Getting an Education about Film Festivals

By chris in Events, filmmaker tips

IDA’s roundup of a pair of panels from FIND’s Filmmaker Forum:

All agreed that the film festivals are going through a tough time right now. “Film festivals are losing money and they are closing,” lamented Jones. “CineVegas is closing for a year. Jackson Hole [not the Wildlife Film Festival] has closed completely. Sponsors are pulling out, so festivals are dealing with budget cuts in other ways, such as taking fewer films. When the festival outlets dry up, we lose a critical distribution mechanism. I consider film festivals like art galleries–they are the only place where you can see particular films onscreen.” 

Read FIND’s Filmmaker Forum 2009: Getting an Education about Film Festivals.

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