Filmocracy is Back With The 2nd Film Market Event Bringing Industry Professionals and Talent Face to Face
After the huge success of their first Film Market , Filmocracy is all geared up for the second event, putting creators and decision-making executives from media giants like Disney+ and Blue Fox in one room
Los Angeles, CA July 11 2022 – Filmocracy Film Market returns this year with a new format that brings together talent, buyers, filmmakers, and agents for a whole day of in-person networking and business development followed by the second day of virtual pitching.
“After a successful inaugural event, we’re excited to triple our executive roster from 15 to 45 and help independent filmmakers forge relationships with key decision-makers and get their films into the world,” says Filmocracy co-founder & CEO Paul Jun.
The Filmocracy Film Market provides an opportunity for talents to meet industry-leading buyers, executives, and agents face-to-face and connect. It’s a unique setting where they can get more out of the experience instead of the traditional cold pitching via emails that end up in the executive’s spam box. The format includes the following:
- Day 1 (July 14th) Cocktail party @ LA Gondola: 9:30 pm – 11:30 pm PST
- Day 2 (July 15th) Virtual market online on Filmocracy’s platform: 11:00 am – 01:00 pm PST
The Filmocracy team has attracted a multitude of sales agents and distributors from around the globe to attend this 2-day physical-virtual event. The first day will be all about physical meetings and networking at LA Gondola, following the Opening Night Gala for the Festival, taking place across the street at the Lumiere Music Hall. Virtual events will take place the following day.
Once the creators have reviewed companies and have connected with the potential distribution and sales partners, they’ll know exactly who to pitch in the online meeting session the second day. They can join the virtual office of their preferred media partners and present a 4-minute pitch, including videos, posters, and screens, to make their presentation more compelling.
“We’re proud to launch once again our innovative digital marketplace, where filmmakers and screenwriters can pitch their projects to industry professionals in a state-of-the-art virtual zoom-like setting,” Says Paul Jun
The virtual event will place participants in an online lobby where they will see waiting rooms for executives. Once it is their turn, participants will be redirected to the virtual meeting office and they will have 4 minutes to pitch their script, show their trailer and make an impression. Attending participants will access the virtual event at https://festival.filmocracy.com/filmmarket.
What makes The Filmocracy Film Market event truly unique is the elimination of the middle man, and putting talent before everything else. Filmmakers usually have to work with a sales agent in order to enter a film market event and get their script/trailer seen by an executive. However, Filmocracy Film Market believes that talented filmmakers need to be prioritized, and they should be the ones representing their own films. By adapting to this unique practice, the event organizers hope that more creative directors and filmmakers will be brought to the forefront of the film industry, and their work will not be lost due to the shortcomings of sales agents, or due to the limiting barriers in the filmmaking business model itself.
The very first Filmocracy Film Market event was held earlier this year and a film was acquired and brough to Cannes for sales opportunities. For the second edition, the list of attending companies is even bigger and includes some of the biggest names in film distribution including Disney+, Blue Fox, Endeavor Content, 13 Films, Nero Film, Periphery, Phantasm Films, Radiant Films Intl and many more. The participants for the 2022 event are also coming in at great numbers, with limited slots available. While 2022 is going to be a remarkable year for the Filmocracy Film Market, it most certainly won’t be the last. Throughout the coming years, the event aims to solidify its reputation as California’s premier film market for budding producers to get their films noticed
“I recently attended the Filmocracy Film Market in Beverly Hills, California and online. Found it very insightful; I met a lot of other fellow filmmakers, film distributors. [They were] very helpful and a great group of people. I hope we can do it again,” stated film producer Michael Downey when asked about his experience at the 2021 Filmocracy Film Market event.
Participation in The Filmocracy Film Market has a very nominal fee of $100, a fraction of other markets in the industry. There’s also a VIP pass that only costs $500, which allows talents to skip queues and move to the front of the line in every meeting. Both of these packages come with a complimentary invitation to the opening night film at Filmocracy Fest, which will take place right before the cocktail party on July 14th.
Those interested in this career-making opportunity can start by submitting their script or directly purchasing the pass here.
