Jon Reiss has given workshops and presentations throughout North America, Asia, Europe and Australia organized by film organizations, festivals and film schools such as IFP, NYU, AFTRS, Screen Australia, FIND, NSI Canada, DOC BC, AFM and the Cannes, SXSW, Los Angeles, Tribeca, CPH:DOX, Vancouver, True/False and Slamdance Film Festivals.
Upcoming Dates
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
Past Dates
Worked one on one with filmmakers via-zoom about their distribution and marketing strategies.
June 11, 2020
Zoom presentation on Distribution and Marketing in the US.
June 4th, 2020 7:30pm
Worked one on one with filmmakers via-zoom about their distribution and marketing strategies.
May 8, 2020
Presentation: The 7 Deadly Sins of Self Distribution
February 21st, 2020 12 pm
Distribution and Marketing Workshop
Made in NY Media Center, NYC
December 9 – 13th, 2019
Meet the Decision Makers: Doc Creative Partners
September 21st, 2019 from 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM
Independent Film Week Direct Access
Learn how to put together an effective and strategic distribution plan for your project. With Jon Reiss and Mia Bruno
Made In NY Media Center
September 19, 2019
Documentary Finishing Lab
Made in NY Media Center, NYC
May 13 – May 17, 2019
Hot Docs Workshop: 7 Deadly Sins of Self-Distribution
Strategist Jon Reiss and Sonja Henrici of the Scottish Documentary Institute team up to teach you the seven common pitfalls when self-distributing your documentary film and solutions to these avoidable errors.
Presentation: Creative Distribution and Audience Engagement post-Cambridge Analytica
A look at changing strategies, roles, demands and data.
With Sonja Henrici producer and co-director at Scottish Documentary Institute
September 26, 2018 2:30 – 4:00pm
Session 1: Thinking holistically about your film, from concept through distribution
Session 2: Engaging Distribution
IFP Filmmaker Lab
Distribution Lab
IFP Independent Film Week
NY, NY
So, Your Film Didn’t Get Into Sundance: Navigating the New Distribution Landscape
Thursday Sep 29 02:45 PM to 04:00 PM
Following three case studies led by distribution expert Jon Reiss, longtime indie distributor Susan Margolin will lead a probing panel discussion examining new developments in the distribution arena, spotlighting opportunities that filmmakers should be capitalizing upon, and identifying potential pitfalls to be on the alert for.
MeetMarket
Sheffield Doc/Fest
Marketplace Sessions
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Sheffield Doc/Fest
Marketplace Sessions
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Sheffield Doc/Fest
Marketplace Sessions
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Sheffield Doc/Fest
Marketplace Sessions
Sheffield, United Kingdom
Narrative Completion Lab
IFP
New York, NY
Documentary Completion Lab
IFP
NY, NY
Session 1: Live Webcast, The Guerin A, in Herscher Hall
Skirball Center
2701 N Sepulveda Blvd
Los Angeles, California 90049
SXSW
Austin Convention Center – Room 11AB
531 E 4th St
Austin, TX
PMD panel with Jennifer MacArthur from Borderline Media, PMD Sally Hodgson, and Nick Gonda, founder of Tugg
SXSW
Austin Convention Center
Room 15
Austin, TX
Getting your audience and keeping it: Tools and Strategies
Make Your Market: Industry Launch Event
Scottish Documentary Institute
Edinburgh, Scotland
Keynote
Make Your Market: Industry Launch Event
Scottish Documentary Institute
Edinburgh, Scotland
Panel Discussion
Make Your Market: Industry Launch Event
Scottish Documentary Institute
Edinburgh, Scotland
Distribution Lab
IFP Independent Film Week
Brooklyn, NY
Distribution Lab
IFP Independent Film Week
NY, NY
Making the Most of Marketing & Distribution
Distribution Masterclass
IDFA
Compagnietheater – Kleine Zaal
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Crash Course in Distribution: Event, Theatrical, and VOD
Impact Academy
Meetberlage
Amsterdam, Netherlands
Marketing Lab
IFP Independent Film Week
NY, NY
Narrative Lab
IFP Independent Film Week
NYC, NY
AFS Film Workshops
Transylvania International Film Festival
Romania
Documentary Lab
IFP Independent Film Week
NYC, NY
Distribution & Marketing Master Class
International Documentary Association
Los Angeles, CA
Monday, January 26th 2:30PM-5:30PM
International Film Festival Rotterdam-De Doelen, Willem Burger Zaal, 3rd floor
Presenting IFFR distribution initiatives, specifically Tiger Release, a cooperation with tech company Infostrada, to support the multiple platforms online release of IFFR films. Find out how to make the online release of your film work through Tiger Release. Discover through three case studies how marketing and reaching an audience could work for your film on these platforms. Three Tiger Release titles will be ‘workshopped’ on stage by experts from the US and Europe. With Amy Dotson (IFP), Jon Reiss (Hyrbid Cinema), Sheri Candler (KCETLinkTV), Laurin Dietrich (Wolf Consultants), Miranda Fleming (Indiegogo). Moderated by Michael Gubbins.
