Presenting Yourself To A Film Festival

With Cannes Film Festival around the corner it definitely is Film Festival Season

If you have a finished film, why not take a look at this new tip sheet:
Presenting Yourself To Film Festivals

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The 11 Day Weekend Movie Competition

A bit tongue in cheek - but we were sitting around in the office yesterday and came up with the idea of making a movie during this insanely long 11 day weekend.

Then of course, how to make it a 'film competition' So we thought: Include a bit of the royal Wedding - next Friday - and now it's 'time stamped' so to speak.

Anyway, we have cobbled together some prizes. And we hope it inspires you to get out there, get off your butt and make a movie!

The info here: The 11 Day Movie

Becoming A Festival Darling

Rarely do the huge hits of film festivals work commercially, but that doesn't stop filmmakers from trying to become festival darlings.

It's relatively easy to become a festival darling: Just become an indie auteur complete with dark glasses and a black wardrobe.

If your time is precious and you want to sneak preview a few film industry insider tricks, read our article: How To Fake Being An Indie Autuer.

7 Challenges Facing Independent Filmmakers

Interesting in the middle of the Raindance Film Festival to meet so many filmmakers from around the world.

It reminded me of coming back from the Cannes Film Festival this spring where I ran into two veteran British film producers who between them had produced nigh onto 60 features, been nominated for or won several Oscars and who by any standard are considered to be highly successful.

They both were very negative about the future of the film industry and the prospects of making films like they had been over the past thirty years. ‘Independent Cinema’ is dead they argued.

I beg to differ.

So I just wrote the 7 Challenges Facing Independent Filmmakers

Brussels Short Film Festival

I have just left the after party of the Brussels Short Film Festival - and quite a party it was with free Chimay and hor's d'oevres!

Should you ever want to come to the Brussels Short Film Festival (and I highly reccommend it) there are 2 hidden secrets about Brussels that you should remember before you alight in this fascinating and dynamic city:

There are 2 thing that are virtually impossible to find: Cash Points, and toilets. Hilariously - at every party or soiree event I would be told on arrival what the toilet facilities. I was even drawn maps and shown arrows point o a variety of convenience points in private property and further. Once that detail was out of the way, parties are pretty much the same as elsewhere.

Why Brussels Short Film Festival?

There are 4 reasons filmmakers should attend film festivals

The World's Top 100 Festivals For Shorts


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Elliot Grove
Raindance Film Festival

15 Second Film Festival receives funding

The 15 Second Film Festival has received a total of 75,000 pounds to develop their production scheme. The festival was funded by the "Creative Industries Innovation Fund" administered by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.

A part of the production scheme includes a "road show" which can latch on to existing festivals.
According to The Irish Film and Television Network, "This touring multi-media piece combines performance art with new-media, filmmaking and art film content."

Read the full release here.