workshop

The Canadian landscape for distribution and exhibition is quietly the most important and consequential aspect of our industry, informing the career potentiality of national artists, in both their capacity to make another movie, or even get their first off the ground. In the short film world, it's a sphere of business that will be the difference between your film getting into one or two regional festivals vs it getting onto dozens of platforms across the globe. Film distribution is the key to unlocking one’s insight into this world we are a part of and how it truly works. We can all recognize how film is really just one big business, and how business is all about mutually beneficial relationships to sustain exclusionary, profitable practices. Therefore, we can surmise the position we, as independent artists, must approach this infrastructure from.

In this workshop, we go through Canadian-specific distribution, covering both short and feature film channels, the companies to be looking at and the relationships you’ll need to gain some grasp on if you want to maneuver yourself with confidence.


IN-PERSON**