About Plan A International

The people behind the plan.

Two producers in Los Angeles who have produced and filmed on six continents and sold films into 130 countries.

Chris and Annmarie Aronoff with a Diamond DA50 in the Alps

Chris & Annmarie Aronoff · The Alps

More than 20 feature films produced, and sold into 130 countries.

Our mission

To collaborate, create, reach out to, and uplift audiences of all ages worldwide, with entertaining, inspiring content, constantly raising the bar.

Every project we take on has a purpose beyond entertainment: invigorating a community, educating viewers, advancing economic development or building awareness. And every one has a plan to reach its audience.

Years
25
years of domestic and international production and distribution
Festivals and markets
120+
festivals and markets attended worldwide
Countries
50+
countries traveled to finance and sell hundreds of feature films
Interviews
200+
documentary interviews in 60 cities, on 4 continents

Partners

Two producers, one plan.

Chris Aronoff

Chris Aronoff

Partner · Producer · Director · Editor

Chris Aronoff is an award-winning director of several documentaries and feature films, and producer of over 17 feature films with cast including Jesse Eisenberg, Matthew Modine, Corbin Bernsen, Kristin Chenoweth, Lacey Chabert, Joey King, Bailee Madison, Nathan Gamble, and many more. After stints with Paramount Studios and Spelling Entertainment, Chris started his own production company, Home Theater Films.

While overseeing all aspects of the filmmaking process, Chris specializes in implementing cinematic story elements in production, maximizing the international sales potential. This has led to Netflix, Sony, Paramount, Capitol/Universal and other domestic and international companies distributing his films into 130 countries.

Chris started as an entrepreneur at an early age. Right after film school (University of Oregon) he co-founded the innovative medical tech company Wired.md. He then co-founded the production company Home Theater Films, and post-production & VFX companies White Box and Mechnology. Chris has produced an array of dramatic feature films including “25 Hill” about the Soap Box Derby in Ohio, holiday movie “3 Day Christmas,” “Rust,” and romantic comedies “In-Lawfully Yours,” “Christian Mingle” and “Family Weekend.”

He recently directed and edited the award-winning feature film “Mary 4 Mayor,” which was officially selected for the Heartland Film Festival and won Best Comedy at the ICVM Awards. Chris’s wide range of skills results in him working wonders with a range of filmmaking and commercial video campaigns. He was a co-director and editor on “SkyGrazers: A Story of the Flying Farmers,” which won multiple awards, was officially selected for several film festivals, theatrically premiered in Canada, and sold to several TV networks. Over the past several years, he has been putting to use his skills and knowledge as an instrument-rated licensed private pilot, creating award-winning aviation documentaries and commercial video campaigns for aircraft manufacturers, airports, and pilot academies around the world.

Chris has played competitive soccer for 40+ years and is currently a team member of Penmar Venice in the Los Angeles Premier Men’s Soccer League.

Instrument-rated pilot17+ features
Annmarie Aronoff beside a Diamond DA50

Annmarie Aronoff

Partner · Producer · Screenwriter · Director

Seasoned as a producer with a specialty in international film distribution over the last 25 years, Annmarie Aronoff (née Lesiuk) has traveled to 50+ countries to finance and sell hundreds of feature films and TV series, attending more than 120 festivals and markets worldwide.

By the age of 22, Annmarie produced an award-winning feature film “Solitude” and wrote/directed/produced ten short films, earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree in Film Production, ran her own production company for four years, and interned at CTV as a cameraperson. She then worked her way up from assisting in producing duties on 20 international multi-million-dollar co-productions at Minds Eye Entertainment, to working as Sales Director of Asia/Australia, to running distribution as Managing Director of Minds Eye International.

Annmarie was headhunted and headed up international film/TV distribution for companies in Toronto and Los Angeles, including Portfolio Entertainment. To date, she has sold thousands of hours of movies and TV series to networks in over 130 countries, including Disney, HBO, Nickelodeon, Showtime, ABC, NHK, Travel Channel, Fox, CNN, National Geographic, Discovery and NBCUniversal; shaped and led marketing campaigns for over 370 films and series; as well as acquired hundreds of hours of catalogue content. With an expertise in international marketing/development, Annmarie consulted for companies in Dubai, London, China, Australia, Canada, and LA, as well as wrote 12 feature film screenplays and TV series projects.

Based in Los Angeles, Annmarie produced the award-winning feature film “Beyond the Heavens” and the inspiring military mental-health docudrama for CBC, “I Came Back,” which premiered at the Los Angeles Awareness Film Festival and was an Official Selection of CinéWomen Cahiers Magazine. Annmarie co-directed and pre-sold the award-winning documentary feature film “SkyGrazers” to three networks, and co-wrote/co-produced “Mary 4 Mayor,” a family feature film. Her most recent films co-produced with Chris have generated profits equivalent to 3 times the total budgets. For the past decade, together, they film and produce award-winning cinematic branded content for global audiences, including series, documentaries, and origin stories, to help create brand awareness and inspire new audiences.

Annmarie is an aviation enthusiast and enjoys strength-training, hiking, and ballet.

International distribution130+ countries

Awards

Festival honors.

Official selections

SXSW / Seattle International Film Festival / Heartland Film Festival / Dunedin Film Festival / Dances With Films / CinéWomen Cahiers / Helsinki Education Film Festival / Los Angeles Awareness Film Festival / Screen Femmes / Cine Paris / Cinque Ports International Documentary Film Festival / SHORT to the Point

Nominations & finalists

Best Director and Best Documentary, Mabig Film Festival, Germany. Best Film, Showcase Film Festival, Canada. Best Poster, Focus International Film Festival, California. Movie Guide Awards, Hollywood. Video of the Year, Country Music Awards, Saskatchewan. Best Promo Film, International Motor Film Awards 2024. Finalist at FilmHaus Berlin and the Onyko Films Awards, Ukraine. Semi-finalist at the Hollywood International Golden Age Festival. Quarter-finalist at the Los Angeles Film Awards. Honorable mentions at the Panama City Independent Film Festival, and for Best Editing and Best Production in Chile. All in 2022.

Start a project

Ready to turn your brand’s story into a cinematic masterpiece?

A launch, a company anniversary, a corporate milestone, a feature, awareness for a cause, a channel that needs a plan. Tell us what’s coming up. Chris reads and replies to every message, usually within one business day.