PACCS · PROGRAMMING INTELLIGENCE FOR INDEPENDENT FILM

Cinematic intelligence
for independent film

Multi-agent AI for film programming, discovery, and slate analysis.

For festivals, filmmakers, and production houses

PACCS is the home for independent film on the open web. Festivals run their slates here; filmmakers put their films here; production houses manage their portfolios here. Four specialist AIs read every film together — narrative, audience, risk, festival fit — and turn the result into matches, decisions, and the trail behind them. 4,726+ films across 141 countries, and growing.

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7 years of structured expert film evaluations
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CHOOSE YOUR ENTRY

Who are you?

PACCS connects three sides of independent film. Pick the entry that matches you.

FOR FESTIVALS

I run a film festival

Become a verified PACCS Supported or Partner festival. Gain credibility, programming intelligence, and a triage workflow that scales with your slate.

  • Multi-agent analysis on every submission
  • Triage queue with PACCS scores + decisions
  • Verification badge for your site
  • Public catalogue page per cycle
Join as a festival → See festival pricing →
FOR FILMMAKERS

I make films

Upload your work. PACCS scores it across narrative, audience, and festival fit, then finds the festivals most likely to programme it. Showcase it on a cinematic profile.

  • PACCS analysis on every film
  • Ranked festival matches with reasoning
  • Cinematic public profile + showcase
  • Pro toolkit · script, trailer, revenue, comparables
Join as a filmmaker → See filmmaker pricing →
FOR PRODUCTION HOUSES

I run a production company

Manage your slate intelligently. Bulk-analyse up to 50 films at a time and get distribution intelligence and festival strategy across the portfolio.

  • Bulk CSV upload · 50 films per batch
  • Cross-slate comparison + outlier surfacing
  • Territory heatmap + revenue scenarios
  • Public profile · slate showcase
Join as a production house → See production house pricing →
4,726+
Real film submissions
141
Countries indexed
4 + 1
Specialists + orchestrator
7y
Festival programming data
CAPABILITY · MODULES

Three intelligence layers, one architecture.

Four specialist AIs evaluate every film together — narrative, audience, risk, festival fit. When they disagree, a fifth synthesises their reasoning into a single recommendation that you can audit line by line.

MODULE / 01
Festival Programming Intelligence
Programming-pattern matching against the historical curation logic of every major festival circuit, deadline-aware.
MODULE / 02
Multi-Agent Review Orchestration
Specialised agents debate in parallel — narrative, visual language, festival alignment, marketability — converging on a defensible signal.
MODULE / 03
Audience Signal Modeling
Demographic and territorial audience modeling, distribution-grade revenue scenarios, and comparable-film mapping.
PIPELINE · END TO END

From submission to programming decision.

01 · INGEST
Multi-source signal extraction
Metadata, poster, trailer, narrative pacing, audience indicators, festival positioning data — fused into a single film signature.
02 · ANALYZE
Multi-agent parallel review
Four specialised agents operate independently. Each produces a scored signal with explicit reasoning.
03 · RESOLVE
Consensus orchestration
Inter-agent variance is measured, divergence resolved, and a programming-grade recommendation issued — with the override channel always open.
04 · DELIVER
Programming & distribution output
Festival alignment, distributor fit, territory model, revenue scenarios — exportable as PDF, JSON, or workspace handoff.
SUPPORTED BY

Public R&D and academic backing.

UKRI Creative Catalyst Award Winner
Supported by UCL Innovation & Enterprise
EXPERIENCE

See PACCS process a film in three minutes.

A cinematic, end-to-end run across the full intelligence pipeline. No signup, no friction.

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