# get distributed — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover get distributed. Page: Feed: --- ## [Buyout or License: What Happens When Netflix Calls](https://adolfelassal.substack.com/p/buyout-or-license-what-happens-when) _2026-08-18 · Adolf El Assal · Adolf El Assal_ The offer looks the same either way. It isn't. ## [I Signed Contracts on Set While Directing My Actors](https://adolfelassal.substack.com/p/i-signed-contracts-on-set-while-directing) _2026-08-14 · Adolf El Assal · Adolf El Assal_ What it cost me to make my first real feature, and the boundary I never set until it was too late. ## [Why Most Indie Films Die After the Festival Lights Go Out](https://adolfelassal.substack.com/p/why-most-indie-films-die-after-the) _2026-08-11 · Adolf El Assal · Adolf El Assal_ Distribution isn't the reward for finishing your film. It's a plan you should have made before you shot a single frame. ## [I Couldn't Pay Rent While Directing My Own Film](https://adolfelassal.substack.com/p/i-couldnt-pay-rent-while-directing) _2026-08-07 · Adolf El Assal · Adolf El Assal_ The producers didn't arrange a car. I took the bus through winter mornings to direct a film I'd already given everything to. ## [Why Producers Reject Scripts (And Almost Never Tell You Why)](https://adolfelassal.substack.com/p/why-producers-reject-scripts-and) _2026-08-04 · Adolf El Assal · Adolf El Assal_ The real reasons behind the silence, and how to position your script so it never has to compete with vagueness. ## [I Used to Know Exactly Who I Was](https://adolfelassal.substack.com/p/i-used-to-know-exactly-who-i-was) _2026-07-31 · Adolf El Assal · Adolf El Assal_ Twenty years ago the answer was simple. It isn't anymore, and I've stopped pretending that's a problem. ## [What AI Can and Cannot Do for Filmmakers](https://adolfelassal.substack.com/p/what-ai-can-and-cannot-do-for-filmmakers) _2026-07-28 · Adolf El Assal · Adolf El Assal_ A clear-eyed look at where these tools actually help, and where they quietly waste your time. ## [Every Film I've Ever Made Still Owes Me Money](https://adolfelassal.substack.com/p/every-film-ive-ever-made-still-owes) _2026-07-24 · Adolf El Assal · Adolf El Assal_ Director's fees, writing fees, producer's fees. All deferred, every project, for twenty years. None of it has ever come back. ## [The Room Nobody Expected Me to Be In](https://adolfelassal.substack.com/p/the-room-nobody-expected-me-to-be) _2026-07-21 · Adolf El Assal · Adolf El Assal_ A year after sixty distributors rejected my film, I was sitting across from Netflix, Amazon, Apple, and Google. Then YouTube blocked my channel. ## [Who I Actually Became](https://adolfelassal.substack.com/p/who-i-actually-became) _2026-07-17 · Adolf El Assal · Adolf El Assal_ Reinvention isn't a comeback story. It's just what staying in this business looks like. ## [Crypto Payments, No Custody (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/gK4XVcZ3OzuX) _2026-07-17 · **Sponsored**_ Send crypto to merchant wallets via API with real-time updates and automatic fees. ## [90% of Finished Films Never Get Distributed. Tonight I'm Teaching the Other 10%.](https://adolfelassal.substack.com/p/your-film-is-competing-with-a-billion) _2026-07-16 · Adolf El Assal · Adolf El Assal_ I'm teaching a free live masterclass tonight at 19:00 CET on how independent films get distributed in 2026. Register here: https://webinar.filmlaunch.ai ## [The Comedy That Broke French Distribution](https://adolfelassal.substack.com/p/the-comedy-that-broke-french-distribution) _2026-07-14 · Adolf El Assal · Adolf El Assal_ Sixty distributors said no. So I released the film three ways at once and gave it away for free first. ## [The Filmmaker I Thought I'd Be](https://adolfelassal.substack.com/p/the-filmmaker-i-thought-id-be) _2026-07-10 · Adolf El Assal · Adolf El Assal_ Nobody warns you that the career changes you before you change the career. ## [How I Distributed a Film With No Budget, No Festival, and No Help](https://adolfelassal.substack.com/p/how-i-distributed-a-film-with-no) _2026-07-07 · Adolf El Assal · Adolf El Assal_ Just a viral trailer and the nerve to release anyway. ## [The Performance Nobody Saw Was a Performance](https://adolfelassal.substack.com/p/the-performance-nobody-saw-was-a) _2026-07-03 · Adolf El Assal · Adolf El Assal_ After I fired half my crew on Les Fameux Gars, I had to convince everyone the film was fine. I wasn't sure it was. ## [Why Your Indie Film Won't Get Funded the Old Way Anymore](https://adolfelassal.substack.com/p/why-your-indie-film-wont-get-funded) _2026-06-30 · Adolf El Assal · Adolf El Assal_ The capital stack that financed independent cinema for twenty years is breaking. Here's what's replacing it, and what producers need to understand before they build another financing plan model. ## [I Went Broke Making the Film I Loved](https://adolfelassal.substack.com/p/i-went-broke-making-the-film-i-loved) _2026-06-26 · Adolf El Assal · Adolf El Assal_ Les Fameux Gars cost two and a half times its budget, and most of the damage was self-inflicted. ## [Nobody Tells You What Happens After the Premiere](https://adolfelassal.substack.com/p/nobody-tells-you-what-happens-after) _2026-06-23 · Adolf El Assal · Adolf El Assal_ Film school teaches you to direct. Festivals teach you to submit. No one teaches you what comes next.