Our First Wave of Distributors & Sales Reps

What’s up filmmakers?!

After years of research, I’ve found filmmakers want have their films seen by distributors, and distributors LOVE to look at films with third party validation (like UIFF) before reaching out to filmmakers for representation.

This year we are teaming up with a larger number of distributors covering a wide range of genres and formats, several of whom have picked up UIFF films for distribution in the past.

I am thrilled to announce the first batch of distributors and sales representatives teaming up with the Utah International Film Festival with more to be announced soon.

A couple of the films from our festival that have been picked up by Indican Pictures (West Hollywood, CA) include Big Bad and Lore. Horror and action films are very popular in their catalogue and there is also a wide variety of genres represented including Drama, Sci-fi and Westerns.

New Films International (Las Vegas,NV) picked up the UIFF nominated film Entity Project. Popular genres in their catalogue include: Comedy, Horror, Action, Sci-Fi and Kids programs.

The Diamond Couple submitted to UIFF last season and has already been picked up by Poorhouse International (London,UK). They specialize in documentaries as well as music and arts programs.

Phill Gorn of Wonderphil Entertainment (Pacific Grove, CA)is a sales representative that picked up the UIFF nominee The Hello Girls. Wonderphil Entertainment represents a large genre of films and series including Reality TV, Documentaries, Romance, Horror and Action.

Epic Pictures Group (Los Angeles CA) picked up the UIFF winner He Never Left and is well knows for it’s catalogue of genre films like horror, thriller, action and episodic content.

Picking up several UIFF films over the years including: Lucy Shimmers and the Prince of Peace, The Last Page, Thy Neighbor, Before Your Time, and Point B, Twin Engines Global (Chandler Heights, AZ) is a merger of BMG-Global and Desktop Entertainment. BMG -Global is always on the hunt for family friendly, faith based content where Desktop Entertainment is looking for a dynamic scope of original content ranging from light-hearted genre entertainment to thought-provoking, mission-driven cinema designed to stir up engaging conversation.

Candlelight Media Group (Orem,UT) specializes in family friendly feature films with a large portion of their content dedication to rom-coms such as the UIFF winner Love in Focus. CMG has also explored genres including comedy, horror, action and fantasy including UIFF films: Magellan, The Mythica Anthology, We All Fall Down, Resilience and the Lost Gems, Osombie, Minor Details, Cyborg X, Meerkat Moonship, One Shot, Heaven’s Door, Survivor, Orcs!, The Maze, Dark Harbor, 8 Stories, Orc Wars, Missed Connections, Christmas Dragon, 16 Stones, and You’re So Cupid. Wow! That’s a lot!

Koan (Park City, UT) represents a large variety of genres in their catalog of 300+ films from drama, sci-fi, action, horror, and more on the international market. Previous UIFF films picked up by Koan include: Even in Dreams, The Santa Box, 626 Evolution, Come Unto Me. The Last Decent, We All Fall Down, Freetown, He Knows My Name, The Cokeville Miracle, Dragon Warriors, Survivor, The Last Straw, Saga: Curse of the Shadow, and Christmas Oranges

Purdie Distribution (Apache Junction, AZ) is a theatrical film distribution company known for releasing independent films nationwide. Purdie Distribution and UIFF have a long history of working with the same filmmakers such as: Unicorn City, The Saratov Approach, Skinwalker Ranch, Inspired Guns, Once I Was a Beehive, Out of Liberty, Witnesses, Rite of the Shaman, Remembering Heaven, and Prisoners of Fire.  

There is a lot of overlap with our distributors as they each focus on specific areas such as theatrical, domestic and international sales.

These are just a few of the incredible distributors that are taking a look at films that are submitted to UIFF this year and we plan to have several more added soon.

But filmmakers with finished films are not the only partners we are teaming up with this season. In upcoming newsletters, I’ll be talking about literary agents for screenwriters, talent agents for actors and production companies looking for to green light shorts and features.

Don’t miss out of the party by not entering your work to this season of UIFF. Use the discount code UIFFNewsletter to get 50% off your submission at https://filmfreeway.com/UtahFilmFestival

Chat at you more next time.