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Sep 21, 2023 · In today's episode, we sit down with four prestigious film festival programmers to learn the tricks of the trade of getting your films into festivals. Sit ba...
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- Artists on Artists on Artists on Artists Podcast
May 3, 2019 · In this Film Courage video interview, Hollyshorts Film Festival Co-Founder Daniel Sol shares how to get into a film festival.SUBMIT TO HOLLYSHORTShttp://www....
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Jul 16, 2019 · Today we have some tips for submitting to film festivals. It's every filmmaker's dream to have their film accepted by a major film festival, but festival dir...
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- Film Jams
- Research film festivals. As you can see in the print screen above of my profile and project on the FilmFreeway platform, I submitted five projects to 77 film festivals.
- Budget Film Festival Submission Fees. Although there are a lot of free film festivals, the best ones that will help you gain some of the right eyeballs on your project and gain proper award status will cost you serious money.
- Get your film in the best possible shape. Although some film festivals claim that they also accept works in progress, I believe you must ensure your film is in the best possible shape before submitting it.
- Don’t put all your eggs in one basket. You can do as much film festival research as you want, but if the film festival committee doesn’t think your film will fit in their program or match their current choices, it won’t be selected.
Want the ultimate database of film festivals? Watch this tutorial on how to navigate FilmFreeway.com, the best way (in my opinion) for browsing festivals, ma...
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This can do two things — first, it creates a personal connection to your film and, second, it creates a potential built-in audience for the festival, which programmers are always looking for. 2. Give your film a hook. In many ways, festival programmers are curating the film industry.
Encounters Film Festival Director, Rich Warren, shares his experience of what makes a great Encounters film and how filmmakers can best use festivals to thei...
