The EPK

- a digital collection of media resources used to promote your film

- a submission requirement for most film festivals

- Festivals will use the EPK to: create web copy, festival catalogues, promotional materials & press releases.

- Journalists will use the EPK to: write reviews, features, promote the film and to contact you for interviews & info

The EPK is a "construction kit" of quality information that satisfies a range of media interests to accurately produce reports & publicity that will lead to the increased publicity, exposure & success of your film.

EPK - Electronic press kit

EPK - Electronic press kitOnline film submission -

EPK - Electronic press kit

Core elements of an EPK:1 - Cover Sheet - One-sheet promotional artwork 2 - Key information: narrative, technical & contact (longline, synopsis, duration, genre, year produced, language, screening format, contact info)

3 - Directors statement4 - Cast & Crew biographies5 - Production & film stills

Advanced elements: - Press release (including additional aspects of special interest, challenges, approach and production details.)

- Promotional trailer link

Contents: One-sheet artworkEPK - Electronic press kit

EPK - Electronic press kitContents: logline, synopsis, technical info, contact

EPK - Electronic press kitContents: Directors/Artistic Statement

EPK - Electronic press kitContents: Production stills

EPK - Electronic press kitContents: Cast & Crew Bio’s inc. filmography & photos

EPK - Electronic press kitClose Your Eyes - short film EPK http://bit.ly/1jsUiC0

EPK - Electronic press kit

“The single most effective tool in creating publicity is a press kit”Elliot Grove, founder of Raindance Film Festival

Core elements of an EPK:

Advanced elements:

1 - Cover Sheet - One-sheet promotional artwork 2 - Key Production information: narrative, technical & contact (longline, synopsis, duration, genre, year produced, language, screening format, contact info)

3 - Directors statement4 - Cast & Crew biographies5 - Production & film stills

- Press release- Promotional trailer

Websites...

Feature Press KitsOnly God Forgives http://www.festival-cannes.com/assets/Image/Direct/048082.pdf Blue is the Warmest Colour http://www.festival-cannes.com/assets/Image/Direct/049301.pdf Behind the Candelabra http://www.festival-cannes.com/assets/Image/Direct/049001.pdf Cosmopolis http://www.festival-cannes.fr/assets/Image/Direct/045044.pdf The Hunt http://www.festival-cannes.fr/assets/Image/Direct/045092.pdf On the Road http://www.festival-cannes.fr/assets/Image/Direct/045632.pdf Drive http://www.festival-cannes.fr/assets/Image/Direct/040781.pdf Melancholia http://www.festival-cannes.fr/assets/Image/Direct/042199.pdf

http://www.festival-cannes.fr/en/archives/2013/shortFilm.htmlhttp://tribecafilm.com/press-center/festival/press-kits

EPK - Electronic press kitFinding Press Kits

Short Film Press KitsClose Your Eyes http://bit.ly/1jsUiC0 Gasp http://www.festival-cannes.fr/assets/Image/Direct/047662.pdfThe Chair http://issuu.com/graingerdavid/docs/the_chair_pk_email_72This Path Ahead http://www.festival-cannes.fr/assets/Image/Direct/045661.pdfThe Escape http://www.newfilmmakersla.com/mediakits/2012/the-escape.pdf Muscles http://www.musclesmovie.com/presskit/ Night Shift http://www.festival-cannes.fr/assets/Image/Direct/045185.pdf

EPK - Electronic press kit

https://www.withoutabox.com/http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/filmmaking/guide/distribution/distribution

ClearancesYou can only distribute and screen your film online or in public if it is fully 'cleared'. This means that you have written permission to use everything and everyone that appears in your film. The clearances you obtain should cover internet use ('All media' covers internet as well) and should explicitly state for use in territories throughout the world, in perpetuity (indefinitely).

Actors & Contributors (http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/filmmaking/guide/distribution/legal-guide-publicising-your-short#actors)

Script Rights & Adaptation (http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/filmmaking/guide/before-you-start/legal-guide-writing)

Location AgreementsMusical Clearance (http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/filmmaking/guide/before-you-start/music-rights) (http://www.prsformusic.com)

Content Clearance (http://www.bbc.co.uk/filmnetwork/filmmaking/guide/before-you-start/content-clearances)

http://www.filmcontracts.net

The Changing Game of Distributionhttp://www.shortoftheweek.com/2013/03/04/the-changing-game-of-distribution/

http://sohoshorts.me/your-distribution-options/