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First Run (film)
First-run may refer to: * First-run syndication, the first broadcast of a television program after it is licensed for syndication * First run (filmmaking), describing films that are newly released *First Run, a stream in West Virginia * First Run Features, an independent film distribution company based in New York City * First Run Film Festival, a film festival presented by the Kanbar Institute of Film & Television {{Disambiguation ...
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First-run Syndication
Broadcast syndication is the practice of content owners leasing the right to broadcast their content to other television stations or radio stations, without having an official broadcast network to air it on. It is common in the United States where broadcast programming is scheduled by television networks with local independent affiliates. Syndication is less widespread in the rest of the world, as most countries have centralized networks or television stations without local affiliates. Shows can be syndicated internationally, although this is less common. Three common types of syndication are: ''first-run'' syndication, which is programming that is broadcast for the first time as a syndicated show and is made specifically for the purpose of selling it into syndication; ''Off-network'' syndication (colloquially called a " rerun"), which is the licensing of a program whose first airing was on stations inside the television network that produced it, or in some cases a program that ...
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First Run (filmmaking)
In film, cinematic parlance, a film in its first run has been recently Film release , released. In North America, new films attract the majority of their theatrical viewers in the first few weeks after their release. In North America, different movie theaters pay different rates to show films depending on how recently they have been released. In 1946, the Supreme Court of the United States found major film distributors in violation of antitrust laws when they precluded independent theaters from screening first-run films.See Bigelow v. RKO Radio Pictures, Inc., 327 U.S. 251 (1946) Some older, smaller, or poorly outfitted neighbourhood theatre, neighborhood or Discount theater , discount theatres, or those in less desirable locations, specialize in showing films during their second run. These theatres get to keep a larger share of the ticket fees and often charge a lower ticket price. See also * Direct-to-video * First-run syndication References

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First Run Features
First Run Features is an independent film distribution company based in New York City. History First Run was founded in 1979 by a group of filmmakers in order to advance the distribution of independent film. In the 1980s, the company focused on more mainstream documentaries and started distributing films on video. It is one of America's largest independent distributors of documentaries and art films, releasing 12 to 15 films a year in theaters nationwide and 40 to 60 titles on DVD and VOD annually. First Run distributes a large number of documentaries and foreign films, including many films about LGBT issues, Jewish experience, and political and human rights issues. First Run is the American distributor for Michael Apted's ''Up'' series, Ross McElwee's '' Sherman's March'', the Oscar-nominated '' The Most Dangerous Man in America'', '' Maidentrip'', '' Girl Model'', '' Eames: The Architect and the Painter'', '' For the Bible Tells Me So'', '' A Jihad for Love'', '' God Lov ...
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