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Film Festivals by the Numbers: Stephen Follows on Fees, Selection and Rejection

Film Festivals by the Numbers: Stephen Follows on Fees, Selection and Rejection What does a festival submission fee actually pay for? How is a film chosen, and what shou

How FrightFest Chooses Feature Films | Ian Rattray

What gets a feature into FrightFest, and what makes a programmer take a chance on a new filmmaker? Ian Rattray, FrightFest co-founder and co-director, joins Brendan Cleav

How to Get Your Short Film Into FrightFest | James Taylor

How does FrightFest choose the horror shorts that make it onto the big screen? James Taylor, FrightFest's Shorts Programmer, joins Brendan Cleaves and Johnny Vivash to t

How to Get Into a BIFA-Qualifying Film Festival | Kino London

How do you get a short film into a BIFA-qualifying festival? Kino London Short Film Festival’s Festival Director, Dustin Curtis Murphy, and Senior Programmer, Gillian Ha

Ben S Hyland - How to rule the festival circuit with your short film

The conversation delves into discussion about the festival strategy, the impact of festival selections, the premiere strategy, and the festival experience, highlighting t

Grossmann Fantastic Film and Wine Festival + Quarxx

The first episode of the Festival Podcast features an interview with Marko Men, the head programmer of the Grossman Fantastic Film Online Festival. The conversation cover

Introduction

The Fest Forge Podcast is introduced by Brendan Cleaves and Johnny Vivash, who aim to provide insights and knowledge about the film festival experience. They discuss the