First, let me start off by saying that this article isn?t about encouraging you to go out there and spend some of your hard earned cash making a short film with the goal of turning a profit.

Making short films isn?t a smart business move and I?d say that if you do make a short with your own money in order to gain experience, skills and showcase your talents?I?d say limit the budget to $1,000 or less.

This article is mainly for anyone who is in the process or as already produced their short and was looking for a way to recoup their money and make a profit.

There are several buyers of short films in the marketplace today:

Canadian Reflections buys shorts made by Canadian filmmakers.

Movieola also purchases films less than 40 minutes

However, from my experience ?url?www.ouatmedia.com?/url? is a great place to start. Ouat Media is a film distributor that acquires short films and sells them around the world to various TV broadcasters, Internet, mobile devices, and all other newly-developed media. If they like your film, they?ll offer you a four year distribution deal and you?ll receive 50% net profit of all the worldwide sales.

As your film is sold around the world, you?ll receive your royalty cheques in the mail from Ouat.I?d like to end with a quote from film director Robert Rodriguez as he was addressing filmmakers on how to be successful in the film industry.

?There is no one right way to do anything? - Robert Rodriguez

So?there?s no one right way to sell your short film?I?m just sharing with you how I sold my film and hopefully this information can be of use to you.

For more filmmaking tidbits check out http://filmstop-online.blogspot.com/