Pitch Dictionary by pitch.dog
Release windows & exploitation models · Specialist

Premiere status

ELI5

Whether and where the work has previously screened or been released, often relevant to festival eligibility.

Used in conversation

“Has legal checked premiere status for this version of the agreement?”

Pitch context

You may encounter “Premiere status” in rights, contracts, finance, distribution & labour conversations or materials.

Why it matters: Explains who controls, pays for, approves, exploits or bears risk around a project.

Sources & evidence · 8

Supporting source families. This entry is an editorial synthesis rather than a quotation from one canonical glossary.