, which appears on the tickets checkout page upcoming showtimes when you add a new movie, this section will show "none connected" initially because there are no showtimes scheduled for the film after adding showtimes https //support filmbot com/cinema/shows and showtimes for the movie, they will appear in this section production still and poster the production still and poster will auto populate in their respective sections if they're available on tmdb, but you can customize them by selecting add or upload file or set poster in both sections please note the images may take a minute to populate via the tmdb integration it is recommended to wait for these to auto populate before publishing a movie