Gold Film

What Gold Film does

Gold Film is a privately-held DVD and Blu-ray rental service based in Poznań, Poland, operating a single physical retail storefront at Plac Zbawiciela 3 in the city center. The store is open daily from 14:00 to 22:00 and serves individual consumers seeking physical media entertainment, supplemented by a complementary CD/DVD regeneration (disc restoration) service that repairs scratched media on-site in approximately 6 minutes per disc, with next-day shipping available via Poczta Polska.

The company's product surface consists of four items: a DVD rental service (new releases and catalog titles), a Blu-ray rental service, a film catalog and online search tool, and a CD/DVD regeneration add-on service. Pricing is fixed in Polish Złoty (PLN) and varies by format and release status: new DVD releases rent for 7 PLN/1 day or 9 PLN/2 days, catalog DVDs at 5 PLN/1 day, Blu-rays at 8 PLN/1 day, with multi-disc bundle discounts available. Disc regeneration is priced at 8 PLN per disc (single), 7 PLN per disc (from 3 discs), and 6 PLN per disc (from 10 discs). Customers can browse and reserve online through a customer account system, by phone (061 8664521), or in person.

Gold Film's revenue model is entirely transactional per rental or per disc repair, with no subscription tier or enterprise channel. The company does not disclose revenue, headcount, founding date, or ownership structure. Its operating scope is confined to a single domestic market (Poznań, Poland), with no disclosed plans for multi-site expansion beyond a stated forthcoming home film delivery service. The business operates in a structurally declining category globally, which is the primary contextual risk for any investor or acquirer evaluation.

Name

Gold Film

Legal name

GOLD FILM

Website

https://goldfilm.pl

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Gold Film is a privately-held DVD and Blu-ray rental service in Poznań, Poland, operating a single retail storefront and offering an on-site CD/DVD disc regeneration repair service to individual walk-in and online customers.

Ownership category

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Headquarters

HQ city

Poznań

HQ country

Poland

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Supply Chain, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. DVD Rental: Daily rental of DVDs including new releases and catalog titles. Customers can rent individual discs or discounted multi-disc bundles for 1-3 day periods.
2. Blu-ray Rental: Daily rental of Blu-ray discs with individual or bundle options for 1-3 day periods.
3. CD/DVD Regeneration: Physical disc restoration service. Disc regeneration is performed on-site with a turnaround of approximately 6 minutes per disc. Shipping option available for regenerated discs.

Pricing tiers

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Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Gold Film is a single-location DVD and Blu-ray disc rental service operating from a storefront in Poznań, Poland, offering daily rentals of new releases and catalog titles at tiered pay-per-day pricing with multi-disc bundle options. The business also provides a complementary on-site CD and DVD regeneration (restoration) service, with approximately 6 minutes turnaround per disc and next-day postal shipping of repaired discs to customers.

Product overview

Gold Film is a traditional DVD rental service with an online presence. The core offering consists of a DVD rental service with a searchable film catalog, supported by an online customer account system for reservations. Additionally, the company offers a CD/DVD regeneration (restoration) service as a complementary service, providing on-site disc repair and next-day shipping options.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• DVD and Blu-ray Disc Rental Service

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Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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App detail

Recent moves3 records

Expansion highlights3 records

Direct peers

• Blockbuster: Historically the global benchmark for DVD rental retail; now defunct in most markets. Cited as the archetypal direct peer that defines the category in which Gold Film operates, illustrating both the model's prior scale and its terminal decline.

Emerging players

• Netflix: Global streaming leader that has been the primary substitute for DVD rental since the 2010s. Relevant as the structural disruptor of Gold Film's category; competes for the same household entertainment budget but via digital delivery.
• Chili: European transactional VOD platform offering film rental and purchase, available in Poland. Competes directly with Gold Film on the rental-of-individual-titles use case, but via digital delivery.
• Player.pl: Polish streaming platform from TVN Grupa Discovery offering on-demand films and series in Poland. Comparable as a local-market digital substitute drawing customers away from physical-media rental.
• Rakuten TV: European transactional and subscription video-on-demand service operating in Poland. Comparable as a digital substitute competing for movie-rental consumer spend.
• Iplex: Polish video-on-demand service offering film rentals and purchases. Comparable as a local-market digital substitute for physical disc rental.
• VOD.pl: Polish transactional video-on-demand service offering film rentals and purchases. Direct substitute to Gold Film's rental offering but in a digital format.

Broad incumbents

• Empik: Poland's largest entertainment and media retail chain, historically selling CDs, DVDs, and Blu-rays through physical stores and now operating the Empik Go streaming platform. Comparable as a Polish physical-media retail counterpart operating in the same end-market, but at significantly broader scale and with a digital pivot.
• Canal+ Polska: Polish pay-TV and streaming operation offering premium film content via subscription. Competes for the same home-entertainment spend and represents another digital substitute for DVD rental in the Polish market.
• Allegro: Poland's dominant e-commerce marketplace with extensive DVD/Blu-ray listings from third-party sellers. Comparable as a Polish distribution channel competing for the same physical-media buyers, though operating as a marketplace rather than a direct rental service.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat2 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/gold-film

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Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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