The Film Festival Doctor's Blog - Smart Ways to Achieve Film Festival Success

For the past year, I have been advising filmmakers how to take care of their mental health as they navigate the intense and sometimes stressful film festival circuit. This is discussed in further detail in my ‘Film Festivals & Looking After Your Mental Health’ E-Book. I’ve been doing more research recently into this topic which […]

The deadline to submit your film to next year’s Oscar’s is October 10th and if you’ve not booked in your Oscar Qualifying theatrical release this will need to be completed by Sept 30th for shorts and Dec 31st for features. Below I share 5 tips to help you complete your submission with ease. Still stuck? […]

This month I’m excited to be collaborating with one of my favourite festivals; the HollyShorts Film Festival and will be writing 2 blogs exclusively for their website. Below is the link to view the the second one: https://www.hollyshorts.com/news/how-to-pivot  Enjoy and as always, take care. 

This month I’m excited to be collaborating with one of my favourite festivals; the HollyShorts Film Festival and will be writing 2 blogs exclusively for their website. Below is the link to view the first one How To Prepare and Take Care of Yourself During the HollyShorts 20th Anniversary Edition. Enjoy and as always, take care.

For those of you who have read my ‘Film Festivals & Looking After Your Mental Health’ E-Book (available to download on my shop page), you’ll know that I encourage filmmakers to take care of themselves when they enter the intense and emotionally draining – yet extremely rewarding – world of film festivals. I’ve recently written […]

This week’s blog is written by Nancy Chartier. Nancy is a working actor and a member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG). She has been coaching actors since 1995. She loves and is passionate about acting, but her favorite thing is when her “stars” are working. She loves empowering actors to be brilliant and to trust […]