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What Filmmakers Need to Know About Indie Film Distribution in 2016
You’ve made an independent film and you’d like to get it out into the world. Unfortunately, unless you’re already a “name” director with an established track record or your film has played at top festivals, there’s no clear route to getting distribution. In recent years as the traditional distribution model has shifted, the future of film distribution has been murky. But at a Portland Film Festival panel devoted to distribution, Drafthouse Films chief operating officer James Shapiro declared that “We have finally arrived at a place where we know what the future will look like, at least for the immediate […]
by Paula Bernstein on Sep 1, 2016 -
Nine Lessons for Self-Distributing Filmmakers with No Money and No Experience
This article by Tom Putnam and Brenna Sanchez about the distribution of their Detroit firefighter documentary Burn originally appeared in our Fall, 2013 print edition. It is appearing online for the first time. “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” — Mark Twain As filmgoers are increasingly flooded with new media options to keep them at home, the prevailing theory is that the days of theatrical releases for independent films are in their last slow throes. We disagree because we just spent the last year filling 300- to 2,000-seat theaters in 170 cities with our firefighter documentary Burn. We […]
by Tom Putnam and Brenna Sanchez on Jul 15, 2014 -
Theatrical’s Not Dead; It Just Smells Like It
This article by Tom Putnam and Brenna Sanchez about the distribution of their Detroit firefighter documentary Burn originally appeared in our Fall, 2013 print edition. It is appearing online for the first time. “The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.” — Mark Twain As filmgoers are increasingly flooded with new media options to keep them at home, the prevailing theory is that the days of theatrical releases for independent films are in their last slow throes. We disagree because we just spent the last year filling 300- to 2,000-seat theaters in 170 cities with our firefighter documentary Burn. We […]
by Tom Putnam and Brenna Sanchez on Oct 23, 2013 -
Burn Self-Distribution Resource List
DIGITAL PRINTS Different By Design (Los Angeles) (310) 689-2470 http://www.dxdproductions.com/ Feature film DCP master: $10/minute + $50 setup fee + $150/drive Duplicates (on USB hard drive): $150 each Feature film Blu-ray master: $250 Duplicates: $25 each Trailer DCP master: $10/minute + $50 setup fee + $25/thumb drive Duplicates (on USB thumb drive): $25 each Trailer Blu-ray master: $250 Duplicates: $25 POSTERS & POSTCARDS U Printing www.uprinting.com They’re in Los Angeles, so you can pick up directly from them and avoid shipping costs. Posters (27×39 100-pound glossy) $1070 for 2,000; postcards $420 for 10,000. WEBSTORE Shopify http://www.shopify.com/ Prices vary […]
by Tom Putnam and Brenna Sanchez on Oct 21, 2013 -
Five Questions with Burn Directors Tom Putnam and Brenna Sanchez
A news item about a tragedy in Detroit got them started, and by the time they were finished—three years and 1,000 hours of footage later—co-directors Tom Putnam and Brenna Sanchez found that their firefighting documentary had become something bigger than they’d imagined. Burn follows a group of firefighters as they try to contain blazes in a city with an endless roster of buildings left vacant amidst an economic collapse (a topic dealt with in Detropia and several other documentaries). Detroit’s population, as the film notes, is less than half of what it was 60 years ago, and many of those […]
by Kevin Canfield on Nov 6, 2012
