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
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
The month of August has started with good news. Yesterday, the international premiere in Toronto of Rodrigo Sorogoyen’s short film Madre was announced, which we are distributing as part of the Madrid en corto 2017 catalog. This month is somewhat contradictory; on one hand, it’s vacation time and the work pace slows … Read more
This week saw the first program preview of the Toronto International Film Festival, with 25 world premieres and special presentations. This festival can sometimes be confused with a Class A festival, but it must be clear that Toronto has a different category than Cannes, Berlin, Venice, or San Sebastian. Class A festivals … 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
These days I am already starting to design the festival strategy for the latest graduation short films from ECAM. These shorts began filming in February and are all now in the final phase of post-production. The first consideration we must take into account is the national premiere, which we safeguard throughout this … Read more