In 2009 I was doing the festival circuit with my short film Gone Fishing. When touring festivals you start to see the same films and filmmakers pop up around you. And this film, ‘Next Floor’ by Denis Villeneuve, was one film I saw repeatedly. Sometimes Gone Fishing beat it, other times it didn’t. It’s an […]
GREAT NEWS! We have a North American Premiere for 50 Kisses at the prestigious Rhode Island Film Festival! Site HERE Dates: August 5th to 10th 2014 This is a GREAT festival, I went about five years ago (video blog here) – the venue and audiences are outstanding and I am really amped that we have […]
Guest post by Tom Worth Pic by Colin Tonks Last year I got involved with putting on the first ever Herne Hill Free Film Festival. It’s a local volunteer-run festival putting on free screenings in community venues including 4 big outdoor events. It’s part of a wider movement of free film festivals spreading across South […]
When you present your film to an audience at a film festival, something magical can happen… and that magical thing can feed the soul of a tired and weary filmmaker. There are lot’s of pros and cons when it comes to festivals. Many are really good events, run by passionate people, where some are just […]
I love film festivals. It’s like going home, a place where the lunatics run the asylum, where it’s OK to talk movies for days and days without anyone thinking you are a nutbar! And so I thought I would share a classic video blog from my Gone Fishing days, filmed and edited entirely during my […]
Over the years I have probably attended around 100 film festivals with the films that I have made – and the shortlist below represents the festivals I would recommend 100%. The list is based solely on my experience and of course, other filmmakers might have had other experiences. My personal metrics for quality are things […]
Not all festivals are the same. I have been to around 100 now in my years as a filmmaker and have experienced the Good, The Bad and the Truly Dreadful. The video above is from the Swansea Bay Film festival, and while my experiences have never been quite that bad, if it had happened to […]
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