Global Film Marketing and Distribution Research Guide
Databases
Reference Books
Selected Websites
What do you need to know if you want to market and distribute a film project to an international market? Some of the issues you may need to research:
What is the film market like in Australia?
Who am I going to find to distribute and produce my project?
Where can I hire equipment?
What are other successes and failures in the market?
What are possible marketing strategies?
Databases
LexisNexis Academic
Search trade magazines, including Variety and The Hollywood Reporter. From the Guided News Search, choose "Arts & Sports News" from the News Category list, and then select "Entertainment News" from the News Source list.TableBase
Tabular data (sales, rankings, statistics, and demographics) from hard-to-find trade publications. Includes global box office revenues, numbers of motion pictures produced by country, and more.Hollywood Creative Directories See Reference Librarian for password.
Search for companies (such as international distributors or production companies) or people.Baseline See Reference Librarian for password.
A film and television database of facts, analysis, statistics, news, contacts, and trends. Locate cast, crew, and production information on current and past projects.Wall Street Journal
The Wall Street Journal includes business news about the entertainment industry, in the U.S. and abroad.
Reference Books
International Motion Picture Almanac [X] PN1993.3 .I55 2005
Statistics on admissions, admission demographics, production, employment, and number of releases. Includes a section on "The World Market."Variety International Film Guide [X] PN1993.3 .I544 2005
Provides a profile of each country's motion picture industry. Find the top 10 films in a country in a given year and lists of distributors and government bodies that oversee each country's entertainment industry.Zenith Media Guides have information on the number of cinema screens, admission trends, top advertisers, and audience profiles by country.
Americas Market and MediaFact [X] HC94 .A1 .A5 2004
Central and Eastern European Market and MediaFact [X] HC240 .A1 E894 2004
Western European Market and MediaFact [X] HC240 .A1 E892 2004
Asia Pacific Market and MediaFact [X] HC412 .A85 2003
Middle East and Africa Market and MediaFact [X] HC410.7 .M53 2004
Hollywood Creative Directories
Below-the-line talent: the most complete directory of cinematographers, production designers, costume designers, film editors, set directors, and art directors [X] PN1998.A1 C58 2001
Film Writers [X] PN1996 .F447 2002
Representation [X] PN2277.L59 H65 2005
Distributors [X] PN1998.A1 H59 2003International Motion Picture Almanac [X] PN1993.3 .I55
Contains a country-by-country breakdown of services available, with names of companies that can provide everything from equipment to film processing. Emerson keeps the most recent edition.
Websites
Internet Movie Database
Find grosses, release dates, technical specs, and credits for international films.CineMedia
Film and media directory with links to hundreds of U.S. and international theaters, studios, film festivals, and more.
