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I'd love to know what you want to get out of your festival experience.

Please consider submitting to our film festival!! We are diehard independent!! https://filmfreeway.com/festival/JeffersonStateFlixxFestival

thanks! We want to get some exposure for our film and network as we have other feature films in the pipeline!

Check out the Prescott Film Festival. Later this year in LA, Sunscreen West.

Congrats on your new feature. The late film submission is March 15th for the 4th annual People's Film Festival taking place May 28th-31st in Harlem NY. Go to filmfreeway.com or www.thepeoplesfilmfestival.com to submit your new indoe feature.

Hey Kevin - great to have you in this community! Glad you made your way back into filmmaking - you're definitely in the right place to meet likeminded creatives all over the world. :)

Hey Kevin! This is great. I am a film graduate from Pakistan and currently writing for a S. Korean magazine based in Seoul. Moreover, I shall be coming to Seoul by around new year. Would love to meet up with Seoul Players Theatre Group and you.

Thanks for the comments. Glad to see there's real communication here. Rahul, definitely if you're in Seoul, give me a shout.

Hey Kevin, I'm in Korea these days. Living in Sinchon. Would love to meet up!

really dig your articles... as someone currently planning a first year fest (all balls; no-budget) the idea of splitting already small BO revenue seems counter intuitive. At $6 (prices at BIFF and JIFF here in ROK) a ticket in a 250 seater (I'd argue that's a big screening) your gross is 1500. Let's say you already split revenue with the venue, then to split revenue with the filmmaker leaves you both at 375... and most fests don't break even anyway. Staying relevant means solvency, and that means staying on budget. Perhaps flying a filmmaker over isn't in the cards, but how about skype? That's cheap. Audiences love a guest visit, but what about a twitter group chat over the next 24 hours where audiences can continue the conversation (and ask that question they were dying to ask but didn't get the mic?) The question for me is: is it in the fest's interest to screen the best films, no exceptions? Or to screen some films where the director already has a marketing plan or a strong social presence?

We always screen the best films. Our problem is two fold: firslyt - most filmmakers have absolutely no marketing plan in place, and secondly, filmmakers don't realise that a prime festival screening is really all about marketing, not about revenue. We cant afford to fly filmmakers in, but we do offer accommodation in the heart of London's West End. and we throw some pretty decent (and expensive) parties!

Hi Elliot, thanks for the article and the insight. I look forward to the day I'll finally attend Raindance!

While releasing films on Youtube/vimeo (or other platforms) is easy and convenient, I guess many filmmakers still want to show their films at film festivals. It is not just about how many people get to watch your films, it is about finding someone who actually appreciate your art work,