HOW TO START FILM FESTIVALS
The Primer

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HOW TO MANAGE AND OPERATE
FILM & VIDEO FESTIVALS

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Introduction

These precedent-setting books describe how to successfully start and run film & video festivals. They function as technical assistance and resource guides valuable to a national and international audience.

Among Those Who Will Gain From Using These Books:

As there is nothing in print of any in-depth nature on the subject of creating and managing film festivals, in the past, anyone just starting a film/video festival, or current festivals seeking to improve their event, have had to gather information with some degree of difficulty. This has lead to numerous start-ups and existing film festivals contacting me due to their need for timely and crucial information. I currently provide specialized strategic planning consultations, which include extensive content material from this manual in advance of its publication.

At this point, the only other written information which is available on the topic is a small (but important) article in A Guide to Films Featured in the Jewish Film Festival entitled “Check List for Programming,” which has also been rewritten and updated for the resources section of Jenni Olson’s outstanding new book, The Ultimate Guide to Lesbian & Gay Film and Video. There is also other helpful (but somewhat outdated) information in the 1980 book by Blackaby, Georgakas and Margolis, IN FOCUS: A Guide to Using Films, some of which I plan to update. I also intend to include a comprehensive resource bibliography of other related material currently available, such as the essential AIVF/FIVF Guide to International Film & Video Festivals, edited by the remarkable Kathryn Bowser.

These two books benefit from the input of more than 200 leaders in the media arts and festivals fields who support this project, and who recognize the economic and artistic imperatives that keep film festivals in the forefront of international events and media culture. Additionally, since I initiated the World Wide Web site on this topic, I have received and continue to welcome overwhelming response from individuals and groups around the world who are anticipating the publication of this innovative manual.

Researching the substantive material for this guide, I interviewed individuals involved with 100-plus local, regional, national and international film & video festivals [How to Start Film Festivals List] [How to Manage Film Festivals List]. The information culled from these organizations offers an extensive model which can be appropriately utilized by groups located in any part of the globe. Instructions for the adaptation of the material to local circumstances and creative application to local resources will be provided to help focus the book’s usefulness for readers in any setting.

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In order to include a discussion of the empowerment of disenfranchised communities through film and video, this book will describe the merits of long-term, on-going screening programs as another tool for community organization. Analyzing issues ranging from festivals as public art to new organizational structures will all promote operational efficiency in any festival program. In this sense, this manual will allow non-profit and community-based organizations to construct as well as improve the management and program activities for all kinds of film/video festivals.

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