ASK & DISCUSS INDEX

12 years, 4 months ago - cindy shaw

Thanks for your answers. So do you think the BFI festival is a good one to submit to?
I would prefer festivals that are in London, or the UK, that is why I asked about those specific film festivals in my question as they are all either in London or in the UK. I wouldnt want to travel to out of the way places such as Warsaw or Istanbul. But thanks for the suggestion. Also I have heard a lot of bad things about Marbella Film Festival, and that it is very expensive. They make you pay after the initial free submission and then they want more money out of you for the party and events etc. So I cannot afford to do that.

12 years, 4 months ago - Rebekah Smith

Hi Cindy
Before you do any festival submissions, I would advise you to plan your goals and budgets for your film. It sounds like you have a film which might play well - and might be able to help you achieve your goals once you figure them out - at the genre festivals.
I run a company called The Film Festival Doctor www.thefilmfestivaldoctor.co.uk If you would be interested in booking a consultation with me in order to help design your festival strategy let me know and I'd be happy to help.
Best Wishes
Rebekah

12 years, 4 months ago - New World

Try Marbella International Film Festival many uk film makers attend the festival great opportunity for top pr and promotion of your film
Visit www.marbellafilmfestival.com
Good luck

12 years, 4 months ago - Tim iloobia

A couple of festivals that are very supportive and get good audiences (which we had great experiences of with our feature) were the Warsaw Film Festival and the IF instanbul film festival- there were reasonable entry fees but really worth it , and the warsaw one is a wonderful portal to other festivals as once we were screened there we received many invites from other festivals meaning we didn't need to pay submissions for those. Also think about festivals that suit your film (ours was about music and japan so we were finding many festivals that showcase japanese films all across the world engaged with us, as well as music film festivals - not always big, but passionate and allowed us to get a lot of positive international screenings which really helped boost the profile of the film.)

12 years, 4 months ago - cindy shaw

Hi Rebekah
Thanks for your response. Thats just it, we dont have budgets and goals, we are just looking for a few festivals to submit our film to. We dont have money to spend on consultations etc. What we need is a few local festivals that are either free or low cost. Preferably ones that we dont have to travel to as we dont have money for travel either.

12 years, 4 months ago - Frank Morris

I know the BFI festival but not the others. There are lots of free festivals, generally the European ones are free. I would recommend looking up the BAFTA recognised festivals as a starting point, also Raindance have a lot of lists of festivals on their website.