The Film Festival Doctor's Blog - Smart Ways to Achieve Film Festival Success

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 […]

2 weeks before the Tribeca Film Festival began, I managed to get my US Visa issues resolved and I was able to get back to doing what I love – attending film festivals. Film Festivals officially came back as live events from July 2020 – we had one of our feature films screen in competition […]

In today’s blog Rebekah talks about a life changing event that she recently experienced which has led to her enjoying and thriving working remotely and living in magical Mexico. There’s a saying that your spiritual guides (or the universe) have a better plan for you, one that’s bigger and often much better than what you […]

The Film Festival Doctor (Yes, she’s a real doctor!) Dr. Rebekah Louisa Smith, explores in further detail how film festivals are adjusting to the CV-19 pandemic. She was lucky to interview the awesome John Fink; Artistic Director of one of her favourite film festivals; the Buffalo International Film Festival. Below John explains how he transformed his event […]