Promotion and festival strategies

Film festivals are a great vehicle for gaining an audience for your film, for exposure for the talent in the film and for the film-makers to leverage opportunities for their films. I love the energy that film festivals bring.
Jamie Hector
Film festivals are a great vehicle for gaining an audience for your film, for exposure for the talent in the film and for the film-makers to leverage opportunities for their films.
I love the energy that film festivals bring.
Jamie Hector

Creating engaging promotional materials for your film is an essential part of getting it seen. The visual, audio and any other promotional aid must reflect the film faithfully while arousing curiosity. We will assist you in designing convincing stand-out materials. There is also the challenging task of navigating the festival circuit and applying for the right one. Together we will come up with a festival strategy which guarantees maximum exposure to your film.

We will go over:

  • Promotional materials – synopsis, posters, press kits, trailers and other 
  • Festivals rules and regulations you need to know 
  • Creating tailor-made festival strategy for your film 
  • Influence of the pandemic on film festivals
  • In-depth lecture with real-life examples, strategies and practical tips from one of the world’s leading documentary experts, followed by an interactive discussion.
  • Free access to selected documentaries from Taskovski Films‘ catalogue, that are to be watched before the session as we will use them as case studies
  • Detailed feedback and advice during the live session (synopses and other materials to be sent in advance) for a limited number of participants’ projects 
  • Direct guidance from the mentor on participants’ specific projects and their challenges
  • Open discussion as a chance to share ideas, experiences and challenges with fellow participants.
  • Discount offer on individual, one-to-one mentorship sessions on a different day.
  • Filmmakers (producers, directors, screenwriters, editors or any other industry professionals)
  • Film professionals with experience in their local market and industry, who wish to learn more about international market and opportunities
  • Professionals working in sales, distribution and marketing departments
  • Film students
  • Professionals considering a career change and moving into areas of producing, festival work, international sales or distribution
  • Documentary creators with projects/films at different stages: development, production, post production or ready to have a premiere in the market and be shown to audiences
  • Applicants without any projects are equally welcome to explore with us how they can develop their individual professional career or company.