Host: trinidad+tobago film festival
Presents: Getting Ready for Distribution
Discipline: Film Distribution
Skill Level: Beginner
Description: Sales agents, distributors and digital outlets expect more than just an HD master to release a film. In this day and age, filmmakers must think about distribution from the get-go and start preparing for this stage of the process before filming even begins.
ttff/20 presents this integral talk on distribution facilitated by Patricia Martin of Habanero Film Sales in Brazil. Patricia will explain why filmmakers must start budgeting and preparing their team for distribution before heading out to film.
Martin will also discuss how film festivals have become alternative distribution platforms- sources of exhibition related revenue for indies- and explain festival agreements, screening fees and other topics. The presentation will also take a look at ‘windowing’ and what it means for hybrid distribution; transformations in the way that content is produced and consumed have disrupted traditional windowing models. Co-production agreements, territories and holdbacks will all be discussed to aid participants in their understanding.
Date | Time: Friday 11th September 2020 | 9:30 AM – 11:30 AM
Location: Online via Facebook Live
Facilitator: Patricia Martin
With more than 25 years in the film business, Patricia has a particular wide-angle understanding of the industry based on her academic background and professional experience in media education, cultural entrepreneurship, film festival programming & film distribution.
She is a Political Science graduate, with a persevering passion for international affairs and comparative cultures that earned her fellowships to pursue further training in Tokyo, Madrid and Washington D.C. She has served as program officer, consultant and media advocate for institutions in Venezuela, Cuba, Canada, Colombia, Mexico and Brazil. Together with her partner Alfredo Calvino, they run Habanero, a Brazilian based international sales company specialized in quality films by Latin American and Caribbean filmmakers. She is also founding director of Intermedi@rte, a non-profit art initiative focused on trans-disciplinary creative exchanges & collaborative learning.
As visiting professor at Cuba’s International Film School – EICTV, she has conducted an international workshop on film festivals for 10 years. Patricia can most often be found chasing her 5 dogs around her beach house in Búzios, the small town two and a half hours north of Rio she calls home.
Cost: FREE
Registration Period: 27th August – 10th September 2020 | 9AM – 5PM
Registration Location: Online
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Workshop details submitted by: Catherine Emmanuel
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