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Last week I sat down with the lovely Tania Sarra. Tania has worked as an executive in the film industry for over 12 years. As a distribution and film business expert, she has held leading roles on sales teams for UK based indies and Executive Produced their original productions. Most recently she spearheaded all the feature […]

Today I will be discussing how to get your film selected for an A-list film festival – let’s begin!Lots of filmmakers always want to screen their film an A-list festival. The A-list festivals are considered to be what is otherwise known as the ‘Top 5’ fests – Sundance, Cannes, Berlinale, Venice and TIFF (Toronto International […]

Today I’ll be sharing with you my top 10 tips for Film Festival Submissions – let’s begin!  1.First things first – know your film – before doing any submissions and diving into the world of the festival circuit ask yourself – have you got a film that festival programmers want? The best way to answer […]

Since the global pandemic began back in 2020, there has been much more of a focus upon how important it is to look after one’s mental health and this is extremely true regarding film festivals. In my previous blog about this issue I mentioned that the golden rule is to always create the right type […]

Since the pandemic began back in 2020, there has been much more of a focus upon how important it is to look after one’s mental health. Many years ago I was diagnosed with general anxiety disorder, it was pretty mild and I could carry on living my life, however it got worse in 2021 due […]

During May 2021 I managed to get my Visa problems resolved and I could finally make my move to the USA. As soon as the Visa was stamped in my passport I headed to New York for the awesome Tribeca Film Festival. After it had finished I went to Texas for a meeting with a […]