Empowering Filmmakers Worldwide

Skills You Will Acquire:

• Strategic planning and positioning of films for festival success

• Networking and relationship-building within the film industry

• Understanding of film distribution channels and cinema venues

• Crafting compelling submission materials and avoiding disqualification pitfalls

• Technical proficiency in providing optimal film files for final screening

• Creating effective electronic press kits for film promotion

• Approaching key industry players, sales agents, film investors, and financiers with confidence

• Exploring a variety of film funding alternatives, equity and reward-based crowdfunding

What You Will Learn:

• Identifying and targeting the right festivals for your film

• Building Your Own Exposure

• Understanding Traditional and Online Film Distribution

• Crafting an Effective Film Submission

• Providing Film Festival With the Right Film File (e.g. DCP files).

• Building the Ideal Electronic Press Kit (EPK)

• Understanding Equity Finance, Film Funding, and Distribution Strategies

• Approaching film investors, financiers, and sales agents with confidence