Don’t Sell Your Film to Netflix — Do THIS Instead.

A Better Way to Distribute Your Film or TV Show That Will Earn You More Than Netflix, Hulu and Other Streaming Platforms.

By Phil Autelitano

It’s been over seven years since I published my wildly popular, “How to Sell Your Film to Netflix, Hulu, Amazon and Others” article here on Medium. Since then, along with a few updated versions, it’s been quoted and shared and read millions of times across the Internet. In response, I’ve received thousands of responses — and still do every day — from independent filmmakers worldwide wanting to sell their films to Netflix, Hulu and other popular streaming platforms. At the time I wrote that piece, Netflix was The Holy Grail of film distribution, and today, it still is, but so much as changed in the streaming world since then, you’d probably have a better chance of finding the real Holy Grail …or hitting the Powerball Lottery.

Never before in history have so many new films and television shows been released, so quickly. Every single day, hundreds of new films and TV shows are produced worldwide. Low-cost equipment and editing software has lowered the barrier to entry to filmmaking to the point anyone with a decent iPhone camera and an internet connection can produce a quality film. Even the…