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Film Market Access...
...offers filmmakers the opportunity to access Marche du film in Cannes and North America’s largest film festival – Toronto International (TIFF).
In Cannes
We offer a program that not only maximizes your business opportunities at film markets, but also prepares you to ‘hit the ground running’ at the Festival de Cannes and Marchè du Cannes – May 13-24, 2009
Click here for more details on the programs offered.
In Toronto
In partnership with Creative Minds Group, Film Market Access has combined resources in Canada and the U.S to offer a program during TIFF that provides a platform for you to connect with U.S companies that could ultimately launch your career.
"Independent film brings to mind noble concepts like integrity, vision, self expression and sacrifice. It invokes the feeling of a filmmaker struggling."
Founder's Message
I invite you take a look at what Film Market Access (FMA) has to offer you, the emerging, independent Canadian filmmaker or film student.
We’ve seen major distributing companies such as Warner Bros., shutting its door on its indie brand Warner Independent due to poor theatrical and DVD sales of their films. Not far behind were Picturehouse, New Yorker Films and BAC Films in Europe. So, what does this mean for you the independent filmmaker?
The current shifts in the industry simply means that you have to work smarter and harder to secure financing for your film. As part of this effort, you will also have to impress one or more of the few remaining indie distributors such as Fox Searchlights or Maple Pictures. As a Canadian filmmaker you will need to rely on 50% of bureaucratic funding and 50% on co-production deals, plus original, marketable content.
In my eleven years of attending film festivals and markets I’ve seen many changes but one thing remains constant - the indie spirit. Long before indie became art house or even celebrated on the peaks of Utah and Whistler, there were filmmakers who engaged ingenuity, patience and hope; hope that their film will be seen on large and the small screens.
The recent success of Fox Searchlight’s indie film, Slumdog Millionaire came at a calculated risk of positioning the film in two territories (India and England) perhaps even three (North America) and surviving. Beyond the risks – it was hope and tenacity that kept the producers of Slumdog Millionaire afloat. They hoped to tell the best story on a shoestring budget; they hoped that the Toronto Intl Film Festival audience would embrace the film and they hoped that a distributor would pick it up for theatrical release.
FMA is here to assist you on your filmmaking journey. I’m very excited to announce that in partnership with Creative Minds Group; we have combined our resources to offer a program during the Toronto International Film Festival that provides a platform for you to connect with U.S companies that could ultimately launch your career. If you are interested, please sign up early because at FMA our main focus is about quality not quantity.
Join us in Toronto …simply for the LOVE of film! Register today!!
FMA Founder
Kirk Cooper