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About Filmocracy:
Filmocracy is a film and festival streaming platform that rewards users for discovering amazing independent films. Users earn virtual popcorn for watching and rating movies, which can be spent in their shop to earn movie tickets, redeem gift cards, or attend virtual film festivals hosted from around the world. Bringing a powerful combination of technologies together to enhance the virtual cinema and conference experience for filmmakers, industry professionals and audiences around the world. Filmocracy’s mission is to help all independent filmmakers reach wider audiences and grow their communities through storytelling. Festival Co-Founder Paul Jun serves as CEO of Filmocracy. In December 2020, Filmocracy staged the First Annual Filmocracy Fest, an all-digital juried film festival. Filmocracy Fest presented a slate of 44 films; panels; mentorship program; live performances; script readings; cause-related partners; and dozens of virtual conversations with directors and industry talent. Jon Fitzgerald served as Executive Director. Filmocracy also has a library of more than 3,500 titles for streaming that is constantly evolving and rotating and also hosts over 100 film festivals each year.
About Filmocracy Film Market:
The Filmocracy Film Market is a rapid-fire pitch meeting event where participants are put face to face with distribution/talent/production executives looking for projects.
Filmocracy is back with its second film market event, bringing industry professionals and talent face to face in 2026
Filmocracy is officially back in 2026 with its second film market event, doubling down on its mission to create direct, practical access between emerging talent and working industry professionals. After a strong debut that proved there is real demand for smaller, outcome-driven film markets, the platform is expanding its scope while keeping its core promise intact: fewer spectators, more decision-makers, and conversations that lead somewhere.
Unlike traditional film festivals that prioritize premieres and press, Filmocracy positions itself as a working market. The emphasis is on deal-adjacent meetings, realistic career pathways, and transparent discussion around how films actually get made, financed, sold, and distributed in the current climate. The 2026 edition builds on that foundation with more structured matchmaking, clearer professional tracks, and a sharper focus on execution rather than aspiration.
At the center of the event is face-to-face access. Filmmakers, writers, producers, actors, and below-the-line talent are placed in the same rooms as distributors, sales agents, development executives, producers, and financiers. Meetings are not framed as abstract networking opportunities but as time-bound, moderated sessions designed to surface viable projects and credible collaborators. The intent is efficiency: everyone attending understands why they are there and what outcomes are realistic.
The 2026 market expands its programming to reflect how fragmented and specialized the industry has become. Rather than lumping all participants into a single pipeline, Filmocracy organizes activity across distinct professional lanes. Narrative features, documentaries, series development, short-form proof-of-concepts, and packaged projects each receive tailored sessions. This structure acknowledges that a documentary filmmaker seeking impact distribution has different needs than a producer packaging a genre feature for international sales.
Pitch sessions remain a central component, but with tighter curation. Projects are pre-screened for readiness, budget realism, and market alignment. This benefits both sides of the table: creatives are not pitching prematurely, and executives are not sitting through ideas that cannot realistically move forward. Feedback sessions are emphasized as much as pitches themselves, allowing creators to walk away with concrete notes, not just business cards.
Panels and talks are deliberately pragmatic. Topics focus on current deal structures, international co-productions, platform-specific commissioning realities, AI and workflow ethics, financing gaps at the indie level, and the shifting role of sales agents post-pandemic. Speakers are selected based on active involvement in the market, not legacy status. The goal is to reflect how the industry operates now, not how it worked five or ten years ago.
One of the most notable developments for 2026 is Filmocracy’s deeper integration of talent representation and casting professionals. Actors attending are no longer treated as passive participants but as collaborators with agency. Sessions explore packaging from the talent side, international casting strategies, and how performers can align themselves with viable projects earlier in the development cycle. This reflects a broader industry shift toward talent-driven financing and audience discovery.
The event also acknowledges the growing importance of international collaboration. With production incentives, soft money, and global streamers reshaping where and how content is made, Filmocracy incorporates cross-border case studies and co-production meetings. These sessions are designed to demystify legal, financial, and cultural barriers rather than gloss over them.
What ultimately distinguishes Filmocracy is scale and intent. By resisting the temptation to grow into a sprawling conference, the market preserves its usefulness. Attendance remains capped to maintain access, sessions are structured to encourage accountability, and success is measured by follow-up activity rather than social media impressions.
As the industry continues to recalibrate in 2026—post-strikes, amid consolidation, and under mounting economic pressure—Filmocracy’s second film market arrives at a moment when clarity and access matter more than spectacle. It is positioned not as a cure-all, but as a functional tool: a place where people who are actively working can meet others who are ready to work, and where conversations are grounded in what can actually get made.
