Your Guide To Fearless Film Festival Networking
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Webinar hosted by: Christopher Holland
Worked With Over 200 Film Festivals For Over a Decade!
Chris Holland has worked with over 200 film festivals for more than a decade. In the early days of the internet he was a film critic and later he joined the staff of the Austin Film Festival. In 2006 Holland joined film distributor B-Side Entertainment as the Director of Festival Operations, working with festivals like Sundance, AFI Fest, and SILVERDOCS to market films to audiences and to discover emerging new voices in cinema. In 2008 he published Film Festival Secrets: A Handbook for Independent Filmmakers and began working as an consultant on marketing and festival strategy with independent filmmakers around the world. Chris serves as an advisor to the Atlanta Film Festival. Full Bio »
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What You'll Learn
- Setting your goals - specific examples of what to do
- See the whole "puzzle" and how your piece fits
- What is "open-ended" networking?
- Do your homework before the event, but don't be creepy
- Post-Screening Q&A - what to do, what not to do!
- Panels & Show Floor Booths - what to do, what to say, how to approach
- Parties - mixing business & pleasure - how not to be awkward in a corner
- Examples and tips will be provided!
- Reasons you're worth talking to
- Enlisting the help of a networking "wing man"
- Icebreakers that actually start conversations - you will get specific examples to use!
- The fine art of listening
- How to talk to “important” people - you will want these tips!
- When and how to ask for business cards
- The art of the follow-up
- Giving favors to get favors
- How to make people ask for YOUR card
- Follow-up emails
- Social media etiquette
About Your Instructor
Christopher Holland
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Gershom Hyldreth Pretty good. Helps with psychology of networking, etc
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