Forget Everything You’ve Been Told About Marketing Your Film
Very few people have successfully marketed a feature film or feature documentary, and fewer still have marketed an independent film of any kind. Every successful indie film finds its own path to market. Marketing “Passion of the Christ” through true four walling worked for Mel Gibson. Marketing “Roger and Me” to political communities...
Documentary Distribution Economics & Options
There are several ways in which a documentary can earn revenue. Maximizing each revenue stream, while minimizing the costs associated with revenue collection and the time required to collect revenues, is the key to creating a financially profitable film. Films can be distributed in the following ways: US Theatrical Release Foreign...
How to Distribute Your Documentary
If you are like most filmmakers, you are going to try to avoid thinking about the distribution of your film as long as possible. You are going to think that distribution is what your sales agent or distributor is paid to think about. Those folks, when you acquire them, may even tell you that you shouldn’t concern yourself with...
