Film festivals are a great way to platform your film, to get it in front of audiences, and even to help cut deals with distributors. But they are also a quagmire, a cash and time drain, and sometimes, bitterly disappointing. Last year I spent a good six months touring the world with ‘Gone Fishing’ and on my adventures I kept bumping into the talented and extremely charming, Susan Cohen. And so I asked Susan to share with us all, everything that she knew about festivals…
I recorded the podcast earlier this year over Skype, as part of the new Guerilla Film Makers Pocketbook (if you live in the USA you can get it direct from Genevieve here, or from Amazon here in then UK).
You can listen with the player here…
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Podcast edited by James Barham.
Links to Susans films…
Onwards and upwards!
Chris Jones, Film Maker and Author
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