Filmmaker Liz Manashil Talking All Things Distribution And More

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Liz Manashil is, as she reminds me very quickly in this interview, first and foremost a filmmaker. She’s made two feature films, one with more or less traditional distribution, the second with a hybrid distribution strategy, and is on to make her third feature, Best Friends Forever, which she intends to entirely self-distribute. Liz came to my attention through the Making Movies Is Hard podcast, for which she is a co-host, but what really interested me about Liz was the Patreon campaign she is running in support of her third feature. One of Liz's stated goals with this campaign is to document and memorialize the making of her feature, in order to help educate other filmmakers on what it’s like to develop, fundraise for, make, and release an independent feature film. It’s kind of similar to what I’m doing with my web site and my own feature film. Liz is also a sales and distribution consultant for independent filmmakers, she managed Sundance’s Creative Distribution Initiative, and so much more. Liz speaks with remarkable transparency about her experiences, sharing not only her filmmaking journey but how it intersects with her personal and family life, and even her childbearing experiences.

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