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
A week after the publication of the new Goya Awards rules, and following the post on the national premiere strategy that I published last Monday, I have been reviewing the impact of the new rules on the national festival strategy for a fiction short film. This is particularly relevant if you have … Read more
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
In recent years, submission fees at European festivals have been increasing and have become one of the most significant changes in festival distribution. This is a trend coming from the United States that is timidly being adopted, but in a very heterogeneous manner, depending on the countries and categories of these festivals. … Read more
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
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
It has been two months since we launched the new Madrid en corto folder with a DVD-free version, and after this submission period we do not miss the disc. However, we have had to make a small run for festivals that require it in their regulations: what is happening with DVDs at … Read more