indie film

Elvira Notari: Beyond Silence is bringing a long-forgotten female director back into the spotlight one who was censored and effectively erased from film history during the fascist era. What looks like long-overdue recognition is also a perfect example of how the industry is turning the past...

Free trip to Cannes? The brutal truth about Film Sales Agents So, you’ve finally finished your indie feature. Congrats! You think that once a Sales Agent signs your film, you’ve made it. You’re dreaming of the red carpet, a beachfront hotel in Cannes, and the big checks starting to roll in...

Most indie films don’t fail at distribution. They fail because nobody was waiting for them in the first place. We still treat finishing the film as the finish line, when in reality it’s just the starting point. If you don’t have an audience before release, you’re already invisible. Festivals...

Why Most Indie Films Never Make Money I’ve been thinking about something that rarely gets discussed honestly in filmmaking circles. Most indie films don’t fail because they are bad. They fail because there was never a realistic plan for making money from them. We spend years talking about...

After finishing a film, the first instinct is often to think in terms of festivals. In many cases this makes sense, but experience shows that a festival premiere is not automatically the best first step for every project. It’s important to distinguish between which festivals we’re talking...

Most film contracts don’t become problematic because of bad intentions, but because they’re too vague. Everyone assumes things will be “clarified later”, and in practice, that’s exactly where most legal and industry conflicts begin. One of the most common issues is unclear rights allocation...