There comes a time in the life of every movie when it’s just time to launch. Regardless of all the conversations, waiting, and potential deals with others, it’s simply time to share the work. That time is now.
Award-winning Aria Appleton Shines completed its festival cycle in 2024 and began distribution conversations with potential distributors, but nothing resulted in the earth-shattering win-win for Grafted Studios, inc. that we were looking for. We have a strong confidence in and clear vision for Aria Appleton Shines. With the advent of major advances in Ai and a major upheaval in Hollywood, we felt it the wrong time in history to turn our intellectual property over to someone who might not do right by it. We have, after all, expended a massive amount of creative energy and we’re not going to allow it to be scooped up by someone who doesn’t appreciate it the way we do. So, Grafted Studios, Inc. has decided to launch Aria Appleton Shines independently via Amazon this Summer! We always joked that “If Aria can’t go ivy league, she’ll be homeschooled,” and so we’re excited to execute the homeschool option.
The Amazon launch will be accompanied by an in-house, but Ai supported social media campaign on several platforms to build our audience. Our soundtrack is being aggregated by CDbaby.com to several platforms, and Front Gate Media will be a marketing arm partner. Stay tuned, and follow us on new social media which is all linkable here. Aria Appleton | Instagram, Facebook, TikTok | Linktree
