Comments on: Top film tips from Sheffield Doc/Fest that are on the telly this week!

By: Rebecca Frankel

Rebecca Frankel — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 00:07:27 +0000

I just watched I’m Not Dead Yet (on brilliant BBC catch up). Was very good. Well put together, good story and amazing archive footage of her mother growing up. A question if anyone else saw it – is Elizabeth (the filmmaker) the daughter of her mother and grandfather? I read that somewhere – that incest was the big twist – but it was not stated explicitly in the film.

By: Rebecca Frankel

Rebecca Frankel — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 14:16:05 +0000

Thanks for that link Lindsey. Places like Sundance do have incredibly strict guidelines regarding premiering status, so lots of people wait out to get theirs played there, and then once it is rejected it is too late to submit it to other great festivals in the same region because if when it was completed. A top tip I was just told is to list your completion date as just before your films first festival screening, because that gives you a bit longer in the cycle to get accepted else where. Does anyone else have any sneaky tips like this?

By: Lindsey

Lindsey — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:55:35 +0000

As Nick Fraser has noted on his Indy blog http://blogs.independent.co.uk/independent/2008/11/richard-klein-a.html its a great step forward for festivals to relax their premiere requirements, as it really slows up the possibility of getting your film out there and maybe even getting some of your money back! I do agree that films with lots of telly time should be a lower priority on festival schedules though – what’s the point in screening so many films with broadcast slots when they can be seen so easily on t’telly, by viewers in general and buyers. Or is this a good sign, that festival-type films are being bought for TV more often?