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Film Festivals Are Terrifying: How to Craft a Strategy That Actually Works

Film Festivals Are Terrifying: How to Craft a Strategy That Actually Works

Update: 2025-10-30
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Film festival strategy for indie filmmakers: How we turned a $250 short film into an Academy Award-qualifying success. No connections, no nepotism, just smart submissions. Learn how to build a realistic film festival plan, boost your acceptance rate, budget wisely, and survive rejection season with your sanity (mostly) intact. And, some obligatory stories about how many ways we’ve messed up our festival submission plans with past films.

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Film Festivals Are Terrifying: How to Craft a Strategy That Actually Works

Film Festivals Are Terrifying: How to Craft a Strategy That Actually Works

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