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

I recently gave a masterclass at the New York Film Academy (which was so much fun!) We had a very lively Q&A session and one of the key things which came out of that discussion, which led me to write this article today, was a film’s duration. A lot of the students seemed very keen […]

2023 is just around the corner and this year has seen more and more film festivals get back up and running as live events. I also saw lots of new and exciting changes happening within the festival landscape post-pandemic. With that in mind I put together a list of what I foresee as being the […]

Last week I sat down with the lovely Tania Sarra. Tania has worked as an executive in the film industry for over 12 years. As a distribution and film business expert, she has held leading roles on sales teams for UK based indies and Executive Produced their original productions. Most recently she spearheaded all the feature […]

Today I will be discussing how to get your film selected for an A-list film festival – let’s begin!Lots of filmmakers always want to screen their film an A-list festival. The A-list festivals are considered to be what is otherwise known as the ‘Top 5’ fests – Sundance, Cannes, Berlinale, Venice and TIFF (Toronto International […]

Today I’ll be sharing with you my top 10 tips for Film Festival Submissions – let’s begin!  1.First things first – know your film – before doing any submissions and diving into the world of the festival circuit ask yourself – have you got a film that festival programmers want? The best way to answer […]

Since the global pandemic began back in 2020, there has been much more of a focus upon how important it is to look after one’s mental health and this is extremely true regarding film festivals. In my previous blog about this issue I mentioned that the golden rule is to always create the right type […]