resources for filmmakers

Film Festival Secrets: A Handbook for Independent Filmmakers

This guidebook is the cornerstone of knowledge for those new to the film festival circuit. 

Film Festival Secrets will help you:

  • Select the right festival for your film
  • Prepare your festival screener 
  • Save money on festival fees 
  • Create marketing materials 
  • Craft a screening sell-out plan

"As a film festival programmer who has also been a filmmaker, I can honestly say that this book succeeds where so many others have failed in terms of describing the realities of the festival circuit." - John Merriman, Austin Film Festival Programmer

"Phenomenal! Film Festival Secrets asks and answers all the right questions. The most comprehensive, knowledgeable, and informative guide to the festival circuit to date." - Adam Roffman, Program Director, Independent Film Festival of Boston

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.

Download it for free.