Why We Show Short Films at Zine Fests Now

Last year we put a small screen in the corner of our table and looped Agent 327. People stayed twice as long.

Arrive early, tape your price signs down, and put the thing you most want people to pick up at the front corner of the table. People reach for the corner.

At the table

Bring small change and a way to take card payments, but expect most sales to be trades. A zine fest is as much a swap meet as a market.

Everything in this post works just as well at a library copier or a corner copy shop. You don't need a studio, just a flat table and about an hour.