May 16, 2013 at 10:43am
April 1, 2013 at 11:23am
You can reach your audience with your film. Can you get them to engage and plan on that? We haven’t been thinking that way.
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Ted Hope, SFFS Executive Director
San Francisco Film Society Launches New Digital Distribution Lab A2E
February 15, 2013 at 1:22pm
Here are six reasons Topspin believes in direct-to-fan distribution after Bones Brigade beat traditional deals.
February 5, 2013 at 12:14pm
VOD is a game-changer for independent filmmakers. You’re instantly reaching everybody with an Internet connection. The potential audience for your film is tremendous, and the costs involved to reach a nationwide audience are far lower [than before].
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- Steve Beckman, FilmBuff
Learn how to break out of the “film fest box.”
January 31, 2013 at 3:25pm
The Hollywood Math Behind How Lindsay Lohan’s The Canyons Will Make Money
Is VOD/digital distribution the answer?
January 24, 2013 at 1:19pm
Filmmakers can be so creative when they have close contact with their fan base. Really, that’s their best resource. The benefits of self-distributing, and having an open community in general, help move the process along so much faster.
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Will Mainguy, Reelhouse CEO
The Sundance Institute recently announced a new digital partnership with Reelhouse, an online video platform where filmmakers and artists can self-distribute their work.
For more, visit Mashable
January 22, 2013 at 5:34pm
Sundance 2013: Are Filmmakers Vain or Nostalgic? The Digital Distribution Dilemma →
Are filmmakers vain for wanting theatrical distribution? At a Wrap panel at the Sundance FIlm Festival on Monday, filmmakers and other indie veterans crossed swords with digital distribution executives in a debate about the future of independent film and how it can find profitability.
January 17, 2013 at 10:41am
THR reports on “the story of how [Chris] Colfer and the producers of [Struck by Lightning] decided to go for a digital release at the cost of a traditional Hollywood opening and why they believe it is the future for many movies.”
Digital distribution is here to stay, you guys. Read here.
December 21, 2012 at 1:02pm
The Really Good Things In The Indie Film Biz 2012 →
Ted Hope thinks the independent film industry has many things to celebrate this year.
Frankly, we couldn’t agree more!
MoPix: Untangling film distribution →
Digital distribution is messy. Digital distribution is a full-time job. Online film distribution requires a combination of software, digital expertise and elbow grease. But it shouldn’t and it doesn’t have to be. It is time to automate the digital distribution process to create a set of norms. We…
September 24, 2012 at 3:43pm
Can filmmakers capitalize on the success of Louis CK’s independent distribution model?
September 19, 2012 at 3:12pm
![”[Newlyweds] is the first time since Brothers McMullen that I’m making money as a filmmaker.”
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”[Newlyweds] is the first time since Brothers McMullen that I’m making money as a filmmaker.”
Watch as Edward Burns discusses the benefits of digital distribution and The Fitzgerald Family Christmas at TIFF 2012.
August 28, 2012 at 12:09pm
“Distribution is a supermarket—How do you get shelf space?”
The iconic George Lucas talks about how film fans now have unlimited choices at their fingertips—and what that means for filmmakers who want their work to be seen.
April 9, 2012 at 11:20am
What The Film Industry Needs: Transparency
By Orly Ravid
Recently I was helping a friend with a business plan related to publishing. So naturally I needed to reference revenues in the publishing space. There was plenty of revenue data available.
