Marketing & Distribution Roadmap

   For Independent Filmmakers   

A step-by-step guide

through the entire process of marketing and promoting your film.

This course covers everything from features and documentaries to marketing short films. You’ll learn from Hollywood movie marketing executives how to build the toolkit you need to make your film successful and reach your widest target audience.

Whether you’re marketing for crowdfunding, in early pre-production or through post and looking to sell your movie, this course will help you get your movie noticed!

  • Very helpful for filmmakers. I wish I had taken this course before I made my first feature film, because it was a long journey to figure out distribution and marketing by myself.

    Xuan

  • There’s a lot of useful strategies this course gives that should be done before the filmmaker shoots their film.

    Desmond

  • Super inspiring insights on how to approach marketing and distribution.

    Iggi

  • [The course] covered everything I wanted!

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  • MediaU meets filmmakers’ needs and helps us navigate the exciting filmmaking world.

    Xuan

  • It was more than I might have anticipated—in a wonderful way!

    Eve

  • OMG! Pumped! Really loved all the information. I did nerdily dance about when I started the course because I got so pumped. I wrote furious notes.

    Sarah

  • Very useful, practical, and detailed.

    Shengwei

  • Marketing can be such a broad topic, and this course really breaks it down into specific steps along the way.

    Eve

  • Create a comprehensive movie marketing plan

  • Find & expand your audience

  • Make a great trailer

  • Navigate the independent distribution and film festival process

  • Put together a stunning press kit for film festivals

  • Create an eye-grabbing poster

  • Use social media to promote your film

  • Find the perfect title

  • Strategies for low budget or no budget marketing plans

  • Craft marketing for crowdfunding and fundraising

  • Learn about movie marketing career opportunities

This class offers extensive hours of practical, applicable marketing guidance that you can start using right away to gain exposure for your film.

Want More?

BECOME A PREMIUM MEMBER AND YOU’LL GET THESE ELITE EXCLUSIVES:

  • Two live Zoom sessions with marketing & distribution experts, during which you can discuss your film’s specific needs.

  • You and your film team will create a custom Marketing & Distribution Roadmap for your film, upload it, and MediaU’s marketing & distribution experts will give you feedback, coaching, mentoring, and guidance.

  • Two other members of your filmmaking team can join you for no additional charge – because it helps to work on this together.

Meet Your Mentors

Russell Schwartz

  Russell Schwartz    

 Katherine MacDonald    

  Chelsea Christer