Day one of the Heart Of Gold Film Festival was a whirlwind. Just an hour after landing I was put in front a news crew, photographer and ended up on TV! This if the first of a few webisodes that I will be putting together as I journey back to LA. I am a few [...]

I have never been to such a packed film festival as The Heart Of Gold in Australia. If it’s not meeting journalists and having your pic taken, then it’s a radio interview, or a fantastic seminar, or a screening of your film, or the temptation of all the other films on offer, or a drink [...]

Day 1 of the Heart Of Gold Film Festival in Gympie has kicked off, after a press junket day of non stop photos and interviews (pic here is from one of the first I did on the beach, article here). Publicist Angela Vogt has done more PR for us than ALL of the other festivals [...]

A few days ago I wrote about film sales and where they could be headed right now. To add to this, I just got a great tip from Susan Cohen, a US based film maker whose amazing short, Open Your Eyes, has played at festivals alongside Gone Fishing. We have spoken and met a few [...]

We are playing at a festival called The Method Fest in California next week. I can’t make it to all of the event as I am going to Australia for the Heart Of Gold Film Festival just north of Brisbane tonight. One GREAT thing that has already come out of Method Fest though is an [...]

I met with film maker Alex Fazeli today, a director I have bumped into several times on the festival circuit. I met with him on the USC campus to shoot an interview for the Online Guerilla Masterclass, and we went super minimalist. We shot the interview on two cameras, with NO camera crew! This was [...]

I just emailed all the Associate Producers about the festivals Gone Fishing is playing at… In case some of you missed it as you have changed email address or job, here it is again… Dear D'Fisher… And Associate Producer! We are now getting in to lots of US based festivals, so many we can't make it [...]