Podcasts by Film Festival Hacks Podcast with Alex Ferrari and Chris Holland

CROSSOVER: Inside the Raindance Film Festival with Founder Elliot Grove from 2020-11-19T19:02

Inside the Raindance Film Festival with Founder Elliot Grove
Today’s guest is the legendary film author and founder of the Raindance Film Festival Elliot Grove. Elliot is not only the founder ...

CROSSOVER: What Happens After You Win the SXSW Film Festival with Brant Sersen from 2020-10-06T13:00:39

CROSSOVER: Confessions of a Film Festival Programmer with HollyShorts! Daniel Sol from 2020-09-16T18:06:11

Have you ever wanted to know what really happens behind the scenes at a top-level film festival like the HollyShorts Film Festival? Well, this week I kidnapped co-founder and film festival programm...

Secrets on How to Get Your Indie Film Accepted to Film Festivals from 2020-09-01T13:59:24

Getting into a film festival is getting tougher and tougher every day. Indie filmmakers can end up spending thousands and thousands of dollars submitting to every film festival around, and there ar...

Film Festival Secrets - How to Crack the Festival Code with Chris Holland from 2020-08-06T15:06:51

Submitting to film festivals is torture. Did I get in? Did the programmer watch it yet? When will I know? How much to submit? You wait by your email to see if Sundance or SXSW accepted you? Wouldn’...

Top 5 Film Festival SCAMS Filmmakers Need to Be Aware Of! // IFH CROSSOVER EVENT from 2020-07-30T18:24:34

Top 5 Film Festival SCAMS Filmmakers Need to Be Aware Of!

I've been at a fair share of film festivals in my life and I've submitted to many more than I've been accepted to. With that sai...

Annoucing the IFH Podcast Network for Filmmakers from 2020-07-23T17:04:10

The IFH Podcast Network makes it easy for you to discover, connect, and engage with industry-leading filmmaking and screenwriting podcasts, all in one place. We curate the best podcasts that will h...

Are Film Festivals Even Relevant Anymore? FFH 007 from 2018-09-21T20:54:15

Film Festival Hacks is the podcast that explores the festival circuit “from both sides of the badge.” Alex Ferrari is an award-winning filmmaker with nearly 600 international film festivals under h...

Film Festivals: Guide to Screening Formats&Technical Specs FFH 006 from 2018-09-21T20:52:41

In episode 6 you’ll get the skinny on what are the proper screening formats for film festivals today. We talk about technical​ specs, formats, what Sundance requires and where and when to spend mon...

Networking Like a Pro at Film Festivals FFH 005 from 2018-09-21T20:51:44

Film Festival Hacks is the podcast that explores the festival circuit “from both sides of the badge.” Alex Ferrari is an award-winning​ filmmaker with nearly 600 international film festivals under ...

The Power of Humor in Festival Submissions FFH 004 from 2018-09-21T20:50:51

In this episode, we discuss the power of humor not only in the film itself but in the film festival submission process as well. Filmmaker really underestimates​ ​ the power of humor. You have to re...

Best Film Festival Submission Practices – FFH 003 from 2018-09-21T20:49:29

Our third episode is the second part of our discussion of Withoutabox and FilmFreeway, the two most commonly used film festival submissions platforms. We talk about some of the best practices for u...

Decoding WithoutaBox&Film Freeway – FFH 002 from 2018-09-21T20:48:09

In this second episode we explore the essential tools of submitting to film festivals. Withoutabox and FilmFreeway are the two most prominent festival submissions platforms online. Although there a...

Secrets on How to Submit to Film Festivals – FFH 001 from 2018-09-21T20:47:09

This is it! The inaugural episode of Film Festival Hacks, the podcast that explores the festival circuit “from both sides of the badge.” Alex Ferrari is an award winning filmmaker with nearly 600 i...