Marketing Your Documentary


This guide is intended to give first time documentary filmmakers an overview of the current documentary market place. It does not set out to be a definitive guide but rather a snapshot of the current documentary climate.

Because of the enormous scope and scale of the documentary genre it is important that the reader understands that not every aspect of this guide applies to every documentary film. The genre covers a broad spectrum – from films made purely for television, features aimed at the festival circuit, those which reach their audience via DIY distribution and to those very few destined for theatrical release.