GI Film Festival

#GIFF2017

What do I do at a film festival?

-Pass out your business cards to people who you’d like to connect with

-Attend every possible industry panel and film screening with Q & A

-Follow up with each person who gives you contact information within 72 hours

-Be on time, all the time

-Make notes after important conversations

Is it expensive to attend a film festival?

-Be a volunteer at any festival that you’d like to attend

-Offer your services in exchange for a festival pass

-Buy tickets to individual screenings that you want to attend only

-Travel with friends and share costs

-Ask people who have attended that festival about a “survival guide”

What happens at a film festival?

-Filmmakers who are producing quality projects meet each other

-Gather information about upcoming productions that you may want to work on

-Meet festival sponsors and board members with connections

-Recruit film crew and talent for your future films

-Film screenings of independent projects followed by Q & A with filmmakers

Who do I talk to at a film festival?

-Everyone who will listen to you

-Make a list of people who you want to meet

-Why do you want to meet certain people; have questions prepared

-Ask the audience questions about their experience at the festival

-Board members, Jury members, filmmakers

 

 https://gifilmfestival.com/

What is my pitch?

-What can I tell people about myself

-Can I explain my project in less than 2 minutes

-Have a specific ASK

-Who is my target audience for my pitch

-Rehearsals are key to pitching better

 

 https://gifilmfestival.com/

I would encourage any independent filmmaker to attend the GI Film Festival in Washington D.C. from May 24 – May 28, 2017. You will enjoy 5 days of greatness at the 11^th season of the “Sundance for the Troops” in D.C. this year.           -George Ohan

#GIFF2017

Prepared by: 

George Ohan

Digital Content Producer

#FultonFilmCompany