Distribution

While I am a big fan of Filmfreeway, I am not satisfied with having a structured festival distribution strategy with the platform. Filmfreeway is a marketplace and while they have made submissions very easy for filmmakers and film festivals alike, there is just very little benefit when it comes to strategically submitting your film to festivals.

For we African filmmakers, it's harder for obvious reasons. For a well-structured festival distribution service, you can check out festivilia.com and Festivalwhizz.

Full disclosure: I work at Festivilia. I am a member of the Film Curation Team.

Good one brother, your analysis is pretty correct. I was at filmfreeway but had to slow down my involvement. I'll check out these other links you provided and see how it goes. Thanks again.

Thank you Ikenna.

Willem Lodewijk Elzenga Thank you SO much for sharing your experience! I'm looking forward to the event and all it holds! Good luck with your projects!

We are going to sell some docs, never been but really excited to go!

Michael Connolly It's my first time and I too am giddy with excitement to go! Cheers to your successful sales!

are you selling or financing?

Cherelynn Baker when is the event dear

I would.

I would

Yes.

Hi Luke, the trailer looks really good! Well done. I will be more than happy to assist with your festival distribution. feel free to send me a private message when you are ready and we can talk further. You can check out festivilia.com too. Cheers

This series is definitely super-cute, but, also, the cast is doing a fantastic job, great comedic timing. Few glitches in editing/sound. Are you looking just for exposure? What is your ultimate goal for the series?

Thanks Lourdes! Yes, mainly looking for exposure. We didn't have much of a budget, hence some of the sound issues, unfortunately... So exposure would be great--looking to either get this picked up by a bigger streaming giant as a series or get more work as creators by virtue of exposure/views...

Exposure/views is always the best way to get picked up later. What other platforms do you have? Just the one? Do you want it up on Vimeo and You Tube?

Hi Allie, You could get in touch with Viddsee.com. They have a very strong community in South East Asia. Although they focus on only filmmakers from that region, I think they have recently expanded to receive contents from other parts of the world.

Also, Why don't you explore the film festival route too. There are a few festivals that would appreciate contents such as yours. That can get you a distribution deal if it gets seen by the right people. Good luck and well done

I am accepting submission for my streaming platform. No third-parties. Submit content to bit.ly/2EvePbB

Steven, by "they" do you mean Marie Adler, alias:

Marie Salehi, Maryam S Saleha, Maryam Saleha Adler, Maryam Selaha, Maryam Alder, Marie Saleha, Maryann Adler, Maryam Marie Adler, Maryann Saleha, Maryam Saleha, Maryam Salehaadler, Maryam M Adler, Maryam A Saleha

What I've learned SINCE releasing my documentary (goo.gl/X1iLXQ) is even more disturbing about the international scam Adler is running. Speaking of running, you may want to consider doing so away from these con artists. But of course it's your choice.

...AAAAAAAAND CUT!

thank you for the documentary

Michael

Steven, thanks and I'll have an update on Wednesday.

Superior Court of Los Angeles

Santa Monica Courthouse

1725 Main Street

Santa Monica, CA 90401

December 5 & 6

8:30 AM, Room E

Michael Horn vs Marie Adler, aka:

Marie Salehi, Maryam S Saleha, Maryam Saleha Adler, Maryam Selaha, Maryam Alder, Marie Saleha, Maryann Adler, Maryam Marie Adler, Maryann Saleha, Maryam Saleha, Maryam Salehaadler, Maryam M Adler, Maryam A Saleha

Fraud, theft

As a precaution, we have forwarded Marie Adler’s openly published threats that she has hired people to stalk, find and commit assault and battery against Michael Horn, to the Los Angeles Sheriff’s Department, at the Santa Monica Courthouse.

Indie Rights is one of the best aggregators, giving filmmakers an 80/20 split and a better deal (see below) than they'd get going solo on Amazon Prime, iTunes, and many other sites. Plus they have an excellent reputation. Ask for Linda Nelson.

In addition to being an aggregator, Indie Rights is also an Amazon Studios Partner, which means that if you go through them your film can be seen in all 120 countries where Amazon is available. However, if you put your film on Amazon as an individual filmmaker, it can be seen in only two countries, the U.S. and UK.

Thanks! Idfa is on my list.

You don't really submit your feature - you just have to make sure the content complies with their policies (ie. no calls to outside sites, proper subtitle files). It's not hard it's just tedious.

I've submitted my shorts to Amazon and it is a finicky and tedious process and the help section is not helpful and the support takes days to answer back with a copy and paste of text from the unhelpful help section. Now, once you make it through the process and your film is up on Amazon, it's super easy to begin your marketing campaign and promote your link for viewing! Amazon pays the royalty every month without fail no matter what the amount is. It's worth it in the long run.

Right on, Cherelynn. Thanks for that info ;)

Always a red flag when a distributor contacts you first.

Michael- "Half a loaf is better than no loaf".

Some distributors, real distributors, will give an advance. They Michael Moore and Dinesh D'Souza don't pay distributors, and the don't go self-distributed either. They "take 50%", well, my boss at director Enquiries "took" over 90%, but then I didn't have to market my stuff, find customers, and all that. Think about it, all the pros go with distributors, unless you have some weird niche that's even more controversial than the political directors I named!

Hey, thanks for the advice. We do actually have a good niche . Possible bigger than politics... but reaching an audience is hard.

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Hey Michael. You could try filmhub.com. To me, they are a better alternative to DIstribber