Email That Sells Seats: How Film Festivals Can Fill Theatres with Smarter Email Marketing
Ready to supercharge your festival’s ticket sales? Discover how mobile-first, lightning-fast, user-friendly design turns casual visitors into ticket buyers.
Festival Websites That Convert – Design for mobile, speed, and clarity: what to watch, how to buy, how to get there.
Are your festival trailers getting the hype they deserve? Discover how to craft show-stopping trailers and sizzle reels that captivate audiences and boost ticket sales. From clearing music rights to multi-platform edits, captions, and analytics, learn the secrets to promo videos that convert viewers into attendees.
Film Festival Trailers & Sizzle Reels: Rights, Formats, and Maximizing Engagement
Insider secrets to planning a sold-out film festival: map out teaser campaigns, line-up reveals, and engagement tactics to keep buzz high through opening night.
Film Festival Launch Calendar: Tease, Announce, Sustain
Unlock the secret to a film festival tagline – learn to sum up your mission in seven words or fewer and ignite buzz on every platform before your lineup drops.
Film Festival Positioning & Taglines That Travel: Crafting Your Mission in 7 Words or Fewer
Discover how year-round programming – from monthly screenings to masterclasses – keeps film festival audiences and industry engaged long after festival week.
Year-Round Programming: The Glue That Keeps Film Festivals Thriving
Film festival organisers – partner with regional film offices to host location tours and crew meetups, showcase local incentives, and secure ongoing support.
Regional Film Office Partnerships at Film Festivals: Location Tours, Crew Meetups, and Incentives to Attract Productions
Inspire the next generation by bringing your film festival to schools with short films, filmmaker Q&As and educator guides – grow tomorrow’s audience today.
Campus & School Outreach: Grow Tomorrow’s Film Festival Audience Today
How do film festivals cultivate future critics and programmers? Through ethics workshops, mentorship, and press access, they are nurturing tomorrow’s tastemakers.
Education for Emerging Film Critics and Festival Programmers: Seeding the Next Generation of Tastemakers
Learn how to run impactful co-production forums and pitch days at film festivals. Discover expert tips on structuring short pitches with clear asks, pre-matching projects with ideal partners, coaching filmmakers to perfect their pitch, and tracking success stories to build your festival’s industry credibility. Packed with real examples and actionable advice from festivals worldwide.
Co-Pro Forums and Pitch Days at Film Festivals – Keys to Successful Pitches and Partnerships
Transform film festival panels from boring lectures to dynamic discussions with targeted topics, expert panelists, skilled moderators, and follow-up resources.
Film Festival Panels That Don’t Preach: Curate, Train, and Engage
Discover how film festivals use works-in-progress labs and rough-cut consultations to transform unfinished films into festival-ready hits with expert feedback.