Indie Film Marketing

Documentary Marketing Experiments | Color Congress (Documentary Ecosystem Builder)

Early insights from eight documentary film experiments: grassroots screenings, digital campaigns, retrospectives, educational outreach, and more.

Jul 1

📽️ Community Learnings: On starting your film distribution plan, tax credits, test screenings, film marketing ideas, and more

Helpful learnings gleaned from this gorgeous film community.

Jun 4 •

How Two First-Time Filmmakers Built an 800K-Person Audience and Sparked Policy Change | Brandon Cawood and Whitney Cawood (Filmmakers)

Lessons in hybrid distribution from "To Dye For."

May 14

Find Your Superfans Using Social Listening | Jo Jensen (Impact Marketer, Producer)

"I think in popcorn boxes...instead of bringing a policy one-pager, we bring popcorn boxes with a QR code and statistics. We found that that's highly…

Apr 8

📽️ Community Learnings: On distribution control, split rights, marketing ideas to try today, and more

Helpful learnings gleaned from this gorgeous film community.

Apr 4 •

Influencer Marketing That Converts | Matt Hoklutubbe (Entertainment Partnerships)

“Content creators are more than distribution...They add to the creative scope of your campaign.”

Apr 1

Why Go Direct-to-Fans and Build Your Brand as a Filmmaker | Stephen Meier (Filmmaker)

“I hear so many people complain about distribution but they don’t do anything different.”

Mar 25

How Indie Hits Build Big Audiences Without Big Budgets | Dor Dotson and Matt Delman (Genuine Impression)

“The only way you can fail is being too scared to try something!”

Mar 18

Throw the Perfect Film Screening Event | Carla Santiago (STORi.Digital)

“If you watch a film with a group of people that you like, you’re going to like it more than if you were watching it by yourself.”

Mar 4

Steal these tactics to reach your film’s audiences | Sarah Mosses (CEO Together Films)

Whether or not you get signed by a major distributor, "the success comes if you make it happen!"

Jan 28

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