075: Distribution & Finance - A Q&A with a Sales Agent & Producer

Join us for an open, candid conversation about the realities of selling your film. Learn how sales agents evaluate projects, what makes a film marketable, how to understand the true value and marketability of your cast, how deals and territories work, what filmmakers should have prepared before approaching an agent, and the mistakes that can make a project harder to sell. This is your chance to ask the questions you have always wanted to ask and get real-world insight directly from someone working on the front lines of independent film sales.

Host: Jenn Page (Film & TV director / producer)

Join these conversations live by becoming a member (it's free) at allfilmmakerswelcome.com. Events, classes, and career advancement initiatives are always free thanks to our sponsor Blackmagic Design.Our guests:Evelyn Xing joined Carnaby International's international sales division in 2017 and is currently leading the sales division. She works with distributors from across the world to bring independent films to audiences worldwide. With experience in both independent film production and independent film sales, Evelyn is in a unique position bridging the financing and production phase of a project with the licensing and distribution phase. In a forever shifting market, she is especially interested in understanding various types of distribution business worldwide to match the most fitting distributor to a particular project.Trudy Sargent's background is in sales and distribution. Through Kinowelt and Crescendo Films she released New Line Cinema titles in Eastern Europe. Their biggest releases were Rush Hour 3 and Austin Powers the Spy Who Shagged Me. To focus more on producing, she set up Red Pictures Media in London, as an independent production company to develop feature length screenplays. Her first feature film as a producer and co-writer was Are You ready For Love?, a romantic comedy produced at Carnaby Films and distributed in England by Sony Pictures Classics. The film received five awards at the prestigious Monaco Film Festival in 2006, including Best Screenplay and it reached Top 10 in the UK DVD market. Her latest show is on BET+.