Promote & sponsor
Put your festival, film, or business in front of IFN’s audience.
Optional, clearly labeled placements with set prices and dates. Watching IFN, submitting a film, and listing a festival are always free.
How it works
Four steps
Choose
Pick a package. Each one lists its price, how long it runs, where it appears, and what it doesn’t include.
Pay or request
Pay securely through Stripe, or send a request with no payment. Promotion codes are checked before you pay.
IFN reviews it
A person at IFN checks your order and materials, then emails you the dates it will run.
It runs, labeled
Your placement turns on and off by itself on those dates, always labeled “Sponsored”. We email you when it starts and ends.
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Film festivals and events
For festivals already in IFN’s free directory. Your basic listing stays free whatever you choose.
Pay online
Festival promotion package
$49 · 30 days
For 30 days: a sponsor mention between films in IFN Live, first place in IFN Weekly’s festival section, and first place in the festival directory.
- A sponsor mention on the “Up next” screen between films in IFN Live on the website: your festival’s name, your short message (a deadline, dates, or tickets), and a link, labeled “Sponsor”, taking turns with any other sponsors
- Listed first, labeled “Sponsored”, in the festival section of each IFN Weekly email sent during the 30 days (IFN Weekly goes out every Friday; it is new, and its list is small)
- Shown first in the festival directory at theindiefilmnetwork.com/festivals, highlighted and labeled “Sponsored”
- Runs for 30 days from the start date IFN confirms with you
Not included
- It doesn’t change your free listing or what it says
- No guaranteed number of views, plays, clicks, or emails sent
- No video commercial (those run only in the Roku app)
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Filmmakers
For films already on IFN. Submitting a film, and IFN’s review of it, are always free, and paying never affects either.
By request: no payment until IFN confirms
Featured film promotion
$19 · 30 days
A sponsor mention for your film between films in IFN Live on the website, for 30 days.
- A mention on the “Up next” screen between films in IFN Live on the website: your film’s title, your short message, and a link to its IFN page, labeled “Sponsored”
- Runs for 30 days from the start date IFN confirms with you
Not included
- Only for films already on IFN under a direct license with IFN
- It doesn’t change where or how often IFN schedules your film
- No guaranteed views
By request: no payment until IFN confirms
Film spotlight
$49 · 30 days
The featured film promotion, plus a labeled spotlight in IFN Weekly and a post on IFN’s Facebook page.
- Everything in the featured film promotion
- A labeled “Sponsored” spotlight on your film in one IFN Weekly email
- One post about your film on IFN’s Facebook page, marked as a paid partnership
Not included
- Only for films already on IFN under a direct license with IFN
- No guaranteed views, clicks, or reach
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Businesses and sponsors
Commercials and sponsor mentions in IFN’s Roku app, and sponsor mentions on the website’s IFN Live. The website itself has no ads.
Reserve now, pay when it can start
Roku starter campaign
$50 · 30 days
Your 15- or 30-second commercial in IFN’s Roku app for 30 days.
- Your commercial in IFN breaks between films in the Roku app, and before films people choose on demand, taking turns with other sponsors and Roku’s own ads
- Never in the middle of a film, and never next to a film whose license doesn’t allow ads
- A count of how many times your commercial started playing, from Roku’s ad player
Not included
- No guaranteed number of plays, viewers, or impressions (a play is one start of your commercial, not one viewer)
- IFN doesn’t make commercials: you send a finished one
IFN’s own Roku app isn’t in the Roku Channel Store yet. Reserve now, with no payment; IFN sends a payment link once the app is live and your placement can start.
Reserve now, pay when it can start
Roku featured campaign
$100 · 30 days
The starter campaign, plus a sponsor mention on the “Up next” screen in the Roku app and on the website.
- Everything in the starter campaign
- A sponsor mention between films: your name, a short message, and your website, labeled “Sponsor”, in the Roku app and in IFN Live on the website
Not included
- No guaranteed number of plays, viewers, or impressions
- IFN doesn’t make commercials: you send a finished one
IFN’s own Roku app isn’t in the Roku Channel Store yet. Reserve now, with no payment; IFN sends a payment link once the app is live and your placement can start.
Reserve now, pay when it can start
Founding sponsor
$150 · 30 days
Sponsor IFN for 30 days: commercials and mentions on Roku, mentions on the website, and IFN Weekly.
- Everything in the Roku featured campaign (a commercial is optional)
- Thanked by name, with a link, as a sponsor in each IFN Weekly email sent during the 30 days
Not included
- No guaranteed number of plays, viewers, impressions, or emails
IFN’s own Roku app isn’t in the Roku Channel Store yet. Reserve now, with no payment; IFN sends a payment link once the app is live and your placement can start.
Reserve now, pay when it can start
Featured sponsor
$300 · 30 days
The founding sponsorship, with up to two different commercials and a labeled feature in IFN Weekly.
- Everything in the founding sponsorship
- Up to two different commercials (15 or 30 seconds each), taking turns
- A labeled “Sponsored” feature about your business in one IFN Weekly email
Not included
- No guaranteed number of plays, viewers, impressions, or emails
IFN’s own Roku app isn’t in the Roku Channel Store yet. Reserve now, with no payment; IFN sends a payment link once the app is live and your placement can start.
Priced with you
Presenting partner or custom campaign
Custom quote
Something larger or different: a longer campaign, a presenting partnership, or several placements together.
- Tell IFN what you have in mind, and IFN replies with what it can run and a price, before anything is paid
Not included
- Only what IFN can actually deliver and report on
Our promises
What you can count on
Editorial stays independent
Paying never gets a film selected, licensed, or scheduled, or a festival listed. Submitting a film and listing a festival are free.
Always labeled
Every paid placement is marked “Sponsored” or “Sponsor”. The website has no banner ads and no ad trackers.
No invented numbers
IFN doesn’t promise views, plays, or reach. Where we report a number, like how often a commercial started, it’s what our systems counted.
Refund if we can’t run it
If IFN declines your order, or can’t start it within 14 days of having everything it needs, you get a full refund.
Order
Book a placement
One short form. For packages you pay for now, Stripe’s secure checkout follows; for requests and reservations, nothing is charged until IFN confirms.
Something else in mind, or a larger partnership? Use the advertising inquiry or email info@theindiefilmnetwork.com. Prices are in U.S. dollars and paid once; nothing renews.