tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22260589.post114605970657655315..comments2023-01-08T05:36:04.252-08:00Comments on Indie Features (ex-Indie Features 06): Using Festivals as a springboard to a Platform ReleaseSujewa [Blog Admin]http://www.blogger.com/profile/16148552077500713000noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22260589.post-1146227887807505182006-04-28T05:38:00.000-07:002006-04-28T05:38:00.000-07:00Good plan. I've done AFM and Cannes before with l...Good plan. I've done AFM and Cannes before with limited success. If you have a genre film (and I guess you do since you mention horror) this could work in your favor. Although, not many film festivals bite (pun intended) on horror films unless they are geared for them. <BR/><BR/>With my experience though, if you have a good horror film - shot on film or HD with blood, scares and boobs you can sell it to a distributor - especially for a DVD release.<BR/><BR/>-BlakeBlake Calhounhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02210096847105001625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22260589.post-1146070343908664502006-04-26T09:52:00.000-07:002006-04-26T09:52:00.000-07:00Very cool plan. I've always thought that a film f...Very cool plan. I've always thought that a film festival offers a great opportunity to start a theatrical run in whatever town the festival is located. <BR/><BR/>You get a lot of press and attention for the film thru the fest, but then if folks miss their chance to see it at the 1 or 2 festival screenings, they have to wait months or years for the film to MAYBE get distribution down the road to ever see it. By then, they've forgotten about it or the sense of urgency to see something new is all gone.<BR/><BR/>It maybe wouldn't make sense for a film's debut festival, or even its first few festivals, but if it's been on "the circuit" for months and no distributors are biting, why not try to set up a small theatrical run in each of the towns where the film plays at a festival? That all takes time, effort, money, advertising, connections, etc., but so does sending the film out to distributors who probably won't want to buy it anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22260589.post-1146060358433107352006-04-26T07:05:00.000-07:002006-04-26T07:05:00.000-07:00Lots of good info. there Lance, thanks a lot, look...Lots of good info. there Lance, thanks a lot, looks like Head Trauma is going <BR/>to offer alot of people the chance to see it & buy it in the US & elsewhere. If you ever do a self-distribution workshop in the DC area, let me know, I'll come & check it out,I could probably learn a lot from it.<BR/><BR/>- SujewaSujewa [Blog Admin]https://www.blogger.com/profile/16148552077500713000noreply@blogger.com