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IFH 518: A Filmmaking and Screenwriting Masterclass with Oscar® Nominee John Sayles

Indie Film Hustle® - A Filmmaking Podcast

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Film Festivals - And We Didn't Make That Many Films

We got a recommend ation to submit it to a couple film festivals, when the film felt filme festival. And we got into both o those. There's about five, maybe six independent distributors who they'd watch anything with spraka alls. The head of the company wouldn't watch anything with rocket halls ecause there was so little competition. A didn't do tv advertising. We did a lot of radio advertising, ahem, and word of mouth. In those days, off hollywood theatre m if they were doing well with a movie, they'd just keep it on the screen because there wasjustna competition. They needed content, yes,. But you would get in

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