Filmmaker-written strategy

A blog from filmmakers who have actually submitted, screened, won, lost, traveled, pitched, and learned.

First-person stories from working filmmakers: which festivals are worth it, what they are good for, and what no one tells you until you have already spent the money.

Festival strategy

Festival stories only a working filmmaker can tell.

Was Deauville Worth the Trip? What one international festival gave our independent film

So, was taking our small film, Like Dandelion Dust, to a major international festival in France worth it? For us, the answer was a resounding yes.

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