Antares and Kinescope: technologies that help films find their audience

The Antares International Film Festival has a new technology partner. The Russian Kinescore video platform has become the official platform of the festival, opening up new opportunities for the professional community, participants and viewers.

Today, a film festival is not just about cinemas, premieres, and meetings with authors. Every successful event has a complex digital infrastructure that determines how easily, efficiently and safely a film can reach its audience. This is exactly the task that Kinescore takes on at Antares.

Thanks to the cooperation with the platform, members of the international jury who will not be able to come to the festival in person will be able to watch competitive films online from anywhere in the world — in high quality, without technical restrictions and in compliance with all requirements for copyright protection.

But the digital capabilities of the festival are not limited to the work of the jury. As part of the Antares BROADCAST program, viewers from different regions of Russia will also be able to watch competitive films. Through their personal account on the festival's website, they will have access to online screenings, which means that the geography of Antares will become much wider than the usual festival venues.

Another important area of cooperation will be the broadcast of the festival's business program. Discussions, creative meetings, workshops and professional conversations, which are usually available only to participants, will be available to anyone interested in the modern film process. After all, cinema is born not only on the set — it is born in dialogues, searches, arguments and the exchange of experience. We want this part of festival life to also become open to the audience and the professional community.

The choice of Kinescore is not accidental. The platform combines high-quality playback with modern content protection tools: encryption, personal watermarks and its own video delivery system that allows you to watch movies in up to 4K resolution without delay and loss of quality. At the same time, the organizers receive the necessary analytics tools to understand the audience's interest and make the festival even more convenient for participants and viewers.

It is especially important for Antares that the partner is a Russian company that meets modern requirements for data storage and protection. This means that the authors can be sure of the safety of their work, and the audience can be sure of stable and high—quality viewing.

Antares always strives to combine art and modern technologies so that they serve the main thing — cinema and its audience. The partnership with Kinescore is another step towards making the festival more accessible, larger and closer to everyone who loves cinema.