8.27.20: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Film Festival Strategy

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8.27.20: The Good, Bad, and Ugly of Film Festival Strategy

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Aug 27, 2020

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Filmmakers are gearing up for submissions to festivals, including Sundance so we go over release and festival application strategy. We also discuss the pros and cons of the upcoming platform ScriptHop. For tech news, we cover the new Final Cut Pro. And finally, we tackle the million-dollar question: “Why are you the best person to tell this story?”
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Aug 27, 2020

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