> Submission strategy, grants, distribution and the legal side of getting a film seen. *Source : https://indianpointfilm.com/festivals-funding/* --- [Home](https://indianpointfilm.com/) › Festivals & Funding Explore # Festivals & Funding Submission strategy, grants, distribution and the legal side of getting a film seen. [![An audience at a film festival](https://indianpointfilm.com/images/covers/submit-film-festivals.webp)](https://indianpointfilm.com/festivals-funding/how-to-submit-film-to-festivals/) Festivals & Funding ### [How to Submit Your Film to Festivals Without Going Broke](https://indianpointfilm.com/festivals-funding/how-to-submit-film-to-festivals/) Submitting to forty festivals at twice the fee will cost you more than your color grade. Here's how to be ruthless about where the money goes. 20 Jan 2022 [![Filling in a funding application](https://indianpointfilm.com/images/covers/documentary-grants.webp)](https://indianpointfilm.com/festivals-funding/documentary-film-grants-funding/) Festivals & Funding ### [Documentary Grants and Funding: Where to Actually Look](https://indianpointfilm.com/festivals-funding/documentary-film-grants-funding/) Most documentary grant advice is a list of names with no sense of which doors actually open. Here's the real landscape, stage by stage. 2 Dec 2021 [![A meeting and handshake](https://indianpointfilm.com/images/covers/fiscal-sponsorship.webp)](https://indianpointfilm.com/festivals-funding/fiscal-sponsorship-for-filmmakers/) Festivals & Funding ### [Fiscal Sponsorship for Filmmakers, Explained](https://indianpointfilm.com/festivals-funding/fiscal-sponsorship-for-filmmakers/) It's the most confusing two words in indie film funding. Strip away the jargon and fiscal sponsorship is just borrowing a nonprofit's tax status. 7 Oct 2021 [![Law books on a desk](https://indianpointfilm.com/images/covers/fair-use-documentary.webp)](https://indianpointfilm.com/festivals-funding/fair-use-documentary-guide/) Festivals & Funding ### [Fair Use in Documentary: A Practical Guide](https://indianpointfilm.com/festivals-funding/fair-use-documentary-guide/) Fair use is the most misunderstood doctrine in documentary. It's not a loophole and it's not nothing — it's a judgment call you have to make defensibly. 11 Aug 2021 [![Cinema seats facing the screen](https://indianpointfilm.com/images/covers/film-distribution-deal.webp)](https://indianpointfilm.com/festivals-funding/how-film-distribution-deals-work/) Festivals & Funding ### [How Film Distribution Deals Actually Work](https://indianpointfilm.com/festivals-funding/how-film-distribution-deals-work/) The premiere is the easy part. Then a distributor offers you a deal, and you discover that 'we'll handle everything' can mean very different things. 1 Jun 2021 [![Signing a contract](https://indianpointfilm.com/images/covers/eo-insurance-film.webp)](https://indianpointfilm.com/festivals-funding/eo-insurance-documentary-guide/) Festivals & Funding ### [Do You Need E&O Insurance for Your Documentary?](https://indianpointfilm.com/festivals-funding/eo-insurance-documentary-guide/) E&O insurance is the unglamorous thing standing between your finished film and a distribution deal. Here's what it is and when you actually need it. 30 Mar 2021 [![A cinema marquee at night](https://indianpointfilm.com/images/covers/documentary-festival-circuit.webp)](https://indianpointfilm.com/festivals-funding/documentary-film-festival-circuit/) Festivals & Funding ### [The Documentary Festival Circuit, Mapped (Sundance to IDFA)](https://indianpointfilm.com/festivals-funding/documentary-film-festival-circuit/) Festivals aren't a random list — they're a calendar with a logic. Premiere in the right slot and one selection generates the next. 15 Dec 2020