How to manage film submissions to your festival

Over the past year, the number of film submissions to festivals—many of them in Spain—has increased again. In recent months I have spoken with festival directors, who have seen how the number of films submitted has doubled and even tripled in just one year. This is an issue that has been widely … Read more

Screening copies for festival distribution

A couple of weeks ago I discussed the copies required for screening in festival distribution, for both short and feature films—that is, when our film has already been selected. Now it is time to address the copies required for submission. We must bear in mind that these copies are the programmers’ first … Read more

The festival run of JUAN Y LA NUBE

At yesterday’s Goya Awards ceremony, Giovanni Macelli’s short film JUAN Y LA NUBE won the Goya Award for Best Animated Short Film, a well-deserved award for this short film, which, as part of the Madrid en corto 2014 catalog, is having a great run on the festival circuit. After just over six … Read more

2014 Distribution Figures

We are now on the last day of 2014, and it is time to compile statistics on what distribution has been this year. Reviewing the figures in global terms (for all the films and catalogs we distribute), we have managed 1,261 festival selections, with 140 awards obtained. It is worth highlighting the … Read more