Distribution

Nine lessons from almost 100 film distribution case studies

Across four decades and budgets ranging from $2,000 to $2.5m, the same nine lessons keep surfacing. None of them are what the industry tells

Apr 21 • Stephen Follows

Ethical Considerations of Distribution Strategy - VOD Edition

Do we really need to support tech companies complicit in dismantling democracy? And a new 4 part workshop to help you figure that out.

Apr 9 • Jon Reiss-8Above

We all must grow the eff up & stop our whining.

Don't mean to belittle us but... we have to face reality, friends.

Apr 6 • Ted Hope

NonDē Distribution Tactics: The Virtual Event / IRL Flywheel

Or… Re-targeting your supporters to broaden your audience (Pt 16 of the HFF INVISIBLE NATION distribution case study)

Mar 25 • Ted Hope

What are all the defunct US Distributors of the last twenty-five years?

And what does it tell us that they went out of business?

Mar 23 • Ted Hope

HFF Distribution Planning Template

Now for your handydandy planning

Mar 21 • Ted Hope

It's not that we make too many movies... it's that we try to distribute them in cookie-cutter fashion.

There is no way that one size -- or even five -- could ever have fit all.

Mar 18 • Ted Hope

The reason some of you think there are too many movies is because TheFKATheFilmBiz is designed wrong.

Can there ever be too much blue sky? Dance in your step? Love in your eye?

Mar 16 • Ted Hope

Building Your Audience From Multiple Communities

Pt 13 Of The HFF Invisible Nation Distribution / NonDē Exploration Case Study

Jan 19 • Ted Hope

International Films were muchmuchmuch better than American movies in 2025

Someone has to say it.

Jan 18 • Ted Hope

Who are ALL the US Theatrical Distributors?

The list has been changing rapidly lately, hasn't it? What's up with that?

Jan 12 • Ted Hope

Why “Showing Up” has to be part of your NonDē distribution strategy

Chapter 12 in the Invisible Nation distribution & NonDē exploration Case Study

Dec 29, 2025 • Ted Hope

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