There is a growing chorus discussing new distribution and sales models for film. Michael Steven Robbins, Ted Hope, Emily Best … and many more voices. The old ways don’t work. Smaller, regional festivals like the South Georgia Film Festival are structured to connect audiences with filmmakers outside of traditional meat grinder. Filmmakers dependent on old tools are missing out on this new world. Those growing and finding their audiences have the world at their feet.
The current film distribution and sales model is deeply flawed, with too many middlemen chipping away at revenue before it ever reaches the filmmakers. To succeed today, filmmakers must embrace an entrepreneurial mindset to maximize their returns. The era of depending on traditional distribution for a sustainable income is behind us.