Screener tool for indie filmmakers: send your film with control
You’ve finished the film and now you have thirty festivals to send it to. FilmRelay gives each programmer a private link, tells you who opened it and keeps your press kit one click away.
Free plan. No credit card required.
Built for the way indie films travel
Festival submissions
Paste a FilmRelay link wherever a festival asks for a screener link. Give it a password and an expiry date that matches the selection period.
Programmers and sales agents
Send each one a link of their own. You’ll know who watched, how much of the film they saw and when.
Press and critics
Send the screener link and point to your film page, which holds the stills, the poster and the press kit, so journalists don’t have to ask for them.
Cast, crew and funders
A private link with your watermark lets the people who made the film see it before release, and you can revoke it whenever you want.
From export to inbox in four steps
1. Upload your screener
Upload your master from the Screeners tab of your film. FilmRelay prepares a viewing copy on its own, which takes a few minutes. When the status says Viewing ready, you can create links.
2. Choose password, watermark and expiry
Set a password if you want one and the day the link stops working. Write the watermark text and pick where it appears on the picture.
3. Send one link per recipient
Enter the recipient’s email, and their name and company if it helps. FilmRelay can email the link for you and send you a copy.
4. Follow up with viewing data
Open the link to see sessions, watch time and whether they finished. Write to the programmer who watched half. Resend to the one who never opened it.
Short film or feature: what changes
Shorts: many festivals, one screener
A short film is small. A 12 minute short sent to ten festivals, each watching it in full, uses 120 playback minutes, which fits the free plan.
Features: bigger files, fewer recipients
A 90 minute feature fits in the 100 stored minutes of the free plan, but ten full viewings use 900 playback minutes. Filmmaker Screeners covers that from $12, €10 or £9 a month.
A press kit next to your screener
Programmers, journalists and buyers usually ask for the same things after they’ve watched: stills, a poster, the trailer, the synopsis. Keep them on your film page and send one link instead of five.
Start free: what one film costs
The free plan includes one film with Materials, 100 stored video minutes and 125 playback minutes a month, with watermarking and viewing analytics. Paid plans for filmmakers start at $6, €5 or £5 a month.
FilmRelay or Drive, Dropbox, WeTransfer, Vimeo and YouTube?
You probably send your film through a mix of them today. They’re fine for moving files and for a public trailer. A screener link is different: you want one for each recipient, you want it to expire, and you want to know who opened it.
Frequently asked questions
Can I use it for festival submissions?
Yes. A FilmRelay link is a normal web address, so you can paste it wherever a festival asks for a screener link. Create one link for each festival so you can tell them apart.
Do programmers need an account?
No. They need the link, and the password if you set one.
How many festivals can I send to on the free plan?
The plan limits minutes, not festivals: the free plan includes 125 playback minutes a month, shared by all your recipients.
How long does it take before I can send the link?
After the upload finishes, FilmRelay prepares the viewing copy, which can take several minutes. You can leave the page while it works.
Can I cut off access after I've sent a link?
Yes. Revoke the link and anyone who opens it afterwards sees a page saying it has expired or is no longer available.
Your next screener can go out with its press kit.
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