Monday, Jan. 26th 10:00AM-11:30AM
Rotterdam Lab venue de Unie
Maurtisweg 34
Jon will discuss marketing films at markets, festivals, in distribution with home territories, internationally and digitally and how the materials, budget and strategies changed accordingly.
Distribution Lab
IFP Independent Film Week
NYC, NY
Creative Visions Foundation
Los Angeles, CA
IDA Getting Real Conference
Pickford – Linwood Dunn
IFP Independent Film Week
Jon will be on a panel discussing branded entertainment and sponsorship.
Invent Session: Beyond Traditional Distribution Master Class
IFP Independent Film Week
Elinor Bunim
New York, NY
Marketing Lab
IFP Independent Film Week
New York, NY
Narrative Lab
IFP Independent Film Week
New York, NY
Jon speaks on the adventures in digital distribution.
Jon discusses the new ways to Think Outside the Box Office.
Jon speaks with the Nueva Escuela de Cine y TV school at the Universidad Veritas
San José, Costa Rica
Jon gives talk for the Online and Social Media Management class at the Berklee College of Music
Jon discusses Media and Propaganda at John Hopkins University
Distribution Lab
New York, NY
Speaker at the Annual Creative Activist Summit.
Dan Eldon Center in Malibu
Malibu, California
Guest: Marketing Features & Docs Using Online Portals
BlogTalkRadio Show
Call in With Your Questions (646) 716-8600
Jon Reiss is a Panelist at the American Film Market’s ‘Crowd Sourcing your Audience’
Starlight Ballroom Fairmont Miramar Hotel
Santa Monica, CA
Speaking in the Strategies for Independent Film Class.
New York, NY
Speaker at the Dogfish Headquarters for the Innovative Accelerator Programs Workshop.
New York, NY
Speaker in Producer and Filmmaker – Ira Deutchman’s Thesis Class
Artistic Entrepreneurship for Filmmakers
New York, NY
Moderator – Audience Engagement & Outreach:
It’s Never Too Soon to Start
Panelist – Social Capital: You Have More than You Think
NYC, NY
Distribution and Marketing Conference
Presentation – Introduction to Transmedia for Filmmakers
Durban, Africa
2013 Supervising Documentary Lab leader
NYC, NY
National Marketing Conference
Keynote Speech – Film Distribution in the Digital Age
Presentation – Entrepreneurial Marketing in the New Digital Landscape
Montreal, Canada
San Francisco Film Society
San Francisco, CA
“Making It Happen” Panel
Google Hangout
Shaping the Future of Creator Owned Cinema
Los Angeles, CA
Workshop Leader – Audience Design and Engagement
Venice, Italy
One Day TOTBO Distribution and Marketing Master Class
for Transmedia 101 in Toronto
4th Installment of the 2012 IFP Filmmaker Lab
Weeklong Lab Concerning New Models of Distribution and Marketing
NYC, NY
Day long lab training Producers of Marketing and Distribution
Last section of the first year of the IFP PMD Lab
Two Roundtables on the Future of Film:
Do Features Fit
New Content Formats
Tullie House Museum & Art Gallery Trust
Cumbria, England
Think Outside the Box Office: Artistic Entrepreneurship
Filmhouse | 1426 Fillmore St, Suite 300
San Francisco, CA
Organized by TechDirt and sponsored by Google
Full day working group on the problems and potential facing artists as entrepreneurs in the new media landscape.
