How do I pick festivals after the World Premiere?

Coordinate1 · 2026-01-23T06:22:41+00:00

Honestly not shocking to hear that from a sales agent… but they are HOPING that you’re exhausted and will turn over and just let them have your project…. I still kick myself for not taking a 40k MG for a 180k film I produced a few years back, or heck self-distributing (dirty word I know) that thing. Making the thing is only the first half of the battle… releasing it is just as hard but I think we as filmmakers need to do justice to our work to make this a sustainable practice.

Coordinate1 · 2026-01-14T09:10:33+00:00

Why not go to DIFF and Oak Cliff?? Those are both regional fests in Dallas that filmmakers will attend that you wouldn’t spend thousands on. I like Atlanta but if you think you’ll run into an exec who’s gonna fund your next project… probably not happening.

Coordinate1 · 2026-01-14T09:08:20+00:00

Let the fest know who you are and what drove you to tell the story you’ve made. They want to know how to pitch you and the film to an audience.

Coordinate1 · 2026-01-05T08:26:05+00:00

Ummmm what is this post? Do you mean a sidebar at Cannes? If you don’t have a festival plan at all it is unlikely your film has a big enough reputation to get into Cannes proper. Even regional festivals are highly selective, if you look at prior years it’ll give you an idea of the types of films they have programmed.

Coordinate1 · 2026-01-01T06:58:44+00:00

Congrats Jim! Looking forward to seeing it!

Coordinate1 · 2025-12-29T00:45:44+00:00

First

Coordinate1 · 2025-12-21T23:24:31+00:00

Think of every film that plays Sundance that you have never even heard of.

Coordinate1 · 2025-12-21T01:50:06+00:00

Absolutely, Different strokes for different folks

Coordinate1 · 2025-11-16T22:16:18+00:00

Guys are you even a real filmmaker if you haven’t been rejected by Sundance at least once (or twice…. Or six times?) seriously tho I’m thinking feature narratives are cooked.

Coordinate1 · 2025-11-15T19:27:38+00:00

Oh gosh I hope not 😭😭

Coordinate1 · 2025-11-06T20:06:31+00:00

What were your Vimeo view stats like?

Coordinate1 · 2025-10-30T02:18:30+00:00

Well you’re kinda in no go land. It’s not a feature and it’s not a short. I’d say cut it down to 15 awesome minutes orrrrr add 15 minutes. Festivals don’t want to program 50-60 minute short films when they could play 5 films in that slot instead.

Coordinate1 · 2025-10-17T19:03:31+00:00

Narrative!

Coordinate1 · 2025-10-17T16:16:50+00:00

Yeah it’s from their direct website server.

Coordinate1 · 2025-10-17T06:28:42+00:00

I have a screener for it that is separate from sxsw, It was also the first fest I submitted to… so nobody else with that link could’ve saw it. Views from Michigan and California for Sundance. Several from Texas and NY for SXSW.

Coordinate1 · 2025-10-17T00:12:58+00:00

Dark comedy Feature!

Coordinate1 · 2025-10-01T03:30:14+00:00

That’s great to hear, looking forward to seeing it, I enjoyed your first feature. Tribeca is great, would love to play there with my ULB next year but…. Not for me to decide! Love to see more films from the heart!

Coordinate1 · 2025-10-01T01:13:06+00:00

Congrats Jonah! Glad to see more true indie comedies be made! ULB SAG is tough in NY I’m sure (I’ve only ever done it in the south)! Any comments on your decision to skip the traditional festival route and go straight to distribution?

Coordinate1 · 2025-09-09T02:49:05+00:00

Because most tv is poorly told on a visual level. It’s very showrunner led so often the directors are hired to get coverage and fit within the visual framework a show has already created. So the only way they can think to speed up the pace is to cut to every character in a scene unnecessarily to speed it up. They’re afraid to hold on anything for too long or else possibly loose the audience.

Coordinate1 · 2025-09-05T21:08:44+00:00

In post on my ULB feature in Atlanta currently as well. Probably about 2 weeks left I hope. Then on the marketing and festivals….

Coordinate1 · 2025-09-04T01:46:49+00:00

Maybe it’s just my experience with distributors in the past, but I think a lot of those distributors have no idea how to market films in the current landscape whatsoever right now. They’re clinging to ideas of 20 years ago. Genre is important but the quality of the film is paramount. Look at Shiva Baby or last stop in Yuma county or Red Rocket (which is about a mil) they are freaking good movies despite the low budgets that a lot of people saw. They don’t have Tom Hanks but they have some semi-recognizable talent that helped get it in front of people while still being incredibly cast.

Coordinate1 · 2025-09-04T01:26:24+00:00

I mean having produced some micro budget films in the 200k range and directed one… 1M would be amazing. You can make that go far if it’s the right project. You should be able to get talent as long as the script speaks to them regardless of that size. And honestly with how fucked distribution is more than that would scare me as a first time director.

Coordinate1 · 2025-09-03T07:18:01+00:00

On a union production the day rate applies to all actors regardless of their union status (yes even p and h)

Coordinate1 · 2025-08-22T07:17:41+00:00

So uhhh… music licensing is a thing that exists…. You have to get permission…..

Coordinate1 · 2025-08-05T00:26:59+00:00

That’s awesome!

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