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July 5, 2013
Christopher Holland
funny, festivals

John Waters' Golden Rules of Moviemaking

July 5, 2013
Christopher Holland
funny, festivals
Image via MovieMaker.

Image via MovieMaker.

John Waters, writing for MovieMaker.com. I hadn't planned on linking to this until I saw the very last rule. 

Movies people like at film festivals are not always the ones they like in real life.

Ouch.

July 5, 2013
Christopher Holland
funny, festivals

Source: http://www.moviemaker.com/articles-directing/john-waters-golden-rules-of-moviemaking/

Christopher Holland

6 Reasons DVDs are dead as a festival submission format (or will be soon)
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The Better Film Festival Submissions Toolkit has a very simple purpose: to help you improve the way you submit your work to film festivals.

Divided into 7 core tasks with a discussion of each task, the 16-page Toolkit is designed for quick reading and gives you concrete, actionable tasks to make your film submissions package better. Best of all, you'll get the insight you need to better understand what programmers look for and how to submit with confidence.


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Atlanta, Gachris@filmfestivalsecrets.com

Chris Holland currently works in programming and operations at the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival and as a consultant on marketing and festival strategy for independent filmmakers around the world. He is also the author of Film Festival Secrets: A Handbook for Independent Filmmakers.. For more than a decade Chris has worked on all sides of the festival circuit, including time spent at B-Side Entertainment, Slated, IFP, the Austin Film Festival and Atlanta Film Festival. He believes that hot dogs are not sandwiches.