Once a short’s career is over it heads to the land of eternity: the world wide web. We picked some of the most successful shorts submitted on FFL in the last few years, incorporating award-winners from the likes of Sydney, Doclisboa, Hollyshorts, Zubroffka, and Filmfest Dresden. Here’s the best award-winner shorts to stream right now. […]
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FilmFestivalLifeLine makes Feedspot’s Top 100 Festival Blogs List
Feedspot, a nifty new online tool which aims to collate everything you should read in one place, has put us in the top 100 festival blogs list. Ever since starting up in the submissions business back in 2011, our aim for FilmFestivalLifeLine has remained the same. To be the perfect assistant to navigate the festival […]
Flickerfest: “a world of cinema you cannot easily find anywhere else”
Imagine screening your film on Bondi Beach in the height of the Australian summer. Flickerfest is Australia’s premier short film festival and its Academy- and BAFTA- accredited to boot. We spoke with their Festival Director Bronwyn Kidd for the scoop on the upcoming edition. She came up with some helpful tips that will be indispensable […]
A-List film festivals you must submit to now
June will soon be here, with a number of unmissable deadlines for your film festival career. Now it’s the perfect time to start preparing the international distribution strategy for your short film. From Ismael Martin’s blog – May 02, 2017 When you begin planning your festival career, one of the first references is always the A-list festivals […]
8 Tips For Creating The Perfect Film Website
Finding making your film website a bit tricky? Check out our media partner Ismael Martin’s article on 8 essentials that you should include in your film website. From Ismael Martin’s blog – Feb. 16, 2017 For filmmakers, having a film website is essential – not only for having a presence on the Internet, but to support the viewing of your movie. A […]
Film Festival History in Top 6 Major Historical Events
The film festival history and its twisty-turny past are filled with notable incidents and tie in with some of the most integral political and historical events of the last century. We’ve dived into this melange, to give you a crash-course in the film festival history, the lifeblood of FilmFestivalLife. Here’s our essential six major events you should […]
Optimize your film submission with FFL Film Plans and Lower Entry Fees
FFL subscriptions are a great, low-cost way of planning your festival strategy and allocating your budget. Once you’ve made your film, a bigger challenge awaits. Submissions are a bona fide marathon. However, a little bit of math will show you how a budget strategy will make a difference in your film’s career. Last […]
How to spot a fake film festival
In the last few years, there has been a rise in the number of film festivals that seemed suspicious and were opening their Call for Entries on Withoutabox and Film Freeway. We felt it was time to strike back. This is why we launched the Fair Submissions Code of Ethics with our partner submission platforms […]
7 Essential Tips to Make the Most of Your Film Festival Submissions
In order to help you untangle the tricky business of film festival submissions, we’ve collected the best tips we’ve gathered over the years from talking to the people who really know best – the festival directors and programmers. You’ve finished your film. So, what now? Move on to the next one? No. Your job isn’t finished here – […]
How to Make Your Submission to ALL SPORTS FILM FEST a Slam Dunk
All Sports Film Fest’s director Pat Battistini talks about why there was a need for such a niche event and why shorts and competition films are indispensable in the wider film landscape. ‘This is Los Angeles, there are over 80 film festivals here a year!‘ And one of them is the All Sports Los Angeles Film […]
How to Master Your Crowdfunding Campaign with Indiegogo’s Head of Film UK Miranda Fleming
Crowfunding platforms have changed the game of film funding. The possibility to go online and ask your friends and followers for money has revolutionized the process of film financing. So far, in America, it’s been arguably more forward thinking than in Europe. Even well-known American directors such as Zach Baff and Spike Lee raised considerable money with a crowdfunding campaign […]
7 Insider Tips For Getting Your Film Festival Career Started With FILMFEST DRESDEN
Filmmakers with a short fiction or animation film: it‘s time for the Golden Horsemen. With prizes and awards worth over 62,000€, the 27th FILMFEST DRESDEN is not only one of the most important, it‘s also one of the best endowed short film festivals in Europe. The FilmFestivalLife festival has a brand new prize this year […]
6 Tips for Independent Filmmakers from LEIDEN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL
To act as a gateway for American independent films into Europe is one of the main goals of the Leiden International Film Festival. Evert de Vries, LIFF‘s Managing Director and Programmer, gave us some hot tips for independent filmmakers you shouldn’t miss… As the fastest growing festival in the Netherlands, it‘s a great way for American filmmakers to […]
6 Tips for Documentary Filmmakers from ANTENNA DOCUMENTARY FESTIVAL
‘As a programmer, you start to have a kind of instinctive feeling about films,’ – when it comes to documentaries, Rich Welch, Program Manager and Co-Director of Antenna Documentary Festival, knows his stuff. Only in its third edition the festival has become Sydney’s major meeting point for the international and local documentary industry. As one […]
6 Tips for Filmmakers from Edmonton International Film Festival
To show the power of film is one of the mantras of the Edmonton International Film Festival. Festival Producer Kerrie Long is all about that. With her energetic vision the festival has grown over the last few years to an event not to be missed. For its 28th edition, Alberta’s longest running international film festival […]