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Managing Expectations on the Festival Circuit

Posted on August 10, 2010 in Film Festivals | 2 Comments

Workbook Project’s New Breed created this video by Zak Forsman on how to make the festivals work for you by managing your expectations and networking.

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New Directions for Independent Cinema: Ian Calderon

Posted on February 15, 2010 in Film Festivals, Selling Your Film | 1 Comment

Ian Calderon, director of digital initiatives for the Sundance Institute, talks with CinemaTech editor Scott Kirsner about trends in independent film: delivering content to mobile phones and Internet-connected TVs, producing in 3-D, piracy, and the challenge of breaking through the noise — whether you’re submitting a film to Sundance or uploading it to Vimeo or [...]

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Some Festival Advice for Filmmakers

Posted on September 18, 2008 in Film Festivals | No Comments

AJ Schnack offers some advice for filmmakers in his “An Annual State of the Industry Post and Some Festival Advice for Filmmakers.”
…Distribution companies shutting down (or seemingly on the rocks). New technologies seeming to arrive on a daily basis. With all the fast and furious changes in the independent film world, it’s become [...]

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From Here to Awesome: Film Festival

Posted on July 20, 2008 in Film Festivals | No Comments

From Here to Awesome is a discovery and distribution film festival for more info visit fromheretoawesome.com.
How the festival works from fromheretoawesome on Vimeo.

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Realistic strategy for the sale and distribution of your film.

Posted on May 29, 2008 in Film Festivals | No Comments

By: Jeremy Coon (producer, “Napoleon Dynamite”)
Based on my observations, the biggest mistake independent filmmakers make is not having a realistic strategy for the sale and distribution of their film. Plenty focus on raising money and the many physical aspects of producing their film, which are all extremely important, but they don’t give enough thought [...]

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