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Named Best Documentary/PSA at the 2011 L.A. Student Media Festival.
IDA is reaching out to the documentary community for support on this important issue.
April 15-17 Newport Beach, CA
So you've finally finished your documentary film and authored a DVD (or a Blu-ray; for the purposes of this article, I will use DVD). Whether or not you have a DVD distributor lined up, it's worth investigating how you can sell DVDs independently, so you can maximize your revenue and/or assess your distributor's terms. Selling DVDs directly to customers will maximize your profit potential on a per-disc basis, and can be quite lucrative. If you have a business license and a website, it's easy to add a payment button or storefront and, voila! You're in business. Of course, your sales will be
Doc U April 25: STRAIGHT SHOOTING A Conversation with World Class DPs
Screening at the Indian Film Festival
April 8-9 in NYC
Join Cinefamily April 1-3, April 8 for The Ecstatic Truths of Werner Herzog: Documentaries, 1971-1992
The AFI Fest celebrated its 20th anniversary this year, having evolved from Filmex, the cinematic extravaganza that dominated the Los Angeles cultural calendar in the 1970s and 1980s. AFI Fest itself has bounced around the seasons, first in the spring, then early summer, then mid-October, until it finally staked its claim this decade in the post-Hallowe'en-pre-Thanksgiving slot. With the Los Angeles Film Festival anchoring the mid-to-late June position, the two major fests in this vital region are far enough apart in the calendar to give each other breathing space. The partnership with
IDA DocuWeeks™ CALL FOR ENTRIES 15th Annual DocuWeeks™ Theatrical Documentary Showcases Los Angeles & New York City Late Summer 2011 (Specific dates TBA) EARLY BIRD DEADLINE IS APRIL 5, 2011! FOR MORE INFORMATION AND COMPLETE DETAILS, PLEASE CLICK HERE. DocuWeeks™ helps to qualify outstanding new feature and short documentaries for Academy Award® consideration, by providing its participants a commercial theatrical exhibition in Los Angeles and New York. SPONSORED BY . To become a DocuWeeks sponsor, please call 213.534.3600.