Event | Film Festival Strategies: What They Are and Why You Need One
On September 20, learn from Kathy Brew, guest curator of The Museum of Modern Art’s “Doc Fortnight” Festival.
Film festivals are more than just opportunities to screen a film. They launch a film into theaters and other platforms, attract interest from distributors, provide important publicity, and constitute the primary way some films will be seen in front of a live audience. Deciding what you hope to get from your festival experience, choosing festivals that will best suit your film and your expectations (bigger is not always better), thinking of ways to attract the interest of programmers at your desired festivals, and making good use of the festivals that you get into are important elements of a festival strategy.
Program Title: Film Festival Strategies: What They Are and Why You Need One
Date and Time: Thursday, September 20, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PM
Location: NYFA, 20 Jay Street, Suite 740, Brooklyn, NY 11201
Cost: $15 for NYFA-affiliated artists (Fiscally Sponsored, NYSCA/NYFA Artist Fellows, Immigrant Artist Mentoring Program Artists) and $20 for the general public
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About Kathy Brew
Kathy Brew has been guest curator of the “Doc Fortnight: MoMA’s International Festival of Nonfiction Film and Media” since 2017. She was co-director of the Margaret Mead Film and Video Festival; curatorial consultant to the Reframe Collection, Tribeca Film Institute; programmer at Lincoln Center’s Scanners Festival (formerly the New York Video Festival); and series curatorial consultant, Reel New York, the WNET series for independent filmmakers. She is also a filmmaker whose award-winning documentary and experimental films have been shown in festivals, theaters, and online platforms.
Getting to NYFA
Closest Subway to 20 Jay Street:
* F to York Street station
Next Closest Subway:
* A to High Street/Brooklyn Bridge station
Event Accessibility
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Image: The Saxophonist (Fiscally Sponsored through NYFA) rehearsal with Beavin Lawrence, Nadya Encarnacion, and writer/director André Joseph, 2017, Photo Credit: Magnus Productions
