It’s hard to raise funding for a film, and the contracts get confusing quickly. Here’s a glossary to help you understand the mountain of paperwork you’ll need to sign to get your film financed. This blog doesn’t mean you don’t still need a lawyer (I’m not one, and this isn’t legal advice), but it will help you understand the paperwork you’re sent.

I’m not a lawyer, but I know contracts can be dense, confusing, and full of highly specific terms of art. With that in mind, here’s a glossary of Art. Here’s a glossary to help you out.

There are a lot of terms of art in film distribution. Here’s a primer.

If you want a sales agent to sell your movie, they’ll need some things to do it properly. Here’s a guide as to what those things are.

If you want to get your film out there, you’ll need to give your distributor, aggregator, sales agent, or or post house certain things. Here’s an outline of those deliverables.

A Letter of Intent (LOI) and a Pre-Sale are not the same thing, here’s what they are before you ask a sales agent or distributor for one.

If you want someone else to finance your movie, you need to prove access to distribution. While a hard presale is best, it’s not always possible. Here’s a guide for getting a Letter of intent form a sales agent.

Too few filmmakers understand distribution. Even something as basic as the disfference between each industry stakeholder is often lost in translation. This blog is a great place to start