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SEIZE THE FUTURE - PRESENTATION ON FUNDING, MARKETING AND DISTRIBUTION OF INDEPENDENT FILMS


Sheffield Doc/Fest and The Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation'S special 2-day workshop on the funding, marketing and distribution of independent films, in London on Friday July 2nd and Saturday July 3rd is now SOLD OUT but tickets remain for the public presentation on July 4th


Public Presentation - Making and Raising Money Online


You’re invited to a special presentation that Peter Broderick and Sandi DuBowski are giving on Sunday, July 4th. MAKING AND RAISING MONEY ONLINE will provide the latest tips and tricks for funding and selling your films on the web.


Sheffield Doc/Fest and The Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation are bringing Peter and Sandi to London for this presentation and an intensive workshop. While the workshop has been sold out for weeks, there are still tickets available for the presentation, which can be purchased here: Rio Cinema.


This presentation is designed to help filmmakers maximize revenues, impact, and audience. Things are changing rapidly for independents. They are not only blazing new distribution trails, they are also raising money online as never before. Crowdfunding (raising money online from individual contributions) has become a viable option in the last 6 months. In addition to raising seed money and finishing funds, filmmakers are also harnessing audiences in new ways. Peter and Sandi will spotlight the most groundbreaking success stories from around the world.


They have separately given presentations at Cannes, Toronto, Sundance, Berlin, Sydney, IDFA, HotDocs, and Rio de Janeiro. Peter is a leading distribution strategist who has consulted with hundreds of filmmakers internationally, many of whom have won prizes at top film festivals, received critical acclaim, and built sustainable careers. Sandi is an experienced filmmaker (Trembling Before G-d), an unparalleled networker, and The Good Pitch’s point person for facilitating partnerships between filmmakers and funders (NGOs and foundations).
MAKING AND RAISING MONEY ONLINE will be held on Sunday 4th July at 2pm at the Rio Cinema (107 Kingsland High Street, E8). To purchase tickets (£15), visit: Rio Cinema.


Don't miss this chance to get up to speed on the very latest funding and distribution strategies. Discover how to apply these cutting-edge techniques to your projects.


Peter and Sandi will reveal the cutting-edge tools and techniques successful filmmakers are using around the world to:



• Develop creative fundraising campaigns
• Harness the Internet and social media to maximize audience participation and networking opportunities
• Design customized distribution strategies to maximize revenue
• Implement outreach campaigns to create social impact
• Build a fan base to support future work


Peter Broderick


Peter Broderick is President of Paradigm Consulting, which helps filmmakers and media companies develop strategies to maximize distribution, audiences, and revenues. In addition to advising on sales and marketing, Paradigm Consulting specializes in state-of-the-art distribution techniques—including innovative theatrical service deals, hybrid video strategies (mixing retail and direct sales online), and new approaches to global distribution.

Broderick was President of Next Wave Films, which supplied finishing funds and other vital support to filmmakers from the US and abroad. He helped launch the careers of such exceptionally talented directors as Christopher Nolan. A key player in the growth of the ultra-low budget feature movement, Broderick became one of the most influential advocates of digital moviemaking.

Now focused on the revolution in film distribution, Broderick gives keynotes and presentations internationally, most recently in Amsterdam, Sydney, Toronto, Cannes, Guadalajara, Berlin, London, and Rio de Janeiro.

Broderick has written articles for Scientific American, The New York Times, and The Economist. His seminal article, “Maximizing Distribution,” has been reprinted in publications around the world. His reports, “Welcome to the New World of Distribution” and “Declaration of Independence” are concise guides to the latest distribution strategies. Read his articles and subscribe to his Distribution Bulletin at www.peterbroderick.com
He is a graduate of Brown University, Cambridge University, and Yale Law School.


Sandi DuBowski


Sandi DuBowski is the Producer of A Jihad for Love, which premiered at The Toronto International Film Festival and The Berlin Film Festival, is a co-production with ZDF-Arte, Channel 4, LOGO, SBS-Australia, and The Sundance Documentary Fund and has screened publicly in Turkey, Indonesia, Bangladesh, Malaysia, and privately in Iran, Pakistan, Egypt, Palestine, and Somalia. DuBowski is the Co-Producer of a new film, Budrus, which had a Gala Premiere at the Dubai Film Festival, screens at The Berlin Film Festival and The Tribeca Film Festival and will be released in Fall 2010.


DuBowski is the Outreach Director for The Good Pitch, an initiative of The Channel 4 BRITDOC Foundation. His films have been funded by over sixty foundations including The Creative Capital Foundation, The Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program, The Steven Spielberg Righteous Persons Foundation, The Rockefeller Film/Video/Multimedia Fellowship, and Cinereach. DuBowski consults and speaks about strategic international distribution campaigns, creative audience outreach and engagement, global fundraising, publicity and marketing, and new Internet platforms at leading festivals and conferences - The Toronto International Film Festival, The Sundance Film Festival, The Berlin Film Festival Talent Campus, Sheffield Doc/Fest, Hot Docs, Silverdocs, Greenhouse, and IFP. He is a Mentor at the upcoming BAVC Producers Institute for New Media Technologies and Crossover Australia, attended the first-ever TEDIndia, and is a media strategist at the 2010 Skoll World Forum on Social Entrepreneurship with The Sundance Documentary Film. He has served on juries at The Hamptons Film Festival and Silverdocs. His writing has appeared in The Huffington Post and Filmmaker Magazine.


Sandi DuBowski is a graduate of Harvard University. He is directing a new film about spiritual entrepreneur Amichai Lau-Lavie.

This workshop is kindly supported by the Skillset Film Skills Fund