For my completed film, Man Drawing a Reclining Woman, I’ve made a DVD that is both NTSC and region free for my submission copy to send to film festivals. I’ve also registered with Withoutabox, which is a one-stop resource for describing your film and submitting it to many film festivals and paying registration fees. The service offers to host a trailer and press kit but I’m using my own site currently for that type of information. So far I’ve submitted to the Atlanta Film Festival and the California International Animation Festival.

I’ve learned a few things from this process about creating press kit information and what information to include on submission materials. In the picture above you can see the disc and package labels with the name of the film, credits, and specifications of the film such as NTSC and running time. I’ve also included my web site address and an email address. Withoutabox also assigns tracking numbers for each submission which I put on the label.

I’ve never done a festival submission before but it’s been pretty easy so far.