Keep Working that Film

By Greg Pak

Keep in mind that getting distribution for a short film is a fine and excellent thing, but if you want the film to sell, you still have to work it. An educational distributor, for example, will send out a catalog which will include a photo and description of your film. And you'll appear in the distributor's website. But buyers have dozens or even hundreds of other films to choose from -- in the same catalog, even.

To maximize your film's selling potential, make cards or flyers which include your distributors' contact information. Hand them out or at least put 'em on the counters and tables whenever your film screens at a festival. If there's an educator at that screening who teaches in a field pertaining to your film's subject matter, he or she is a great target for a sale. But if you don't put a flyer out there, he or she will have no idea how to find you.

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05.02.99 | FilmHelp , FilmHelp: Festivals & Distribution , Films