Learn the secrets of successfully marketing and selling your film at
over 600 film festivals worldwide. Author Chris Gore reveals how to get
a film accepted and what to do after acceptance, from putting together a
press kit to putting on a great party to actually closing a deal. Gore
includes new interviews as well as a new chapter that details a case
study of the most successful independent film of all time, The Blair
Witch Project. Easy to flip through, yet densely packed with
information, this book will provide an insider perspective valuable to
those who attend or enter festivals. Includes online festival listings
and marketing your film on the Web.

Comprehensive listings of over 600 Film Festivals to enter with travel
tips & contact information Who to invite to your screening
War stories from top festival filmmakers. How to make festival politics work for you
"Ever since Chris Gore‚s book was published, I have used it in my
classes to teach both undergraduate and graduate level film courses.
Students respond extremely well to the style that the book is written in
and the pragmatic information that the book provides. Gore has done a
terrific job at covering not only film festivals, but an insider‚s look
into how young filmmakers and established festival directors think about
the process of filmmaking. This book covers a critical area in film
school curriculum to prepare students for the world of festivals. I
strongly recommend this book and will continue using it for all my
teaching."

_ -Steve Montal, American Film Institute
"Aspiring Todd Solodonzes simply must pick up this treatise on
schmoozing, bullying and otherwise weaseling one‚s way into the
cinematic madness known as film festivals."
-Entertainment Weekly

ABOUT CHRIS GORE
Chris Gore has built a solid reputation as the hilariously honest,
down-to-earth creator and editor of Film Threat. Chris has traveled to
over 100 film festivals having attended his first festival at the age of
twelve. A reviewer, writer, celebrity interviewer and television host,
he has been a judge at Athens, Austin, Edmonds, Florida, Slamdance and
the USA Film Festival. Buy Here