FILM STRATEGY: DISTRIBUTION, SALES & PUBLICITY!

If you're at the great Calgary Underground Film Festival, you either know how to make a movie or how to watch a movie (or maybe both!). But do you know how to distribute a movie? We do and we want to share our knowledge with you! The world's leading minds have gathered in the great state of Alberta to talk about how to distrbute a film in 2023! It's both hard and fun and the panel will be less hard and more fun, we swear!

PANELISTS:

James Emanuel Shapiro; Executive Vice President, US Distribution; XYZ FILMS
XYZ Films is an integrated content company whose mission is to empower visionary storytellers from every corner of the planet. https://www.xyzfilms.com/

Hugues Barbier; Co-Founder, YELLOW VEIL PICTURES
Yellow Veil Pictures is a NY/LA based worldwide film sales and distribution company. Focusing on boundary pushing genre cinema, we seek to highlight emergent filmmakers who exist on the cusp of commercial, arthouse cinema. https://yellowveilpictures.com/

Angie Power; Partner, ROUTE 504 PR
Route 504 PR is a boutique public relations firm specializing in entertainment and small business based in Toronto, Canada.

Michael Paszt; Managing Partner, RAVEN BANNER
Raven Banner Entertainment represents unique, innovative and cutting edge genre films for North American distribution and the international marketplace.

Mitch Davis; Co-Director & Director of International Programming, Fantasia International Film Festival (Montreal)

Olivia Nasner; Manager, Partnerships & Marketing, Elevation Pictures