Being a filmmaker, you eventually get to the point where you have your film ready and are beginning to think how to show it to the world. One of the best possible ways to get both you and your film noticed is to get into a film festival. But getting to just any given festival…
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Comprehensive List of the Most Important Film Funding Organisations
If you decide to make a film, you face many problems. First, you struggle to catch and hold on to the idea that flickers in your head. Then you try to gather the best cast, crew and equipment for your project. But in most cases the biggest potential problem is money. How to collect the…
List of 31 Most Important Film Markets Around the World
1. Asia Television Forum (ATF) (clickable link) Asia Television Forum (ATF) is Asia’s leading programming market, where international content sellers meet with Asian buyers and partners to sell, buy and network. 2. Asian Film Market (clickable link) Asian Film Market is a part of the Pusan International Film Festival, evolving further and shaping itself into a more…
How to Theatrically Distribute a Film?
Even though a lot of filmmakers skip theatrical distribution nowadays because of the vast cost and the lack of return on it, it still cannot be of overestimated value. Even pretty limited theatrical distribution in a few theatres across the country may produce revenue in DVD, VOD, Internet sales and merchandising. It may also give…
Independent Film Marketing Part 3
Last time we started telling you about the independent film marketing in general. We also brought you closer the subject of how to create a suitable website for marketing purposes and how to use different networking websites to support your campaign. This time we try to tell you a bit about modern independent film distribution,…
Independent Film Marketing Part 2
Tips on how to create a suitable website. 1) The audience needs to be involved on your site. 2) Create a dialogue with your audience. 3) Give your audience reasons to return to your website. 4) Still, images and videos are more keyword-friendly and more efficient than text. 5) The URL of your site has…
Independent Film Marketing Part 1
Doing the marketing campaign for an independent film stays more or less by the general rules of marketing for a small business. The traditional ways of bringing films into the market are fading fast, and it’s time to reinvent film marketing, and therefore the marketing strategy. Besides, as an independent filmmaker, you must stop defining…
What Means What in Film Language?
This article has been written by Joe Corrigan and reprinted with his permission. Thanks a lot, Joe. This article was created to get the people involved in the process of filmmaking speaking one language, so once you are on the set, you know what everyone is talking about. L I G H T I N…
Pitch: What Is It and What It Means in Film Industry?
You hear it all the time: “you need to have a good pitch to be able to get the grant or get any funding for your project.” But what is this pitching thing is and what does it mean to have a good pitch? Should you hire someone to write it for you? Should you…
What Is a Film Market ?
Film festivals are cultural events that concentrate on promoting films to film fans and movie professionals. Film markets are trade events where business is conducted (finding distributors, selling films to different territories, etc.). Film festivals can be combined with Film markets and, this trend is increasing in the industry across the world, simply because it’s more…