The Decentralized Pictures team has returned from Cannes 2026 energized, inspired, and more convinced than ever that independent filmmakers are ready for a new distribution solution for their films.

During our time at the festival, we introduced filmmakers and industry partners to DCP+ (now in beta), our new streaming and distribution platform designed to help creators retain more control, capture more revenue, and grow their audiences beyond the traditional gatekeeping systems.

Filmmakers were especially excited by the platform’s core promise: a creator-first distribution platform built around equitable revenue sharing, audience growth, transparent cost-plus structure, IP protection, and flexible VOD streaming options. In conversation after conversation, we heard the same challenges from independent filmmakers: distribution is difficult to access, revenue calculation is often unclear, marketing support is limited, and creators too frequently feel disconnected from the long-term value of their work.

DCP+ was created to help address those challenges.

Through its revenue-sharing structure, DCP+ is designed to ensure that more value flows back to the creators who actually make the work. DCP is targeting to return 90% of revenue back to the rights holders. Its built-in growth engine gives filmmakers tools to help activate audiences and expand reach, while IP protections help creators maintain ownership and control over their projects. With VOD support including TVOD, SVOD, and soon AVOD filmmakers have options to bring their films to viewers while participating more meaningfully in the success of their work.

At Cannes, the excitement around DCP+ was about more than technology. It was about possibility and hope for a better future for their films.

For many of the filmmakers we met, DCP+ represented a platform that understands the realities of independent filmmaking today. It offers a more transparent, creator-aligned approach to distribution and audience building—one that supports filmmakers not only at the point of release, but throughout the life of their work.

“DCP+ feels like a platform built for filmmakers by filmmakers, which is not the norm in this industry.”

- Christina Morelli y Ulla Prida, Producer

“DCP+ is providing filmmakers with the tools and the space to create art for the audiences they truly want to reach.”

- Gabrielle Di Bernardo, Producer

As a nonprofit dedicated to empowering the next generation of independent filmmakers, Decentralized Pictures has always believed that great stories can come from anywhere. DCP+ is a major step toward giving those stories a more sustainable path to audiences around the world.

We are grateful to everyone who connected with us in Cannes, shared feedback, asked tough questions, and celebrated this next chapter with us. The enthusiasm around DCP+ reaffirmed what we already believe: filmmakers are ready for tools that protect their work, reward their effort, and help them grow.

This is only the beginning.

We look forward to continuing to build DCP+ and plan to launch the full production product in the coming weeks.