Distribution : Distribution by Tomas Sem Løkke-Sørensen

Hi Tomas, can i get The good Distributor contacts for my Feature film i will help out you in INDIA as well.

Here are the things you want:

An upfront fee. Hopefully enough to cover your production costs.

Percentage of all licensing fees. This should be in the 75% range for your end.

Clear terms on when your contract with them expires and limits on the duration of the licenses they grant (I personally wouldn't sign for more than three years for the distributor and any domestic licenses, and five years for foreign territories unless the money was really good and there was a performance clause that if it didn't make a certain amount in a specified time, the license was non-renewable).

A third party company in charge of accounting for royalties.

You may want to find a Sales Agent to rep you.

Here are the red flags:

No money up front. If they don't believe enough in your film to pay you up front for it, they don't believe in their ability to sell it.

Do not agree to things like the distributor getting first money off the top (ie: $20,000) for things like marketing and selling it at Cannes or AFM. That's the sign of an aggregator. They'll take your movie, bundle it with a bunch of others and dump it for next to nothing. They make money. You'll never see a dime.

The third party accounting company David mentions would be these guys : http://www.fintagehouse.com/

Tomas, go to the Sundance.org website. Click on the article "We Spoke to Dozens of Distributors; Here is What They Want in a Film." Very informative, listing many distribs.

FreewayEntertainment.com is another third party accounting company used by producers.

Thanks guys for very useful info

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