Film Festival Secrets Podcast #36: Crowdfunding Strategy with No Budget Film School Creator Mark Stolaroff
Veteran filmmaker, teacher, and fundraiser Mark Stolaroff takes a pause in the middle of the Kickstarter campaign for his new film “DriverX” to reflect on his filmmaking career and the psychology of asking friends and strangers for money. Mark is the creator of the "No Budget Film School” seminars and a role model to many indie filmmakers.
Film Festival Secrets Podcast #35: It's a Trap! "Festival rights" & the music in your film.
Film Festival Secrets Podcast #34: Career Crowdfunding for Filmmakers
Jen West and James Martin are partners in life, partners in filmmaking (they alternate between directing and producing on each film), and partners in a string of successful crowdfunding projects.
Now they face a new challenge -- distributing their most recent completed film online and on the festival circuit while raising funds for their first feature-length film.
Film Festival Secrets Podcast #33: Filmmaker Career Building at Film Festivals
Film Festival Secrets Podcast #32: What Should I Look for on a Film Festival's Website?
Film Festival Secrets Podcast #31: A Hustler's Guide to Film Festivals
Film Festival Secrets Podcast #30: Negotiating With Film Festivals
Sometimes filmmakers face the classic "bird in the hand" problem. Case in point: my friend Amy's short film "Pickle" was accepted by one festival, but her "dream date" festival is still on the fence. That's a problem, because showing at the first festival to extend an offer might lessen the dream festival's interest. Should she go ahead with the sure thing, or wait for her dream festival to make up its mind?
Film Festival Secrets Podcast #29: Richard Gale, Director of “The Horribly Slow Murderer with the extremely inefficient weapon
This episode I'm joined by Richard Gale, creator of the short film "The Horribly Slow Murderer with the Extremely Inefficient Weapon," which is on its way to becoming a feature film thanks to a healthy festival run and a rabid YouTube fan base. Learn how Gale turned festival success into a cottage industry and a budget for a feature-length horror comedy.
Film Festival Secrets Podcast #28 - How can I pick the right festivals for my film?
One of the most frequent questions I get from filmmakers is: how can I narrow the field of thousands of film fests to pick the right festivals for my film? This short podcast covers some basic steps to help you winnow those large lists down in a hurry by examining your film before you examine the festivals.
Film Festival Secrets Podcast Episode 27: A Little Light Housekeeping
Film Festival Secrets Podcast Episode 26: Bodine & Alexis Boling, creators of Movement+Location
My guests on today's show are Bodine and Alexis Boding, the husband and wife filmmaking team responsible for one of my favorite films of the last year, Movement and Location. The film features time-traveling refugees who have fled to their past -- our present -- to escape the harsh conditions of the future.
Film Festival Secrets Podcast episode 25: jarod neece, festival producer & senior programmer for south by southwest
Live Podcast Interview july 16: Kelly Williams, Austin filmmaker and festival producer
Kelly Williams is an independent producer (with Sundance-approved films like Pit Stop and Hellion) and a film festival programmer (the Austin and Lone Star Film Festivals) based in Austin, TX. Join me and Kelly for a conversation about having a foot on each side of the line and the filmmaking lessons to be learned along the way.
Film Festival Secrets Podcast Episode 24: Kenny Blank and Shellie Schmals of the Atlanta Jewish Film Festival
Film Festival Secrets Podcast Episode #23: Jon Gann, Founder/Director of DC Shorts Film Festival
Jon Gann is the founder of the DC Film Alliance, a non-profit organization supporting Washington, DC's film and video community, and the creator of the DC Shorts Film Festival - one of the country's premier short film showcases.
Atlanta Film Chat Podcast Uncovers Some Film Festival Secrets
Back in March, Molly Coffee and Chuck Thomas invited me to the Zombie Cat studios to chat about the (then) upcoming 2015 Atlanta Film Festival, how a festival runs on the back end, and how filmmakers can best take advantage of the festival experience.
Film Festival Secrets Podcast Episode #22: Emily Best, founder of Seed & Spark
Since meeting filmmaker and startup founder Emily Best in November, I’ve wanted to get her on the podcast to talk about her company Seed and Spark. This fundraising tool reimagines crowdfunding from the perspective of an indie filmmaker and takes the experience way past fundraising into audience building and distribution.
