MIFFF is the premier genre film festival in the states of Washington and Oregon. The event was created to offer exposure to films that traditionally are overlooked by the festival circuit from genres including action, fantasy, horror, and science fiction.
Deadlines are on:
Submission fees range from $15 for the early deadline to $40 for the final deadline. Submit your film today!
Indee would like to welcome the two new festivals that have signed on so far in January.
The Maelstrom International Fantastic Film Festival – MIFFF
The premier genre film festival in the Pacific Northwest. It runs in October over the weekend of the 5th to the 7th in 2012.
Westport Youth Film Festival – WYFF
WYFF is organized by the Westport Arts Center in Westport, CT. It focuses on youth films from across the world.
We’re really excited to have them both on board!
Self-distribution is a loaded word these days. It covers far too wide an operation from pre-production to securing a studio marketing deal, which in my opinion, is ridiculous.
In its essence, all it means is that the filmmaker is taking on the work of sales-agents & distributors and keeping all the proceeds that would normally go to them. One of the most important tools you need for self-promotion is a screener.
People always want to see some footage of whatever you’re pitching to them. Professional sales agents know this and they spend thousands of dollars on their screeners and shipping.
However, there are three huge concerns with DVD screeners:
Running the numbers, we see this is a huge expense for almost anyone. A screener DVD costs between $1-$4 to produce and between $3-$20 to ship. This ignores all those lost in the mail or misplaced and broken DVDs that usually adds between 10-20% to your screener budget.
After sending out the DVD screener, there is zero reporting to know if the film has been viewed or even reached the recipient in the mail. Dont even bother obtaining more important metrics like your most popular scenes and which scene loses most of your viewers. Thats the kind of empowerment online screeners can offer.
Imagine if you made Paranormal Activity in 2007 and have had to send thousands of screeners over the course of two years. Now it’s 2009, you’re just getting ready for a wide release. Dozens of the DVDs you’ve shipped over the last couple of years are bound to make it right into the hands of pirates the world over, ruining a great film with an early prerelease cut and terrible post production. Not to mention the lost revenue from piracy.
With online screeners you can choose to have your film expire in a day, a month or anywhere in between and get in-depth analytics while you’re at it.
Learn more about Indee’s screeners here.
Photo credit: SuperPipo2010
