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Cinematic book trailers

The back of the book hasn't changed in a hundred years.
The reader holding it has.

Forward turns a book into a thirty to sixty second trailer, created, managed and delivered by experienced human filmmakers. It plays on the screen above the display pile, lives as a code on the jacket, and becomes the publisher's social campaign. One story, every screen.

Virginia and Bermuda by Peter Barrett, the real jacket with a scannable trailer code
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The real jacket.
Scan the code to watch the trailer

In the shop

A short, beautiful film plays above the display pile and lives as a scannable code on the jacket. The book sells itself before it is opened.

Everywhere else

The same trailer becomes the publisher's campaign, cut for TikTok, Reels, YouTube and the title page online. One asset, every channel.

Author led

The author gives us the scene they love. We turn it into a screenplay and a finished film, art directed by our team and, where the story calls for it, voiced by a real narrator.

Still from the Virginia and Bermuda trailer e.g. History1:31
Fantasy example still: a dragon and its rider over misty mountains e.g. Fantasy
Children's example still from Germs e.g. Children's
Example genre, History

Any moment in history, brought to life.

We research the period, study the artefacts, paintings and primary sources, and consult specialists where it matters, so every frame rings true.

Example genre, Fantasy

Worlds that never existed, made real.

We design the creatures, the armies and the magic from your author's vision, rendered with the scale and finish of a feature trailer.

Example genre, Children's

Picture books that leap off the page.

We bring the artwork to life with gentle motion and warmth, calm enough for story time, and magical enough to make a child point at the screen.

One craft, every genre
Two examples.
How it works

From the author's favourite scene to every screen.

A simple process, and a screen-ready film at the end of it, ready to play above the display pile, scan from the jacket, and travel everywhere the book is sold.

The bookshop of the near future: a trailer above every display pile
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The bookshop of the near future, visualised
1

The scene

The author shares the moment they love most, or their idea for the trailer.

2

The screenplay

We shape it into a tight screenplay built for sixty seconds of screen time.

3

The film

We produce it, art directed by our team and, where the story calls for it, voiced by a real narrator.

4

Every screen

You receive the in-store loop, the jacket QR code, and the social cut-downs.

An AI-native studio. Generative AI has collapsed the cost of cinematic production; our film team directs it end to end, with screenplay, art direction and voice human-led at every step by experienced filmmakers with decades of craft across drama, television commercials and animation. Feature-trailer craft, weeks not months, priced for an entire list.

The bigger picture

From the shelf
to the screen.

A book with a trailer doesn't just sell better. It gets seen by the people who turn books into films. On the shelf it stands apart and sells harder. Beyond it, a title you can watch is one that film and television producers notice.

A trailer doesn't just market a book. It brightens its whole future.

A cinematic frame from a Forward book trailer, shown on film
A frame from a Forward trailer
Price options

One price per film. The more of your list, the less each one costs.

Single film
£4,000 / film

A single cinematic trailer, fully produced for your book.

Multiples
£3,500 / film

Five or more titles, commissioned together.

Full catalogue
£2,995 / film

Ten or more titles across your list.

Prices adjust automatically as you build your order in the checkout.

Checkout

Add your books. The price updates as you go.

1Your books
2Your order

Bring your list to the screen.

Tell us a little about your titles and we will show you what Forward could do for a season of your list.

For authors

Know a book that deserves one?

Forward films are commissioned by publishers, and by authors who want to back their own book. Whichever fits you, it starts the same way: send Forward to the people who can say yes. Share it with your editor or marketing team, and with any author who would love one for their book.

Cinematic book trailers, point of sale to social.
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