Tales from the Festival Circuit
Posted on October 4, 2011 in Film Festivals | No Comments
CJ Perry lays out some of his experiences running through the film festival process.
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Filmmaker Sent Rejection Letter from Film Festival She Didn’t Enter
Posted on August 29, 2011 in Film Festivals | 4 Comments
Being a filmmaker you are required to deal with lots of rejection. You must have the mindset that for every No you hear you’re one step closer to Yes. Although when you get rejected for things you’ve never applied to, as Shawnee Barton did, hopefully you’ll keep your sense of humor.
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Bad Movie Cliché Infographics
Posted on August 12, 2011 in Film Festivals | No Comments
The New York International Latino Film Festival which begins August 15, 2011 in New York City has launched this clever infographic campaign of Horrible Movie Clichés.
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IQ’s Pitch Black nabs “Best Independent Film” – 2011 Las Vegas Film Festival!!
Posted on July 19, 2011 in Film Festivals | 5 Comments
A film created right here on Filmmaker IQ wins big in Sin City.
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Think Globally, Act Regionally (at least in Film Fests)
Posted on November 17, 2010 in Film Festivals | No Comments
With quite literally thousands of film festivals in the United States and around the world – what should you look for when submitting to festivals? Sure everyone’s heard of Sundance, Toronto, and Cannes – but maybe you should be looking at the regional festivals.
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Fans, Friends & Followers: Creating Your Own Cult
Posted on September 15, 2010 in Film Festivals, Internet, Marketing, Selling Your Film | 3 Comments
From SXSW 2010: Finding an audience has become essential to the filmmaker’s arsenal. Featuring real-world examples, Gary Hustwit (director: Objectified, Helvetica) and Scott Kirsner (CinemaTech) explore the filmmaker’s art of cultivating an audience for their work, spreading the word, showing up for screenings, and buying the DVDs or downloading.
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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 | 3 Comments
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 [...]
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.
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 [...]
