IFH 067: Film Festival Secrets – How to Crack the Festival Code with Chris Holland

Summary: <br> Film Festival Secrets – How to Crack the Festival Code with Chris Holland<br> Submitting to film festivals is a torture. Did I get in? Did the programmer watch it yet? When will I know? How much to submit? You wait by your email to see if Sundance or SXSW accepted you? Wouldn’t be amazing if you had some insight to the film festival process? Maybe even some Film Festival Secrets?<br> On the show today I have one of the leading authorities on film festivals, Chris Holland from Film Festival Secrets.com. The man literally wrote the book on the subject, Film Festival Secrets: A Handbook For Independent Filmmakers.<br> Chris decodes the mystery that is film festival submissions and drops some knowledge bombs on us. Now if you are a listener of the show you also know that Chris and I created a one of a kind course on Film Festivals called <a href="https://www.udemy.com/film-festival-hacks-filmmaking/?couponCode=FFHACKS50PODCAST" target="_blank">Film Festival Hacks: Submit Like a Pro Course</a> but what you may not know is we also created a FREE Podcast Series called the Film Festival Hacks Podcast. We should be launching that podcast in a couple of weeks.<br> It’ll be packed with info on the inner workings of film festivals, submission strategies and more. So check back here and I’ll put a link up when the show goes live! Until then enjoy my conversation with Chris Holland.<br> <a href="http://indiefilmhustle.podbean.com/mf/web/jvkwkt/IFH_067.mp3" target="_blank">Right click here to download the MP3</a><br> LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE<br> <br> * <a href="https://www.udemy.com/film-festival-hacks-filmmaking/?couponCode=FFHACKS50PODCAST" target="_blank">Film Festival Hacks: Submit Like a Pro Course (50% OFF for a LIMITED TIME ONLY)</a><br> * <a href="http://www.filmfestivalsecrets.com/hustle" target="_blank">BONUS: FREE FilmFestival Secrets Download</a><br> * <a href="http://www.FilmFestivalSecrets.com" target="_blank">FilmFestivalSecrets.com</a><br> * <a id="static_txt_preview" href="http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0971835616/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=0971835616&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=whatisbroke-20&amp;linkId=ZITPNIU342POYR2T" target="_blank">FilmFestival Secrets: A Handbook For Independent Filmmakers</a><br> * FREE Film Festival Hacks Podcast Series – (SUBSCRIBE SOON)<br> * <a href="https://gumroad.com/a/779891827" target="_blank">FilmFestival Secrets Vault</a><br> * <a href="http://www.FreeFilmBook.com" target="_blank">FreeFilmBook.com (Your FREE Audio Book)</a><br> * <a href="https://www.filmmakinghacks.com" target="_blank">IFH: Filmmaking Hacks</a><br> * <a href="http://www.indiefilmhustle.com/festivaltips/">Six Secrets to get into Film Festivals for FREE!</a><br> <br> Action Items:<br> <br> * Subscribe to the Podcast on <a href="https://geo.itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/indie-film-hustle-podcast/id1023815223?mt=2&amp;at=1000l6ok" target="_blank">iTunes</a>,  <a href="http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=70608&amp;refid=stpr" target="_blank">Stitcher</a>, <a href="https://soundcloud.com/indiefilmhustle" target="_blank">Soundcloud</a> or <a href="http://www.indiefilmhustle.com/feed/ifhpodcast/" target="_blank">via RSS</a>.<br> <br> <br> <a href="http://www.indiefilmhustle.com/filmschool"></a><br> <br> If you like Film Festival Secrets – How to Crack the Festival Code with Chris Holland, then click below:<br><br> <a class="row-title" title="Edit “IFH 059: How a 17 yr old Directed &amp; Sold Her 1st Feature on 16mm Film”" href="https://www.indiefilmhustle.com/hollyshorts-daniel-sol/">HollyShorts: Confessions of a Film Festival Programmer w/ Daniel Sol</a><a href="https://www.indiefilmhustle.com/hollyshorts-daniel-sol/" rel="attachment wp-att-2786"></a><br><br> <br> <br> Enjoyed “Film Festival Secrets – How to Crack the Festival Code with Chris Holland”...