business of documentaries and short films @ film festivals and through distribution
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Documentary & Short FilmsFilm Festivals Distribution
Film Festivals
Cultural Aspect
Business Aspect
Business & Culture at Film Festival
“Outside In”
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Do Festivals work for SF & Docs?
ORecognition
OVisibility leading to Revenues
Film Festival Basics
OImportant festivals in the
world.
OHow to reach out to them?
OCriteria for acceptance of your
film.
Important FestivalsShort Film Festivals :
O Sundance Film FestivalO Cannes Film FestivalO Palms Springs International Film Festival
of Short FilmsO Clermont Ferrand International Short Film
FestivalO Aspen Short FestO Berlin Film FestivalO Raindance Film Festival
Important FestivalsDocumentary Festivals :
O Sundance Film FestivalO International Documentary Film
Festival Amsterdam (IDFA)O DOK LeipzigO Toronto International Film FestivalO Hot Docs
Submitting Your FilmO Festival’s own websiteO Offline Submissions via snail mail O Facilitating websites like :
O www.withoutabox.comO www.shortfilmdepot.com O www.clickforfestivals.com
Criteria for Acceptability
OTargeting the right festivalsO Major FestivalsO Genre Based Festivals
OTimelinesOProgrammer / Consultant
Film MarketsO Important Film Markets
O Cannes Film Festival – Marche Du Film (Short Film Corner)
O Clermont Ferrand International Short Film Festival
O Berlin Film FestivalO Sundance Film FestivalO IDFAO AFM (American Film Market)O Hong Kong Film Mart
Distribution
O Theatrical
O Television / Satellite / Cable
O DVD
O Other – inflight, educational distribution,
etc.
Distribution
O Digital or Online & Mobile
O AVOD / SVOD / TVOD
O Democratic and Economical
O Crowd sourcing and Social Media
Case Study
1st Kannada film made with crowd funding 1200 pre-orders generated US$ 40,000 Online sales generated US$ 22,000 in 10 days.
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