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