Buy your .film domain today

A .film domain suits anyone working in cinema and moving image, including production companies, festivals, film schools, documentary teams, distributors and individual directors.

It is equally useful for a single title. A feature or documentary can have its own .film address for press, festival submissions and audience information, which is a practical fit for an industry organized around projects.

Anyone can register a .film domain, although several registrar pages still describe an older film-industry requirement that no longer applies.

The current policy asks only that you are the intended user of the name and that your use fits the purpose of the extension. If you see a page saying you must prove industry membership, it is out of date.

A .film domain can in principle be suspended if the registry decides the name is being used in a way that does not fit the purpose of the extension, and it can ask for evidence.

For a genuine film business this is not a practical concern. It matters more for names registered purely to resell, which is worth knowing before buying speculatively.

A .film domain costs more than a .com because it is run by a small registry dedicated to a single extension rather than a mass-market operator.

Smaller extensions spread their running costs across far fewer names, so the price per name is higher. Prices also vary noticeably between registrars and countries, so it is worth comparing before you buy.

A .film domain is worth considering when the name you want is unavailable on .com, or when the address will appear in credits, on a poster or in a festival program where the extension reads as deliberate.

It is harder to justify if your audience mostly reaches you by typing a remembered address, since people default to .com. Weigh the price against how people actually find your work.

A .film address works perfectly when clicked, but many people will still type .com from memory when they recall a name rather than a link.

Where possible, register the matching .com and redirect it to your .film address. That protects typed traffic while keeping the more distinctive address as your main one.

The extension performs best on links that are clicked, which covers most festival submissions, press coverage and social posts.

A .film domain reads as a finished piece of work, which is why it suits production companies and festivals. The alternatives behave differently.

.mov doubles as a video file extension and requires a secure connection at the browser level, which cannot be turned off. .movie sits closer to consumer titles and generally costs more to renew.

Choose .film if you want the address to describe the work, and .mov if the file-extension play suits your brand.

Yes, a .film domain works for custom business email as well as a website. Submission and press addresses on your own domain read as a working production rather than a personal project.

Set up SPF, DKIM and DMARC through your email provider, which matters if you send screener links or press releases to lists.

A .film domain renews at a price that can differ from the first-year rate, and some names carry premium pricing that applies to renewal as well as registration.

Check both figures for the exact name you want before registering. If a name comes back at an unexpected price, it has been classified as premium rather than being unavailable.