"The Lodge" - Horror Feature - HVX + M2

congrats again. Nice piece. Also..in my experience with distributors.. it's best to sit in with them when they watch your screener so you can get their dedicated attention. Otherwise theyre watching it, answering phones.. getting interrupted and then your film doesn't get what it deservers. I've also found that setting up a promotional screener with distributors there.. but also a stacked house in your favor that'll react well to your film is a great scheme. I've even sent pieces to them... then gone in to show it to them in person and they've acted like it's the first time they've seen it.

Not sure if that's something you've considered but I've found it to be better way to secure an earnest interest in your film.. and atleast figure out if they are fluffing ya or stringing you along. Lots of them want to be the first to turn ya down kind of thing.


Good luck and looks impressive. Wish ya the best and hope it's not a tad impolite to make this suggestion...
 
Thanks, Justyn, I appreciate the advice. It confirms some advice we've been getting about screeners. We were planning on doing a promotional screening like you mentioned. But we're going to wait and see what comes from a few individual meetings first. We're going to do a large screening eventually though, so that any dvxusers interested could come out. We'll let you know what happens.
 
Have you thought about sending a teaser trailer... invite all the buyers to a big screening and then hopefully you can create a bidding war...

From what I see... the film looks very good...
 
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