The selective world premiere strategy is one of the most complex in festival distribution, as it requires medium and long-term calendar planning. Festivals with premiere requirements often receive many submissions, and it’s increasingly difficult to secure a selection. Until now, I had discussed festivals with strict premiere requirements, but there are other … Read more
We are in the first week of 2018 and as usual, it is time to take stock of the work done in 2017 distribution. This is the fourth consecutive year that I have published these reports; at this link you can see the 2016 report. Conducting a review of the selection figures … Read more
2017 is coming to an end, a year that has seen the consolidation of the blog, both in terms of visits and subscribers. This last week of the year is a good time to take a look back, both at the most significant figures and the most-read content. Throughout this year, I … Read more
Now that we are at the end of the year, and the volume of festivals and submissions is at its lowest point of the year, it is a good time to start planning the beginning of 2018. I have already published several posts about planning festival premieres and how to establish a … Read more
This very morning the nominations for the 2018 Goya Awards were announced. The five short films nominated for the Goya Awards for Best Fiction Short Film were Australia, by Lino Escalera, Baraka, by Néstor Ruiz Medina, Como yo te amo, by Fernando García-Ruiz, Extraños en la carretera, by Carlos Solano and Madre, … Read more
This week we learned about the three short films nominated for the Forqué Awards, Los desheredados, by Laura Ferrer, Tabib, by Carlo D’Ursi, and Madre, by Rodrigo Sorogoyen. In the case of Madre, we are distributing it as part of the Madrid en corto 2017 catalogue. In addition to this nomination, it … Read more
If you are just starting to distribute a documentary, it is advisable to take into account some preliminary considerations, not only to plan the festival circuit, but from the post-production process, and before finalizing the final edit. There are some elements that are specific to documentary festivals, and that differentiate them from … Read more
I imagine that you are now starting to prepare your film’s festival distribution, you have recently locked picture, and you are looking for the first festivals to be able to submit it. You have started an Excel spreadsheet with the main festival details: the deadline, name, website, dates, fees, etc. This spreadsheet … Read more
The festivals for children and youth are increasingly important, and represent a great opportunity for festival distribution. Within this festival segment’s circuit, we could differentiate two types of competitions: those festivals exclusively dedicated to children and youth audiences, and other more generalist festivals that have sections dedicated to these audiences. These latter … Read more
Film festival distribution is a long and sometimes complicated path; the diversity and different requirements of festivals increasingly require designing a festival strategy. What are the best strategies? How do we approach them? In principle, I believe we could group them into two main categories: The selective and intensive strategy. The selective … Read more