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My name: Anna “insert clever nickname here” FederMy current festival: Boston Underground Film FestivalMy title: Festival Director/ programmer Other fests I've worked for: Northampton Independent Film Festival, Newport International Film Festival, Global Voices UN Film Festival. I ...
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Film Festival Secrets On Self-Promotion – Jeffrey Zeldman

This may sound Jedi-mind-trick-ish, but never create a blog or a Twitter feed with the explicit idea of promoting yourself. Create for the joy of creating. Share for the joy of the sharing, and becaus ... Read More on Film Festival Secrets http://post.ly/DKG4
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Film Festival Secrets PG-rated gay film seized en route to Ottawa film fest

Canada's border guards are holding prints of three films destined for a gay film festival in Ottawa, and they won't release them until they've had the chance to watch them from beginning to end. Th ... Read More on Film Festival Secrets http://post.ly/DD46
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Film Festival Secrets Werner Herzog to head Berlin film festival jury

BERLIN (Reuters) – German director Werner Herzog will head the jury at the 2010 Berlin film festival, organizers said on Thursday. The 67-year-old is considered one of the leaders ... Read More on Film Festival Secrets http://post.ly/DCxF
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Film Festival Secrets Chris Jones' spreadsheet of festival data for "Gone Fishing"+

OK, so I wrote a few months ago on the blog, about the ongoing festival campaign and the spreadsheet we put together – but the data at that time was incomplete. As the main push for Gone Fishing has n ... Read More on Film Festival Secrets http://post.ly/D3Ul
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My name: Sarah HarrisMy current festival: DALLAS International Film Festival (DALLAS Film Society)My title: Senior ProgrammerOther fests I've worked for: I program year-round events for the DALLAS Film Society (which puts on the DALLAS festival . . ...
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Film Festival Secrets DVD Review: Gretchen (Slackerwood)

via slackerwood.com Gretchen's release marks the resolution of one of the more puzzling and frustrating festival-to-release strategies I've seen. The film premiered at South by Southwest in 2006, ... Read More on Film Festival Secrets http://post.ly/Cw2F
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Film Festival Secrets The making of a STRONGMAN

A certain amount of ignorance is sometimes really helpful. Had I known just how long the road was going to be, I might have chosen not to take the first step. That’s also the second lesson for me–th ... Read More on Film Festival Secrets http://post.ly/CvrR
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Film Festival Secrets 2010 Sundance Film Festival Announces New Frontier Artists

Park City, UT -- Sundance Institute announced today the selection of 13 artists from six countries whose works will be presented as part of the 2010 edition of New Frontier at Sundance Film Festival. ... Read More on Film Festival Secrets http://post.ly/Cv2f
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One of the more popular pages on the Film Festival Secrets web site is the list of fests that require no entry fee for some or all of the submissions they accept...
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Film Festival Secrets Anne Thompson stirs up some $#!%

What we have here is a *textbook* example of a critic projecting their own personal and professional ennui onto everyone else. The “end of film criticism” shtick is just as boring a topic as the “end ... Read More on Film Festival Secrets http://post.ly/Cp1M
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Film Festival Secrets B-Side Teams With Sundance: Genius!

To anyone who's ever attended Slamdance, AFI Fest, Silverdocs, Fantastic Fest, or any number of great film festivals, B-Side is a gift from the heavens. It's a remarkably user-friendly website that cr ... Read More on Film Festival Secrets http://post.ly/Cose
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My name: Tom Hall My current festivals: The Sarasota Film Festival, The Newport International Film FestivalMy title: Artistic Director (both)Other places I've worked: IFC, The Hamptons International Film Festival (Industry Relations/ Guest Services), The Nantucket Film FestivalMovies that best...
Nic Beery
Nic Beery
Good info, Thanks Tom.
November 16 at 1:10pm
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Film Festival Secrets What if my screenings suck?

From Heidi van Lier's list of ways your screening could suck: You dis another festival during your Q & A and later find out the festival director was in your audience to support you.via filmind ... Read More on Film Festival Secrets http://post.ly/CS9h
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Film Festival Secrets AFI Fest 2009: What if Movies Were Free?

They say there’s no such thing as a free lunch, but what about a free film festival? “We were looking to make a bold move,” says AFI Fest artistic director Rose Kuo. She wasn’t kidding: The American F ... Read More on Film Festival Secrets http://post.ly/CPpq