On Saturday, September 27, 2008, I attended “The Documentary Marketplace” panel at Film Independent’s Filmmaker Forum, which was held in Los Angeles
Distribution
As part of our 25th anniversary essays, distribution maven Peter Broderick writes about how docmakers can maximize their revenue streams by cutting out the middle man.
Deliverables. Boilerplate. Milestones. E&O. Those are the words that follow "You've got a deal" or "We want you to make your film for our channel."
You've done it. You've run the funding gauntlet, overcome colossal obstacles in pre-production and tackled the challenges of production. As you rest
CameraPlanet, the New York City-based producer and distributor, and Discovery Communications, Inc., the cable giant located in Silver Springs
Glossary of Terms Agents: Represent works for a fee to distributors or to broadcast/cable/satellite outlets. Broadcasters/Cable-Satellite Programming
Filmmakers frequently ask me, “At what point in the production process should I offer my film to distributors?” Considering that thousands of
Dear Editor, I am writing in response to the article in the November 2002 issue written by Mitchell W. Block regarding distribution. This article
“It comes from outrage that I pursue the projects I do,” says Arthur Dong, whose films L icensed to Kill (1997) and the recent Family Fundamentals
Documentary distributors and producers searching for international partners and foreign buyers may want to consider participating in the two-day