by Elliot Grove | 24 June, 2018 | Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution
Getting your film made is easy, compared to the struggles filmmakers have in getting their films distributed. Many filmmakers are now turning to self-distribution. At Raindance Film Festival we work with countless filmmakers trying to get their shorts, features and...
by Elliot Grove | 4 May, 2018 | In Our Opinion
With the current heatwave melting filmmaker’s equipment, we thought it a good idea to remind ourselves how independent filmmakers are cool! While independent filmmaking can be challenging, there is no doubt that being an independent filmmaker is the coolest of...
by Elliot Grove | 30 January, 2018 | Filmmaking, Filmmaking Career, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution
It used to be that film self-distribution meant getting a van, a bunch of fly posters, and hitting the road. A few days before you pulled up into a town, an advance person would leaflet the place, and when you arrived you would do some local radio, screen your film at...
by Jo Geaney | 12 December, 2013 | In Our Opinion, Promotion, Marketing and Distribution
Hardly a week goes by without a new Kickstarter campaign clogging up your Twitter feed and inbox but funding is only half the story in this particular fraction of independent film-making. Affective methods of distribution for any given project remains a loaded topic...
by Elliot Grove | 10 August, 2013 | Promotion, Marketing and Distribution
Jon Reiss is filmmaker (Bomb It, Better Living Through Circuitry), author (Think Outside the Box Office) and media strategist who works with filmmakers, companies and organizations to help them utilize the most recent techniques of direct film distribution and...