San Francisco, CA
1ST Installment of the 2012 IFP PMD Lab
Full Day Workshop on the basics of the PMD Independent Film Week
NYC, NY
3RD Installment of the 2012 IFP Filmmaker Lab
2 Day Workshop on Marketing as part of Independent Film Week
NYC, NY
Master Class: Direct-to-Fan Distribution and Digital Marketing of your Film
Montreal, Quebec
Transmedia Promotion Before and During Production
Montreal, Quebec
Strategic Distribution
Berlin, Germany
Time TBD
London, England
Nottingham, England
Think Outside the Box Office: Artistic Entrepreneurship for Documentary Filmmakers
10:30 am – 12:30 pm
Town Hall Reception Rooms
Sheffield, England
Kickstart: Strategic distribution 101
Victoria College Chapel Room 213
Moderated by Mark Greenspan, CEO at Achilles Media
Strategic Distribution Workshop 202 with Jon Reiss
Emmanuel College Room 108
Developing a Distribution Strategy to Maximize Sales and Obtain Financing
Friday, March 23 @ 11:15 am
The Luxe Hotel
Los Angeles, CA
Digital Capital Symposium at Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
Selling Your Film Without Selling Your Soul
Book Signing with Orly Ravid & Jon Reiss
SXSW Book Store
3:30 – 3:45 pm
Tough Love: Why You’re Still Not Festival Ready
Austin Convention Center, 4th Floor, Workshop Room 13ab
1:30pm – 2:30pm (PST)
Phoenix, AZ
Presented by PIFVA and Scribe Video Center
Philadelphia, PA
Introductory Talk to the Sundance ArtistServices Workshop
Monday, January 23, 8:30am – 2pm
With Erick Opeka, Bob Moczydlowsky, Josh Grau,
Caitlin Boyle, Yancey Strickler, Emily Gray, Reid Carolin
RSVP artistservices@sundance.org
Park City, UT
Selling Your Film Without Selling Your Soul Book Event
Sunday, January 22, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PM
Park City, UT
Saturday, January 21, 3:30-5 pm
804 Main Street
Park City, UT
Friday, January 20, 11 am-12:30 pm
545 Main Street | New York Lounge
Jon Reiss with Matt Dentler of Cinetic Rights Management
Moderated by attorney Steven Beer
Park City, UT
IFP Filmmaker Lab Distribution Workshop — NYC, NY
Think Outside the Box Office Seminar — MICA (Maryland Institute College of Art) — Baltimore, MD
Lone Star International Film Festival Distribution Forum — Fort Worth, TX
Lecture/Workshop @ DIY Days — Los Angeles, CA
TOTBO Workshop @ Flyway Film Festival — Pepin & Stockholm, WI
IFP Independent Filmmaker Conference — NYC, NY
IFP Panel for Trans-Atlantic Partners — NYC, NY
Ted Hope’s “Future of Film Class” at NYU — NYC, NY
IFP Panel – “The Hot Button: What’s a Producer to Do?” — NYC, NY
IFP Filmmaker Lab at Independent Film Week — NYC, NY
Marketing Group Sessions
Lab Leader for this first of its kind year long Completion, Distribution and Marketing Lab
Edinburgh Film Festival
One Day Marketing And Distribution Workshop
Keynote Speech
BAFTA and Shooting People Present Short Sighted!
