Narcissist's Playbook
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Private Online Screenings

THE CONVERSATION
STARTS WHEN
THE FILM ENDS

Screen The Narcissist’s Playbook privately for your group, then take their questions live.

You choose the date and the hour, anywhere in the world. We build the screening and send you one link to forward. Your group watches at the same time, talks in a live chat as it unfolds, and you can come on camera afterwards to hold the conversation. Nothing is public. Nothing appears in our catalogue.

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93 minutes
Feature runtime
Any time zone
We run all hours
From $650
Nonprofit rate
2 business days
We reply to every request
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How It Works

Four steps. We do the technical part.

You will not have to install software, run a broadcast, or troubleshoot anything on the night.

Step One

Tell us the date

Send the form below with your preferred date and time, your time zone, and roughly how many people. We confirm availability and price.

Step Two

We build your room

You get one invitation link, a short guide to send your group, and a 30-minute call with us to walk through it.

Step Three

Your group joins

They click your link, create a free account with an email address, and they are in. No card, no app to download, no code to enter.

Step Four

You hold the room

We run the broadcast from our end while you do what you are actually there for, which is being present with your people.

Choose Your Format

Three ways to run it

Each one builds on the one before it. Start simple. Most groups do.

Format One

Watch together, talk together

The film streams at your chosen time with a live chat running alongside it. Your group reacts in real time, together, instead of watching alone and comparing notes later.

• Private scheduled screening
• Live chat throughout
• One invitation link to forward
• Discussion and facilitator guide
• 30-minute setup call with us
• Access to our survivor community
• Attendance report afterwards
Up to 50 people$850
51 to 150 people$1,150
151 to 500 people$1,600
Nonprofit rate: 25% off. More than 500, ask us.
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Format Two

You lead the conversation after

Everything above, and when the credits roll we bring you on camera. Your group types questions into the chat and you answer them live. The film does the work; you make sense of it with them while it is still raw.

• Everything in The Screening
• Up to 45 minutes of live Q&A
• You appear on camera, we switch to you
• Private rehearsal before the event
• Prompt sheet if you want one
• Recording of your session afterwards
Up to 50 people$1,250
51 to 150 people$1,550
151 to 500 people$2,000
Nonprofit rate: 25% off. More than 500, ask us.
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Format Three

Bring a specialist to your group

Everything above, plus a specialist joining live to take your group's questions. Tell us who you have in mind: a clinician from the film's launch weekend, a member of the filmmaking team, or someone whose work fits your group. We will check their availability and confirm the cost before you commit to anything.

• Everything in Screening + Your Q&A
• A specialist of your choosing, subject to availability
• Up to 60 minutes of panel discussion
• Technical director on the broadcast
• Full rehearsal with all speakers
• Recording of the panel afterwards
Up to 50 peopleFrom $2,400
51 to 150 peopleFrom $2,700
151 to 500 peopleFrom $3,150
Final price depends on the specialist you request and their fee.
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What You Get

Exactly who does what

The most common question we get is how much work this is for you. Here is the honest answer.

We Handle
✓ Building your private screening room
✓ Running the broadcast, start to finish
✓ Your invitation link and guest instructions
✓ A 30-minute call to walk you through it
✓ A technical check on the day, before doors
✓ Helping any guest who cannot get logged in
✓ Removing anything harmful from the chat
✓ Your attendance report afterwards
You Handle
• Inviting your own people, with your link
• Naming someone to watch the chat
• Preparing your group for the subject matter
• Leading the discussion, if you have booked one
• Any aftercare your people may need

On watching the chat: this film covers coercive control and post-separation abuse, and people say difficult things while they watch. Someone from your group who knows your people should be reading along. We send you a written moderation guide and the support resources to have ready, and one of our team is reachable throughout to remove anything that needs removing.

Who This Is For

Built for people who work with survivors

Therapists and group practices

Give a trauma or abuse-recovery group a shared reference point. Clients who have struggled to name what happened to them often find the language for it here, and you are in the room when they do.

