At Post Lab IO, we specialize in creating high-quality Digital Cinema Packages (DCPs) that ensure your content shines on the big screen. Serving Melbourne and all of Australia, our personalised services ensure that your film, advertisement, or trailer looks and sounds exactly as you envisioned.
Expertise with All Project Sizes
From independent short films to major feature productions, we handle projects of all scales and deliver to cinemas worldwide.
Comprehensive Services
Our offerings include audio level checks, frame-rate conversions, and support for complex requirements such as Digital Cinema Distribution Masters (DCDMs), encryption, versioning, and repackaging.
Servicing Australia Wide
We service all states and territories. Just upload your master to use and we'll deliver the DCP back to you or your cinema digitally.
Featured Digital Cinema Packages
Complete
Late Night With The Devil
Cameron & Colin Cairnes
Future Pictures
Complete
Time Addicts
Sam Odlum
Exile Entertainment
Complete
The Defenders
Sweetshop & Green
Voices In Deep
Jason Raftopoulos
Exile Entertainment
Clean
Lachlan Mcleod
Walking Fish, Good Thing Productions
Because We Have Each Other
Sari Braithwaite Sari Braithwaite
Arena Media
Senses of Cinema
John Hughes, Tom Zubrycki
Jotz Productions
Endangered Generation
Celeste Geer
Sweetshop & Green
Grounded
Jesse Richards
Tenacious Stories
If you've attended a film festival in the past 24 months, then you've already seen our work.
Pricing
Unencrypted 2K & 4K DCPs, All prices include GST.
Short Films
Under 40 minutes
Flat-rate per short
$300
Features
Over 40 Minutes
$160 Setup-fee +
$7.35/min
Advertisements
Inc TVCs & Trailers
Flat-rate per spot
$770
Turnaround
Standard — 5-10 Business Days Express — 1.5 x Std. Fee — Completion within 2 business days (48 hours). Rush —2 x Std. Fee — Completion within 1 business day (24 hours). Red-hot — 3 x Std. Fee — Completion on the same day.
All expedited turnarounds require prior booking to guarentee availability.
Submission Guidelines
We can accept almost any format, however, where possible we ask that you provide a ProResHQ or equivalent 10-bit file at native resolution , frame-rate and aspect-ratio (no letterboxing). We will take care of any adjustments on our end.
Sound files can be supplied either in the same files as the pictures, or as seperate WAVs.
Every DCP includes a 10-day download link. Most users save it to Dropbox or Google Drive, but you can also forward it to a festival or cinema. Just ensure they download it before expiry.
Free
Upload to Festival
If a festival provides an upload portal, share the link with us, and we’ll handle the uploading for you.If a festival provides an upload portal, share the link with us, and we’ll handle the uploading for you.
Free
QubeWire Transfer
We can transfer your DCP directly to a cinema’s server via QubeWire. Most Australian cinemas support this service. Pricing varies by DCP size and turnaround speed.
Approx 50-100 per cinema
CRU Drive
The industry-standard method for large-scale DCP distribution to cinemas.
$350 per kit
USB HDD
1TB USB HDD, formatted to DCI EXT2 for seamless cinema compatibility.
$100 per drive
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Frequently Asked Questions
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