Work with Us

Our process is meant for indie filmmakers to help them cut through the noise and navigate all the hurdles and opaque requirements.

We charge hourly instead of demanding a large fee up front or making you commit to multiple hours of our time before you feel comfortable with us.

We offer the following:

  • Edit feedback

  • Audience Connection Strategy

  • Custom Roadmap for your film which includes:

    • Festival Strategy

    • Brand Partnerships

    • Impact Campaign & Partnerships

    • Marketing Strategy & Creative Campaign Ideas for each Distribution Category/Audience

    • Social Media Strategy & Partnerships

  • Outreach & Introductions

  • Distribution Plan

Get in touch - we can’t wait to watch or hear about your film!

Making a film is hard, especially when you’re a small, independent team with limited resources.

Consulting

During the process of making JessZilla, we wished we had someone to guide us who also understood we did not have a large budget for distribution and marketing.

We want to provide what we wished we’d had! We offer hourly, tailored marketing consulting for filmmakers, building audience-first strategy and practical rollout plans that connect the film with the people most likely to care because we want to help other indie filmmakers find success with their work.

With JessZilla, this looked like creating the Jesselyn "JessZilla" Silva fund (proceeds went to brain cancer research), a partnership with the WBC who created a belt specifically for brain cancer awareness with Jesselyn on it, and getting accounts from Laila Ali to Mike Tyson to share the film's trailer at no cost.

Here’s the tL;DR of we managed to do as a team of two with limited resources:

JessZilla Case Study at a Glance

  • Over 20 Film Festival Screenings

  • In competition at: IDFA, Big Sky, DOC NYC, Atlanta, Hot Springs

  • Film Festival Awards:

    • Best Picture, Best Director, Best Doc Feature at Fargo Film Festival

    • 2023 Special Jury Mention: Documentary Feature at Atlanta Film Festival

    • Outstanding Documentary Feature - Ridgefield Film Festival

    • Best Cinematography - Flickers Rhode Island International Film Festival

  • Educational Distribution through Film Festivals

    • Played at schools all across the country (some for an additional screening fee)

    • Example: Doctober Educational Distribution gave us 50% of the box office

    • Letters were written by kids accross the United States to Jesselyn as part of this program

    • Available on Kanopy

  • Appeared on the inaugural Popcorn List

  • Selected to be part of the American Film Showcase

  • Nominated for multiple Indie Film Awards:

    • Shine Global’s Resilience Awards

    • FilmThreat’s AwardThis!

    • Slamdance’s Indie Awards

    • Next Generation Indie Film Awards

  • Mainstream Distribution through Monkey Wrench Films

    • MWF facilitated both VOD & AVOD availability on 15+ platforms and accessible to over 10 countries

  • The Reelist Film Club

  • Personal Impact to the Silvas

    • Letters encouraging Jesselyn were read to her in hospital and lifted her spirits

    • Film itself became a time-capsule for her family

  • Partnership with CURE and the WBC resulted in over $50,000 raised

    • Money raised supported two DIPG/DMG projects

  • All proceeds went to promising research that wouldn’t have been funded without CURE and Jess’ fund

  • The WBC flew Pedro to Bangkok and honored his mission to continue raising awareness in Jesselyn’s name. He won the WBC’s ‘Bravest Man on Earth’ Award.

  • In Bangkok, Pedro began shaping an ATHENTOR x WBC boxing club in Thailand, dedicated to honoring Jesselyn and continuing her legacy of courage and heart by helping kids who need hope the most.