Festivals/TV Networks Plan of Action

Hope you are doing well in Nepal.

Here's my plan of action while you guys are away -

1. Investigate selling the doc to an HD channel.
What do they pay, what do they want etc.

2. Investigate the film festivals
Which are the best, can we create some buzz, get some PR and then sell the movie? This will be a choice that has to be made upfront – i.e. is the film good enough to go this route which will involve editing costs out of pocket.

3. Investigate some of the PBS programs
Frontline, POV, Independent Lens, Wide Angle etc. How does this tie in with ITVS grants etc? The money you get in grants will have to be the ‘pay’ for doing the movie.

4. Possibly look at some of the other channels
i.e. National Geographic, TLC, History etc.


I think you'll have to make some hard choices when you get back - do you want to go the festival route or just try and sell it and move on?

Of course this choice might be made for us if no-one wants to pay for it - but generally speaking most film festivals don't show stuff thats been on TV.

See my next post for Film Festival info.

Gordon