Fri Oct 3 | 3 pm
Video Pool’s The Output
100 Arthur St, 2nd floor
in Artspace, across the street from the Cube
Film festival screenings are important for the development of filmmakers’ careers, especially in the early stages – and yet, they can also be incredibly difficult to break into. Our panelists will provide insights into how festival programmers make selections and offer strategies filmmakers can use in their film festival submissions plan to maximize their distribution efforts and budgets.
Featuring panelists:
Scott Miller Berry – Festival Lead, Rendezvous with Madness Festival; Programmer, re:assemblage collective; past Executive Director, Images Festival
Mahlet Cuff – Open Call Series Programmer, WNDX Festival of Moving Image; past programmer, Gimme Some Truth Documentary Festival, Winnipeg Underground Film Festival and Vancouver Queer Film Festival
Alexander Rogalski – Senior Canadian Programmer, Hot Docs; past programmer, TIFF Short Cuts Canada