Submitting Films to Film Festivals If you are short of money, you need to find as many free of charge festivals as possible and keep a detailed budget of all your pre-festival expenses such as: – Postage. – Promotional materials. – Submission copies. – Screening copies. – Festival fees. When it comes to submission fees you, as…
Filmmaking and Writing
How to Submit Films to Film Festivals Tips Part 1?
Film Festival Tips Film Festivals are great places to meet people, to network, to watch the films that you would never usually see otherwise and of course, and most importantly, to get your films viewed by the audience. The film festival will give you exposure to industry delegates, film lovers and the media. Film Festivals…
Independent Film Distribution: Which Way to Go Part 1?
…NEW WAY OF INDEPENDENT FILM DISTRIBUTION Before you decide or start working on self-distribution with your production team try to answer at least the following questions. What is the type of your audience? What is the niche for your film? Film marketing services (internet marketing, social networking, keywords, Search Engine Optimization) If you still are…
Film Distribution: Which Way to Go Part 2?
Independent Film Distribution Most of the filmmakers know nowadays that to make a film is just half of the process. With so many films being made each year the market is crowded, and even excellent film can fail to attract audience or media. And sadly they very often do. For the distribution to be successful,…
Festival Circuit for Short Films Part 2
Festival Circuit for Short Films Once in a while, merely google your name and your film’s title. Surprisingly, you may find reviews of your short or even festival appearance you didn’t know about. Once I did that (all I wanted was to check my facebook page), and I found out that my film was screened…
Festival Circuit For Short Films Part 1
Festival Circuit For Short Films Before you set off to promote your short film, at film festivals, you have to clearly identify the goals for your film. Is it just to show it to the world at the festival, perhaps to find a sales agent? Or could it be to find an investor for it…
Fernando Meirelles: Concerned Moralist from Sao Paulo
Fernando Meirelles Since the mid-1990’s the Brazilian cinema has been considered as one of the most exciting cinematographies in the world. Retomada, the revival of the Brazilian cinema was possible thanks to Jose Carlos Avellar, who in 1992, founded RioFilme, a company that financed and distributed new films. Since the mid-1990’s the Brazilian cinema has been considered as…
European Cinema History (1945 – 2000)
In the post-war European cinema history, one might have observed two tendencies that have defined the cinema until today. On the one hand, there are filmmakers, concentrated around specific schools or trends, and on the other, there are outstanding directors, however, derived from one of those schools or trends. The main characteristic of the European cinema…
European Cinema (1895 – 1945)
European Cinema (1895 – 1945) Europe is regarded as the birthplace of modern cinema. It was in Paris where the first public cinematographic projection ever took place, and from there it spread all over the world. The first filmmakers were the Lumiere brothers, August and Luis, and amongst their first movies, made in 1895, that…
Czech Cinematography: FAMoUs Children of Czech(oslovakia)
The Czech cinematography (or these days Czechoslovakian) came exceptionally late compared with other European cinematographies. It only began at the beginning of the 1960’s when filmmakers from the Czech film school, also called the Czech New Wave, started creating their works. Only the graduates of the worldwide famous FAMU (FILM AND TV ACADEMY OF PERFORMING ARTS IN PRAGUE), in…