Adam Elliott
 

Tier One

Festival Consultation

One-week service period

$250

A focused assessment for filmmakers who want professional guidance but plan to manage their own festival campaign. Includes:

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• Private viewing and evaluation of the completed film or current cut

• Review of the filmmaker’s goals, premiere status, timeline, and submission budget

• One 60-minute consultation

• Candid assessment of the film’s potential festival positioning

• Guidance on festival tiers, premiere strategy, submission timing, and realistic expectations

• Recommendations for immediate next steps

• Follow-up summary by email

• Email support throughout the one-week service period

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This tier does not include a written festival list, FilmFreeway setup, materials editing, submissions, or ongoing campaign management.

Tier Two

Festival Strategy Blueprint

Two-week service period

$600

A complete strategic foundation for filmmakers who want a customized plan they can execute independently. Includes:

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Everything in Tier One, plus:

• Customized, tiered list of up to 30 recommended festivals

• Festivals organized by priority, fit, location, genre, and level of competitiveness

• Submission timeline covering up to 12 months

• Premiere-status and eligibility considerations

• Recommended submission order

• Proposed allocation of the filmmaker’s submission budget

• Identification of relevant regional, thematic, cultural, genre, and awards-qualifying opportunities

• Review of the film’s logline, short synopsis, director biography, and director statement

• One round of written feedback on the submitted materials

• One 30-minute follow-up call after delivery of the strategy

• Email support throughout the two-week service period

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The filmmaker remains responsible for creating submission profiles, completing applications, paying submission fees, monitoring deadlines, and communicating with festivals.

Tier Three

Festival Campaign Launch

One-month service period

$900

A hands-on launch package for filmmakers who want their festival campaign professionally organized, prepared, and launched. Includes:

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Everything in Tiers One and Two, plus:

• Creation or optimization of one FilmFreeway project page

• Organization of submission materials and required assets

• Submission calendar and campaign tracker

• Final review of the logline, synopsis, director biography, director statement, credits, stills, poster, and trailer

• Up to two rounds of revisions across the written festival materials

• Completion of up to 20 festival submissions total, including up to five through platforms other than FilmFreeway (if applicable)

• Drafting of one general festival cover letter

• Drafting of up to three customized festival outreach emails

• Deliverables checklist covering screeners, captions, stills, trailers, DCPs, and other common festival requirements

• One 60-minute launch call

• Email support throughout the one-month service period

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Submission fees and outside production costs are paid directly by the filmmaker. Additional submissions are available at $20 per festival.

Tier Four

Festival Campaign Partnership

$550 setup + $650 per month

Three-month minimum engagement ($2,500 minimum total for new clients)

Full campaign oversight for filmmakers who want continued strategic and administrative support throughout their festival run. Includes the assessments, strategy, materials preparation, and launch services described in Tiers One through Three, plus ongoing campaign management. The scheduled monthly calls replace the consultation, follow-up, and launch calls listed in those tiers.

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• Active monitoring of festival deadlines and new submission opportunities

• Tracking of submissions, notifications, acceptances, rejections, and pending decisions

• Monthly campaign status report

• Continued refinement of the festival strategy as the campaign develops

• Strategic adjustments based on acceptances, rejections, premiere status, eligibility, and campaign momentum

• Identification of newly announced or newly relevant festival opportunities

• Appropriate waiver requests and targeted festival outreach

• Review of festival invitations, acceptance materials, and screening agreements

• Guidance when multiple opportunities create scheduling or premiere conflicts

• Assistance navigating exhibition requirements, deadlines, and required deliverables

• Review of filmmaker correspondence with festivals when needed

• Strategy for announcing selections and leveraging festival momentum

• Two scheduled 60-minute calls per month or four scheduled 30-minute calls per month

• Reasonable email support throughout the engagement

• One designated point of contact for the film

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Upgrades​

Upgrades to the immediately following tier during the same film’s festival campaign include a credit of 50% of the current tier fee. Credits are non-cumulative. Tier Three to Four upgrades receive a full waiver of the $550 setup fee in place of the 50% upgrade credit.

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Renewals​

After the initial three-month engagement, Tier Four may be renewed for up to three additional three-month terms with no additional setup fee. The monthly rate is reduced by $50 with each renewal term: $600/month for the first renewal, $550/month for the second, and $500/month for the third.

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With all three renewal terms, the campaign can continue for up to 12 months, allowing it to move through a full year of festival submission cycles. At the end of the engagement, we’ll assess the campaign and discuss appropriate next steps, if needed.

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Festival submission fees and any outside production costs are paid separately by the filmmaker. Tier Four includes completion of up to 20 festival submissions per monthly service period, including up to five through platforms other than FilmFreeway, if applicable. Each monthly service period begins on the service start date or its monthly anniversary. Additional submissions are available at $20 per festival. Unused submissions do not roll over to the next monthly service period unless otherwise agreed upon in writing.

Optional Add-On Services

• Additional festival submission: $20 per festival

• Additional 60-minute consultation: $200

• Additional round of materials revisions: $100

• General festival cover letter or customized outreach email: $40 each

• Festival acceptance and deliverables guidance: $150 per festival — includes review of acceptance materials, deadlines, screening requirements, and required exhibition deliverables

• Short film script coverage + consultation: $300 — includes written script notes and one 60-minute consultation

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Add-on fees apply only to services not already included in the selected package or to additional work beyond its stated limits.

Scope and Client Responsibilities

​The filmmaker is responsible for:

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• Providing an accurate record of all previous submissions, screenings, broadcasts, and online availability

• Supplying complete and current film materials

• Approving all paid submissions before submission

• Maintaining sufficient funds for submission fees

• Providing timely access to FilmFreeway and other required submission platforms

• Delivering technically compliant screening files when requested

• Making final decisions regarding festivals, premieres, travel, publicity, and distribution

• Understanding that service periods begin once all required film materials, information, and platform access have been received and the service is ready to begin. Each package’s included services are delivered within that package’s stated service period. Service periods from lower tiers are not added together. Filmmaker feedback, approvals, and requested materials must be provided within the applicable service period. Service periods do not automatically pause or extend due to delays in filmmaker feedback, approvals, materials, or access unless otherwise agreed upon in writing. Any work requested after the service period has ended may require an additional consultation, add-on service, or upgrade

• Understanding that festival strategy improves decision-making and campaign organization, but no consultant can guarantee acceptance, awards, distribution, press coverage, or introductions to specific programmers

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Additional consulting or administrative services outside the selected tier must be agreed upon in writing and may be subject to additional fees.