Freestyle Digital Media
Los Angeles-based digital distribution company releasing independent films across major streaming and VOD platforms in North America with theatrical support for qualifying titles.
Overview
Freestyle Digital Media is a Los Angeles-based digital distribution company founded in 2010. The company distributes independent films across major streaming and VOD platforms in North America, with limited theatrical support for projects with demonstrable box office potential. Freestyle occupies the mid-range of the US digital distribution market, providing platform placement and basic marketing support for independent films at a range of budget levels and commercial profiles.
The company operates as a hybrid between a traditional distributor and a digital aggregator, offering more active sales and marketing engagement than pure aggregators while maintaining accessible acquisition thresholds that larger specialty distributors would not match. This positioning makes Freestyle a practical option for filmmakers whose completed projects have merit but have not attracted high-profile distributor interest.
Platform Coverage
Freestyle distributes across major US digital platforms including Amazon Prime Video, Apple TV, Vudu, Google Play, and AVOD services, handling the technical delivery, metadata, and contractual requirements that each platform demands. The company's platform relationships provide broad digital market coverage through a single delivery relationship.
For theatrical releases, Freestyle arranges limited engagements in US cities through relationships with arthouse cinemas and independent venue bookers, providing a theatrical platform for films where a limited run is commercially or strategically valuable without requiring the full theatrical marketing investment of larger distributors.
What Filmmakers Should Know
Freestyle is a realistic acquisition target for independent filmmakers with completed North American-market films across drama, documentary, thriller, horror, and genre categories. Deal structures typically involve modest or no advances with revenue sharing across platforms, reflecting the accessible commercial tier the company serves.
Filmmakers evaluating Freestyle alongside comparable distributors -- Gravitas Ventures, Cinedigm, Indican Pictures -- should compare specific deal terms including advance size, revenue share structure, platform coverage, and marketing commitment, as these vary meaningfully between companies for similar projects.
See Also
For how digital-first distribution compares to theatrical-led distribution for independent films, see Streaming vs Theatrical Revenue. For alternative aggregator options, see Filmhub and Quiver Digital in this directory.
