We’ve done some exciting things in our time but this is up there with the best!
After chatting with our friends at Peroni Nastro Azzurro they have agreed to DOUBLE THE PRIZE MONEY FOR ALL 8 DISCIPLINES in the Gabriele Muccino Competition.
So whether you are a Director, Producer, Makeup Artist, Set Designer, Composer, Graphics/CGI, Costume/Stylist or Editor and have already applied, or are planning to do so, the prize money just doubled.
The new prize money is £1,000.
Not only that, but we’ve extended the application deadline to 10th May 2010 to allow those who haven’t yet applied to get in on the act. As is often the case with Film productions the shoot dates have changed, giving you more time to apply. The filming will now be in Italy in early June.
If you haven’t applied already do so now so you don’t miss out on this incredible opportunity.
To find out more information and to sign up please go to:
We’re really sorry for those of you outside of the UK that can’t apply. At the end of this competition we will be asking you to give us your information if this is something you would like to enter in your region. If enough people respond from a specific country we will look into the possibility with our friends at Peroni Nastro Azzurro of running a similar competition for you in your region. In the meantime…
Make use of the Free Trial
No matter which country you are from please do make use of the 8 week free trial of One Fat Cigar.com.
We’re really excited to be able to offer you this fantastic exclusive opportunity only available to UK based One Fat Cigar members. One Fat Cigar.com has teamed up with Peroni Nastro Azzurro and renowned Italian Director, Gabriele Muccino to provide you with a unique competition.
As a celebration of the uniqueness of Italian film making, Peroni Nastro Azzurro is proud to announce that it has partnered with Gabriele Muccino to make a short film, encapsulating the Italian art of turning the ordinary into the extraordinary. And here is your chance to work on that film and study the art of Italian film-making with one of the leading names in Italian Cinema. Gabriele Muccino won the World Cinema Award at the Sundance Film Festival for ‘L’ultimo bacio’ and more recently was handpicked by Will Smith to direct the films ‘Pursuit of Happyness’ and ‘Seven Pounds’ both of which received critical acclaim and enjoyed huge commercial success around the world. Having submitted your application, and an example of your work, you will enter the competition. The lucky winners will fill eight posts covering a variety of disciplines from directing and producing, make-up and wardrobe, right through to the final stages of editing, CGI and composing. You will have the opportunity of working with a master of his trade, studying the intricacies of Italian film-making, and the passion and craftsmanship at its core.
And it gets even better… The selected entrants, will be paid for their work (some going to Italy to work on the film), may benefit from press exposure and all eight will have the opportunity to attend the Premiere in London with a friend. Early applications are encouraged and please remember to fill in a full CV/Resume on the site. Where you have a showreel or portfolio be sure to set it as your showcase. The deadline for applications is 30th April 2010.
To find out more please have a look at Peroni Nastro Azzurro’sMicrosite on One Fat Cigar.com With best wishes and good luck!
Craig and Ross,
Co-Founders,One Fat Cigar.com
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If you’re an independent Producer and need film distribution or sales agents then it is important that you read this.
It’s probably not going to change your life, but we can definitely help increase your potential audience and aid with access distribution/sales agents at all stages of production. We know you’ve got a great movie to promote – otherwise you wouldn’t be here looking at this page.
How we can help you…
We built One Fat Cigar to help you with your aims – getting your film out there to as many relevant people as possible to allow them to have privileged access to your production and provide you with a loyal base of people keen to see your movies when they come out.
With that in mind not only are providing a great site to help you build a fan base but we’re also building relationships with some of the most exciting forward thinking film distributors and sales agents in the business and have designed One Fat Cigar to help you to maximise our network and contacts – and put your films in front of them.
One Fat Cigar helps you to promote your work all the way through the production from day 1 of script so that by the time the film is ready for the festivals or theatrical, or dvd release – you have a market for it. We have been described as ‘Facebook for Film’ meets ‘IMDB’.
Our Promise
We will, on a regular basis, promote the most exciting films on our site without distributor/sales agents attached and put them in front of some of the premiere UK film distributors and sales agents – wherever your film is shot (or being shot) in the world – if it is good we’ll put it forward. We will look at two categories… finished films seeking a release, or ‘hot’ films that are seeking a distributor and that they should be keeping an eye on.
How does this help you?
First, we’re taken seriously because we’re filtering a lot of films/projects and will only ever offer distributors/sales agents the best work on our site. This means that if we recommend you, distributors/sales agents take us seriously – they know we’re going to see a lot of films and it’s not in our interests to give them bad productions to follow.
Secondly, you have a pretty awesome incentive in getting some great content and in turn generate fans for your films. If you do we will notice and will put them forward.
Third, Film Distributors and Sales Agents DO have profiles on our site. They may not publicize it or shout about it, but they are on here, seeking projects and looking at your work – so even if we miss your project to put forward, chances are that they will find it – if it is any good.
So who is looking at your films?
Our list includes some of the more prominent and proactive names in the UK business – from Artificial Eye to The Works Media Group. Look them up. They’ve done a bit! We’re growing this list daily and will soon be expanding it internationally.
If you’re a reputable distributor or film sales agent and want to be on our list, get in touch here.
Our Offer to you, the Film Maker…
Because we want your film on the site to give us the best choice of film projects to promote to distributors we’re making this as painless as possible and as inexpensive as we can possible afford to maintain a great site. We could charge a lot more but we want you to try out the service and be happy with what’s on offer.
We’ll be frank about it – long term is more important to us than short term today. We want you to be not just our friends – who we are seeking to help wherever possible – but also our customers, and we hope that you’ll value our service so much that you’ll recommend it to your friends and stay with us for a long time.
If you like what we’re doing, then maybe you’ll use other services we offer and recommend us to your friends, helping build our community and getting more great content which means even more distributors taken notice and want to visit us (some are already asking for specific distributor profiles by the way). We’re not here to push you into anything, just give you something you can use that might provide you with fantastic long term revenue opportunities through a loyal and trusting fan base for your productions.
It’s as simple as that.
The Price? Premium membership is around £10 (about $15) and billed quarterly.
And if you don’t like it? We’ll give you your money back.
We’re pretty sure you will but if don’t like what we’re offering once you’re on the site you can cancel within 7 days and we’ll give you all your money back. No questions asked. Nothing to lose.
All we hope for…
You give us a good film (we love original ideas – we’re film makers ourselves!) with a fan base and regular good quality content that distributors and film fans will love and we will push your project. Not sure what fans are interested in or how it works? Don’t worry. Mail us team@onefatcigar.com once you’ve signed up and we’ll provide you with a free ebook (that we wrote for us to use on our own projects) on how to promote your movie on One Fat Cigar.
For larger productions we can also provide bespoke marketing opportunities should you wish..
As if that’s not enough…
Did you know on One Fat Cigar you can:
Cast and Crew your productions through the website with people who have professional film credits and you can view their showreels and CV.
You can Post Jobs for your productions
Network with and easily contact other film industry professionals
Still not convinced?
If you’re still not convinced that One Fat Cigar is for you? In our first 6 weeks we had more that 750 film makers sign up to the website and over 100 different film and television projects uploaded. We’ve had projects ranging from $0 budget to $millions, and are growing pretty quickly.
We’d love you to be part of it – no matter what stage your project is during the production process.
So whether you choose to sign up – or not – we wish you the best of luck with your movies and hope you find fantastic commercial success, and we get to see them on the big screen.
