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Thursday, April 06, 2006
DISTRIBUTION NOW... DISTRIBUTION HOW? 

I'll be moderating an IFP-sponsored panel this coming Monday on the challenges of the current distribution environment for indies, focusing on filmmakers who have persisted despite initial adversity to see their films out in the marketplace. It's linked to the New York opening of Caveh Zahedi's I Am a Sex Addict and tickets cost ten bucks, but $8 of the ticket price goes back to the theater screening Caveh's film and you get a voucher enabling you to see the movie during the first week. We're doing it, obviously, to help Caveh's grosses in the first week as these are the numbers that will determine how many other theaters around the country decide to book the film. Caveh's on the panel, of course, but there's also going to be Debra Granik (Down to the Bone) and Jay Duplass, whose The Puffy Chair is upcoming from Roadside Attractions.

Again, it's this coming Monday -- click on the link above for more details and I hope to see you there.


# posted by Scott Macaulay @ 4/06/2006 11:56:00 AM
Comments (4)

 
Hey Scott,

Any chance of videotaping this and putting it on the site as a Quicktime file? I'll pay the 10 dollars if you come to Ann Arbor, but New York's a bit far for me.
# posted by Anonymous Josh Boelter @ 4/06/2006 2:05 PM  

 
Hi Josh,

I'll check it out -- I don't think there will be video recording (I could be wrong) but there will probably be audio recording and maybe we can do something with that.

Best,

Scott
# posted by Blogger Scott Macaulay @ 4/06/2006 11:01 PM  

 
An audio recording on the site would be great, Scott. I'm in preproduction right now, so distribution is a long way off, but I'll want all the knowledge I can get on the subject. I'm sure others who come to this site will also find it useful.
# posted by Anonymous josh boelter @ 4/07/2006 10:41 AM  

 
Josh,

We are audio taping the discussion. It should be available as an audio file by April 18th. Scott will include a post once it's up. Thanks for asking.

Michelle Byrd, IFP
# posted by Blogger IFP @ 4/07/2006 7:08 PM  

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