Selling Your Film Outside the U.S.
Distribution in Europe
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Dear Friends,
The 2014 Cannes Film Festival is in full swing, and this Friday, we will be launching Selling Your Film Without Selling Your Soul, the second volume in our “Selling Your Film” case study book series. While our first book, Selling Your Film Without Selling Your Soul, focused on U.S releases and case studies, Selling Your Film Outside the U.S. takes a deep dive into digital distribution (and distribution generally) in Europe and provides several case studies of films released there.
The series began in 2011 as an attempt to encourage transparency in an industry that has always been quite reluctant to do so. Three years later, we are proud to have led the charge towards this goal, and we are encouraged that others are embarking on projects that attempt to do the same. Within the pages of this book, you will find marketing and crowdfunding strategies, real distribution budgets, community building activities, and detailed ancillary and digital distribution revenues for independently produced films.
By stripping away the mythology surrounding independent film distribution, we aim to present a more realistic picture regarding how filmmakers can earn revenue—and when they cannot—from a variety of release strategies. While there is no one model that will work for a particular film, the books in this series highlight a multitude of new techniques that filmmakers are employing to directly connect their films with audiences, effectively reach them through the power of the global Internet, and build a sustainable fan base to last throughout a career.
To that aim, we offer Selling Your Film Outside the U.S.—containing chapters by The Film Collaborative co-executive directors Orly Ravid and Jeffrey Winter, marketing strategist and social media expert Sheri Chandler (also TFC Director of Digital Marketing Strategy), filmmaker, author and media strategist Jon Reiss, and Wendy Bernfeld, managing director of the European content curation and licensing company Rights Stuff BV.—as the starting point for any filmmaker (whether they are U.S.-based or not) who wishes to explore distributing their film in Europe.
Digital editions available starting Friday, May 23.
In the meantime, please have a look at some of the “sneak peeks” we’ve published on the TFC blog in the past several months: Sneak Peek #1 • Sneak Peek #2 • Sneak Peek #3 • Sneak Peek #4 .
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| TFC offers a wide range of free-to-all and low-cost membership-based programs and sevices for filmmakers. |
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We help filmmakers develop their film festival strategy through our membership program, and, for select films, execute all aspects of the entire festival run. To learn more, please email us. |
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TFC’s Fiscal Sponsorship program allows filmmakers to seek grants from a wide range of sources and solicit tax-deductible donations under TFC’s exempt status. |
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TFC’s Direct Digital Distribution program has placed over 20 films on digital platforms around the world. |
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TFC has also launched a Hybrid-Theatrical Distribution program that guides filmmakers as they raise release funds through a crowdfunding campaign and handles the resulting DIY theatrical North American run. For more information, please email us. |
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| Beginning Fall 2014, TFC will be launching an add-on Marketing service that can be used in conjunction with our existing Membership, Festival Distribution, TFC Theatrical and TFC Direct Digital Distribution programs. |
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We offer flat-fee negotiation/business affairs/legal contract services to filmmakers specifically in connection with distribution agreements. Please click here for more information. |
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We offer assistance to filmmakers who require help with sales or licensing deals (select films). TFC also offers a flat-fee distribution agreement review service. Please email us to find out more. |
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We’ve set up a suite of external sites to help filmmakers navigate through the minefield that is film distribution and digital distribution. |
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Be sure to check out our most popular tool for Filmmakers…ResourcePlace™ |
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