Universities and training programs

Psychology, social work and counselling cohorts see coercive control documented as it unfolds, rather than described after the fact. Schedule it into a term; we will work to your calendar.

Advocacy organisations and shelters

Train staff and volunteers, or host a survivor community evening. Nonprofit rates apply, and if budget is the obstacle, tell us. We hold a small number of subsidised screenings each month.

Workplace wellbeing and EAP teams

Coercive control does not stay at home, and it shows up at work as absence, underperformance and attrition. Purchase orders, W-9s and net-30 terms are all fine.

Coaches and group facilitators

Run it as a session inside a program you already deliver. Your people watch together, you lead the conversation after, and nobody has to organise anything themselves.

Family law and post-separation support

For programs supporting people through separation from a coercively controlling partner, where recognising the pattern is often the first real step.

From Our Community

What practitioners told us

Unedited, from the community discussion on our platform.

“I counsel women experiencing domestic violence and I hope you will make a copy of this film available to every women's shelter and counseling service in the country.”

Amy S., domestic violence counsellor

“I will be recommending this to coaching clients on their path to healing, as they will feel validated, and seen. It will help them move past the hope of saving someone who cannot be saved.”

Amanda D., recovery coach

“This needs to be in college courses, maybe for high schoolers.”

Community member, launch weekend

“This film is a much needed public service for those who don't yet know nor understand what psychologically hit them but will now.”

Community member, launch weekend

“I feel so SEEN and HEARD and REAL right now. This IS a dark topic about dark, evil people, but you have planted these fantastical seeds of validation.”

Attendee, live launch weekend

“You give back this entire weekend full of golden nuggets and community. There are decent, kind, loving human beings in this world and today I feel so much lighter for it.”

Attendee, live launch weekend
In-Person Screenings

Have a theatre, hall or venue?

We license the film for in-person screenings too: community events, conferences, campus screenings, workshops and festivals. Licences start at $200 and include secure access to the film, promotional materials and a facilitator guide. Tell us about your event and we will come back with a quote.

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Questions

Before you ask us

Do my guests need to pay anything?

No. You pay once for the screening and everyone you invite comes in free. They create an account with an email address. No card is requested at any point.

Is it really private?

Yes. Your screening does not appear anywhere in our catalogue and cannot be found by searching. Only people with your link can enter. We never name your organisation on the page or anywhere public.

How long does the whole thing take?

The film runs 93 minutes. Allow about two hours with a settling-in window at the start, or closer to three hours if you have added a Q&A or a panel.

How far ahead do we need to book?

Two weeks is comfortable and gives us time to set everything up properly. If you need something sooner, ask anyway. We will tell you honestly whether we can make it work.

We are not in the US. Does that matter?

Not at all. We run screenings at any hour, in any time zone. Tell us the local time you want and we will work around it.

What if someone cannot get logged in?

We are on hand from 30 minutes before the start. Your instructions pack tells guests to join early and to use a web browser rather than a phone or TV app, which prevents most of it.

Is this suitable for clients or students?

That judgement is yours, and you know your people. The film contains detailed accounts of coercive control and psychological abuse. We send the full content notes with your booking so you can prepare your group properly.

How do we pay?

Invoice, card or purchase order. We can provide a W-9 and work to net-30 terms. Full terms come with your booking confirmation.

Request A Screening

Tell us what you have in mind

Two minutes to fill in. We reply within two business days with a date, a price and next steps. Nothing is committed until you say so.

Name anyone you would like us to approach: a clinician from the film's launch weekend, a member of the filmmaking team, or someone whose work fits your group. We will check availability and confirm the cost before you commit. If you are not sure, say so and we will suggest someone.

We reply within two business days. Prefer email? Write to outreach@narcissistsplaybook.com

Bookings are confirmed on receipt of a 50% deposit, with the balance due before the screening date. Full terms are provided with your booking confirmation. Nonprofit rates require proof of nonprofit status. Prices are in USD and exclude any applicable taxes.

This film deals with coercive control and psychological abuse. It is not a substitute for treatment or professional support. Every screening booking includes content notes and a list of support resources to share with your group in advance.