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A couple of weeks back I used Twitter to crowdsource advice on what first time attendees of Film Festivals should do. See the responses below. It makes a decent follow up to yesterday’s post. And if you’d like to be part of future discussions, just follow me on Twitter: @TedHope.
What did you wish you did — but did not do — at your first film festival? What advice can you give someone going for the 1st time?
— Ted Hope (@TedHope) December 5, 2012
The Miami Movie Co.
@TheMiamiMovieCoI wish I’d pirated all the films instead of licensed them, just to show how lame the
@MPAA is. But hey, that’s just me. 🙂talk to EVERYONE.
Enjoy yourself. The business stuff is largely out of your control. Take time to meet people and make connections.
Always easy to forget but especially for the 1st timer… Bring business cards (of some sort).
Have a lot of fun/make a few friends. Your 1st festshould be exactly that: your FIRST film festival. Go to others to build career.
Interviews, interviews, interviews…
If it’s a market festival and your premiere, go a week earlier and find guerrilla PR opportunities before the herd arrives.
Ted Hope
FreelanceLies 
Don Hardy 
Gary Ploski 
Elvis D. 
Tom Beale 
Todd Sills
