Writes a sales outreach email to a film or content distributor introducing a completed project for acquisition consideration, including key commercial information an acquisitions team needs to evaluate the opportunity.
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Writes a sales outreach email to a film or content distributor introducing a completed project for acquisition consideration, including key commercial information an acquisitions team needs to evaluate the opportunity.
Writes a sales outreach email to a film or content distributor introducing a completed project for acquisition consideration, including key commercial information an acquisitions team needs to evaluate the opportunity.
Required: Film title, format and runtime, brief logline (one sentence), production company, completion/delivery date, any festival screenings or awards, territories available for acquisition.
Optional: A prior connection to the distributor (met at a market, referral from a mutual contact), comparable titles in their catalogue, specific territories of interest, trailer or screener availability, any existing distribution deals already closed.
Subject line + email body. Body: 200–250 words. Professional sales tone — factual, efficient, confident. Not pitching a creative vision (that is the filmmaker's job); pitching an acquisition opportunity. Screener link or availability noted. Market-specific version (EFM, Cannes) available if requested. Output ends with a "Next Step" note: how many distributors to contact in the first outreach wave, expected response timeline, and whether to run festival-strategy-brief to develop the wider distribution strategy.
Film: Cartography of the Unseen Format: Feature documentary, 84 minutes Logline: A blind geographer spends three years creating tactile maps of places she has never seen — and the maps start revealing things sighted cartographers missed. Production company: Coastline Productions Completion: Delivered, December 2024 Festival: World premiere at IDFA 2024 — selected for the main competition Awards: Special Jury Mention, IDFA 2024 Territories available: All territories excluding Scandinavia (Nordic deal already closed) Connection to recipient: No prior contact — outreach during EFM
Subject: Acquisition opportunity — CARTOGRAPHY OF THE UNSEEN (84 min doc, IDFA 2024 Special Jury Mention)
Dear [Name],
I'm writing from Coastline Productions to introduce CARTOGRAPHY OF THE UNSEEN, a completed feature documentary available for acquisition in all territories excluding Scandinavia.
CARTOGRAPHY OF THE UNSEEN (84 min) follows a blind geographer over three years as she creates tactile maps of places she has never seen — and her maps begin revealing things sighted cartographers had missed. The film had its world premiere in the IDFA Main Competition and received the Special Jury Mention in December 2024. A Nordic deal is already in place; all other territories remain available.
We're attending EFM this year and would welcome the chance to meet and screen the film for your team. I can also make a screener available immediately — link below, or I can arrange access via [platform] if preferred.
[Screener link / access instructions]
Please let me know if EFM timing works or if you'd prefer to review the screener first.
Best regards, [Name] Coastline Productions [Contact details]
npx claudepluginhub ur-grue/autopunk-media-skills --plugin autopunk-media-skillsWrites professional cold outreach emails to broadcasters and platform executives. Useful for pitching media projects and requesting meetings or reads.
Crafts effective sales outreach emails, follow-ups, and proposals with persuasive writing, personalization, urgency management, and clear CTAs.
Writes B2B cold emails and follow-up sequences that get replies. Covers subject lines, opening lines, body copy, CTAs, personalization, and multi-touch sequences.