NEW BOOK RELEASE Selling Your Film Without Selling Your Soul
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Dear Collaborators,
We’re thrilled to be approaching the mid-September launch and release of our collaboratively created multi-format digital and printed case study book SELLING YOUR FILM WITHOUT SELLING YOUR SOUL presented by online platform Prescreen and written by TFC's Orly Ravid and Jeffrey Winter, filmmaker/author Jon Reiss (Think Outside The Box Office) and marketing/social media strategist Sheri Candler. Our launch party in NYC, sponsored by SNAG FILMS, is set for September 19th—details to follow. The book will be FREE during September for all platforms except print and then $4.99 for initial digital platforms (Amazon Kindle, iTunes iBook Enhanced and Regular, and Barnes & Noble Nook). One format will always be available for free. The printed book will have an SRP of $19.95.
“Selling Your Film Without Selling Your Soul proves that the dominant challenges of yesterday are now solve-able. Nothing is out of reach. The path to freedom has been found!”
— Ted Hope, Producer
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by the Film Collaborative, Jon Reiss & Sheri Candler
“Essential reading for anyone making films in today’s ever-changing landscape of independent cinema. The authors’ unparalleled access, experience, and generosity of spirit provide invaluable insight and inspiration to all filmmakers seriously trying to communicate their vision to the world.”
— Joana Vincente, Executive Director, IFP
“No doubt film sales activities have changed forever, but in this new frontier, when it’s YOUR film on the line, how do you know what is myth or fact, or distinguish between a concept that actually works and one that just sounds plausible? Research. And that is EXACTLY what this book is: real world case studies. If you are making a film, you need to read this book.”
— Chris Jones, Filmmaker and Author of Guerilla Film Makers Handbook
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ABOUT THE BOOK:
SELLING YOUR FILM WITHOUT SELLING YOUR SOUL is the first book to strip away the mythology surrounding independent film distribution to present the real picture on revenue earned from a variety of release strategies. This book highlights a multitude of new techniques filmmakers are using 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.
Within the 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 such as: Ride The Divide, The Cosmonaut, The Best and The Brightest, Sita Sings the Blues, Note by Note, Bass Ackwards, Adventures of Power, Violet Tendencies, American: The Bill Hicks Story, Undertow, For the Bible Tells Me So, and the webseries PioneerOne.
Click here to see the TRAILER, learn more about the book and details regarding the launch party. You can also sign up to be notified when it becomes available.
WEBSITE:
sellingyourfilm.com
“The biggest challenge facing filmmakers contemplating releasing their own films is gaining the knowledge needed to do it. Full of real-world strategies and fact-filled case studies, SELLING YOUR FILM WITHOUT SELLING YOUR SOUL is a must read for filmmakers contemplating entrepreneurship in the name of their art.”
— Scott Macaulay, Filmmaker Magazine
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And if you are interested in a related panel at SXSW please feel free to vote for “Selling Your Film Without Getting F*#KED!” the voting has started and here’s the description link.
Congratulations to SHELDON LARRY for LEAVE IT ON THE FLOOR being an Official Selection of TORONTO INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL.
If you missed our latest BLOG please find it here. We also had FILM FESTIVAL TIPS on INDIEWIRE this week.
TFC’s recent festival stops include: Guanajuato Mexico, Santa Fe (NALIP’s Producers Conference) and we'll look forward to seeing you at the upcoming Montreal International Film Festival, IFP and TIFF.
STAY TUNED for UPDATES on theatrical releases, WE WERE HERE & WEEKEND.
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