Creative Scotland One on One Consultations — Edinburgh Scotland
IFP Filmmaker Lab – Narrative NYC
Lab Leader for Completion, Distribution and Marketing Lab
IFP Filmmaker Lab – Documentary NYC Lab Leader for Completion, Distribution and Marketing Lab
Idaho Cineposium Red Lion Downtowner, 1800 Fairview Ave., Boise ID
PRODCON 2011: IFP Media Arts’ Producers Conference at Minneapolis Community & Technical College — Whitney, Minneapolis, MN
DOC BC in partnership with NFB Film
Atlanta Film Festival 365 – Atlanta, GA
TOTBO: The 2-Day Workshop, A Live Step-by-Step Guide for Filmmakers, Media Creators and Producers to the World of Hybrid Distribution and Marketing.
FIND Filmmaker Forum Panel Moderator – YOUR MARKETING TOOLKIT – Los Angeles, CA
Media Management Training Program at SIPA – Columbia University NYC
“Film Distribution” and “TV distribution and Other New Media Channels”
Open Video Conference, NYC
Panel “Future of Exhibition: Opening the Box Office”
Vancouver International Film Festival Forum
Panel: 21st Century Doc Distribution Strategies
PhotoCine Expo, LA Film School, Hollywood, CA – Introduction to the 5 Core Principles of TOTBO
Independent Filmmaker Conference of 2010, NYC
Panel “Cage Match: Am i Filmmaker or Brand?”
Melbourne, Auistralia Two Day Workshop at AFTRS Sponsored by Sceen Australia 2010
Sydney, Australia Two Day Workshop at AFTRS Sponsored by Screen Australia
Adelaide, Australia – Two Day Workshop in conjunction with Revelation Film Festival, Sponsored by Screen Australia
Two Day Workshop in Conjunction with Revelation Film Festival, Sponsored by Screen Australia.
Los Angeles Film Festival – Los Angeles, CA
Co-Organizer with Film Independent: “Seize the Power: A Marketing and (DIY)stribution Symposium A Two Day Conference on the present and future of film distribution, marketing, audience engagement, trans-media, branding – and more.
Los Angeles Film Festival – Los Angeles, CA
Two Day Distribution and Marketing Bootcamp for competition filmmakers
Festival de Cannes – Cannes, France
Panel with Liz Rosenthal from Power to the Pixel at the Short Film Corner and May 15th Producer’s Network
Amsterdam
Two Day Workshop in conjunction with Vision at Media Guerilla at Filmmaker Handbook
London
Ealing Film Studios, Ealing Green in conjunction with Chris Jones/The Guerilla Filmmakers Handbook
Austin TX SXSW
Book Reading and Panel: “The Mail Event: Finding an Audience for Your Film”
Miami International Film Festival – Miami, FL
Panel “Digital and DIY Distribution”
NSI, Canada – Winnipeg
A talk with David Geertz and Sheri Chandler of Film Marketing, Distribution and Financing in the Digital Age
Sundance Film Festival – Park City, UT
Youtube Panel: Digital Distribution
Slamdance Film Festival – Park City, UT
Workshop – Slamdance filmmaker summit
CPH:DOX Forum Copenhagen
Keynote Speech: TOTBO: A Manifesto for Filmmakers in the Digital Age Speaker
FIND Filmmaker Forum – Los Angeles
Panel: Distribution Case Studies
DV Expo Pasadena Convention Center
Top 10 Tips: Career Development in 2 Sessions
Independent Film Week, IFP Cenference – New York Book Signing STATE OF DISTRIBUTION – THE CURRENT FUTURE MODEL
Los Angeles Film Festival Film Financing Conference Panel: Taking your Film into the Marketplace
Tribeca International Film Festival New York Panel: Tools of the Trade: Alternative Distribution, Marketing 2.0, and Beyond
An Introduction to DUY/Web and Hybrid Distribution for Independent Filmmakers
SXSW Film Festival – Austin, TX “Self-Distribution Not All by Yourself”
True False Film Festival – Columbia MO Mentoring and Panels, Seminars