So it’s Audience on Demand Time again and were down here in London with the 12 other Producers invited by Film London to be representing the future of film distribution, exploring new models and methods of getting OUR films to YOU the audience.
Being Northerners, we are making the most of our time down here and setting up Breakfast Meetings (A new concept to us but basically its not all bagels and croissant’s its holding those exciting hook ups which you just can’t fit into the working day) and also evening networking with some great and wonderful potential partners and fellow creatives.
This morning before our course started we met over a cup of coffee with the totally inspiring and motivating Marcus Markou, who currently holds the highest screen average this year for a cinema screening of his film Papadopoulos and Sons – the latest self distributed British success story. Marcus shared some insights into his journey of getting the Greek community behind his film and the cinemas to book it – were very excited to be considering a similar model to Marcus and will share more in the coming months.
Today on the course we have heard from Tyrone – owner of London’s only true 5 screen indie cinema – Genesis – about how he calcuates booking indie films vs studio releases, up next was VUE Cinema Booker Jessica Smith who gave us an insight into the calculations of Hold Over’s, Scheduling and why they may not take an Indie film in certain areas.
Now were about to hear from Wendy Mitchell, editor of Screen International on how to build a perfect Festival Strategy…. Remember to follow us on Twitter #audienceondemand @BigSocietyFIlm and @Film_London for our tweet tips from the course.
Tonight’s early evening meeting will be with music producer, singer/songwriter and front man of the socially challenging band KYSHERA. The group boast a number 1 single for 5 weeks in Canada, have airplay on Radio 1, are distributed by Universal and who sport a rather similar lip stick to us… check them out here. They describe their music as a platform for spreading an important message and were hoping to talk about how together – we can make that message heard, as a creative response to the UK Government spending cuts! Watch this space!
Tomorrow see’s us hosting breakfast meetings with the amazingly talent Olivier Kaempfer, a Microwave producer about to launch a whole new distribution model for his film Borrowed Time, plus speed dates with BFI, DIstrify and many others were excited for the rest of our time down here.
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