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Developing a film festival strategy

Developing a film festival strategy

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Developing a film festival strategy

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(humming) - Oh, I'm just polishing my film festival awards. Oh, you actually won one too. Here you go. Oh, don't eat it, it's not food. Weirdo. (upbeat music) Before you even submit to a film festival, it's important you have a film festival strategery, oh, I mean strategy. After all, applying to film festivals can get expensive. So, developing a film festival strategy can help you maximize your time, money and filmmaking goals. The first step is figuring out what your goals are with your film. Are you hoping to sell your film and get distribution? Are you a newbie looking to connect with other filmmakers? Are you looking for future investors? Or are you looking to collect some awards? Figuring out your filmmaking goal will help you better decide on which film festival strategy to use. So there's basically two main film festival strategies to choose from. You can either attempt to collect awards, or you can prioritize…

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