Film business & distribution · Advanced
Distribution, Festivals and Marketing
Get your film seen: distribution routes, festival strategy, marketing materials and building an audience.
Making a film is half the job. This course covers how films reach audiences — festivals, streaming, cinemas and community screenings — and how to plan marketing from the beginning.
What you will learn
- Compare distribution routes and choose one for your film
- Plan a festival strategy and manage submissions
- Create a poster, trailer and press kit
- Plan community and online audience building
- Prepare the deliverables distributors ask for
Course content
- Distribution routes16 min
- Festival strategy18 min
- Marketing materials and audience18 min
- Deliverables and next steps14 min
- Final exam — 10 questions30 min · pass mark 75%
