Doing Business Internationally
 Aboriginal Filmmakers Break Stereotypes |
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Page 2 of 2 The business of selling films Image from ImagiNative Film Festival marketing material In the past couple of years, the festival has begun to focus on the business of selling films in addition to the task of fostering creative talent. That includes micro-pitch sessions in which filmmakers meet for a few minutes with buyers. The festival also set up a video library where buyers can watch each film submitted to the festival. It’s another bid to get the films shown more widely. It seems to be working, says Goulet. In the past two years, APTN has bought 14 projects coming out of ImagineNative. International opportunitiesWhile ImagineNative is the largest indigenous film festival in the world, many others are being set up as well, says Goulet.The largest of these are in the United States, including the American Indian Film Festival in San Francisco (www.aifisf.com), the Sundance Film Festival’s native program (www.sundance.org), the All Roads Film Festival in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. sponsored by National Geographic (www.nationalgeographic.com/allroads), the First Nations Film and Video Festival in Chicago (www.fnfvf.com), and the Native American Film and Video Festival in New York sponsored by the Smithsonian Institute (www.nativenetworks.si.edu). These and many others in Europe and Oceania, including details about when the festivals take place, are listed on a site devoted to indigenous issues set up by the International Institute for Industry Resource Management at www.iiirm.org. Goulet’s best advice to Canadians for getting accepted into these festivals is simply to get up the courage and apply.  |
