The Film Festival Doctor Podcast

The Film Festival Doctor Podcast

Hi! I'm Rebekah Louisa Smith, The Film Festival Doctor and my podcast is designed to help you achieve film festival success and beyond. Not only to do we cover with our guests the key things to include in your festival strategy, including creating your goals, planning your budgets and which festivals to target, we also go beyond this and talk about the importance of attaching a sales agent to your film, theatrical distribution planning and the all-important personal and self-development skills to name just a few of the topics we cover with our fascinating and celebrated guests. There will also be spotlight interviews with our clients who share their festival journey with you and how important the festival circuit is for your film.

Episodes

August 20, 2020 20 mins
In this special episode, Rebekah offers further updates regarding how to adjust your film festival strategy around the impact of COVID-19.
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Writer and Actress Vivien Reid discusses her extraordinary filmmaking journey and the making of her award winning short film ‘The Box’.
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Clementine Ledger, USC School of Cinematic Arts Festival Coordinator, talks to Rebekah about helping their students create successful festival strategies.
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Director Ian David Diaz talks to Rebekah about his multi-award-winning web series Rebecca Gold and how it came together.
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The man behind one of LA's top reviewed Film Festivals - The North Hollywood Cinefest - Gustavo Sampaio talks to Rebekah about the festival's origins.
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Rebekah talks to established L.A. based actor and director Johnny Rey Diaz about juggling acting and directing and how film festivals helped him on his journey.
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In this special episode, Rebekah talks you through how to adjust your film festival strategy around the impact of the Coronavirus.
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Filmmaker Eric Blakeney chats to Rebekah about his recently launched collaborative film finance business, PROM - The People's Republic of Movies
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Director and Composer Tom Lawes discusses his extraordinary filmmaking journey and the making of his silent award winning feature film, Amaryllis.
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Rebekah chats to legal consultants, Leighton Lloyd and Simon Long about why a legal team are an essential component of a film production
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Tracey Adlai - the woman behind one of the biggest L.A. Film Festivals - The Valley Film Festival - talks to Rebekah about what makes the event so successful.
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Anna Levine, Development Manager for Gunpowder & Sky - one of the world's biggest up and coming genre production and distribution companies - talks to Rebekah about how to do great horror and sci-fi on a budget.
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Holly Castro is the Managing Director of HollyShorts, one of the biggest short film festivals in the world. She chats to Rebekah about how this LA based event has grown and become an Academy Award qualifying festival - and how incredibly proud she feels of the festival's alumni.
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Director Meghan Sunder talks to Rebekah about the making of her short film Olympians and its successful film festival journey.
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Clients of the Film Festival Doctor, creatives Mark Sayler and Conner Wharton, discuss the making of their short film 'Ladies Most Deject'.
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Famous for being prop master on 'Stranger Things' and 'True Detective', director Lynda Reiss talks to Rebekah about the making of her short film 'Ready To Go' and its successful film festival journey.
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Established US-based director Stephen David Brooks gives Rebekah an honest and insightful interview about his journey from making films to making powerful connections at film festivals. www.stephendavidbrooks.com
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Rebekah to talks to Festival Director Sean Marlon Newcombe who introduces us to his groundbreaking VR Film Festival - the first of its kind which will be an immersive experience for all of those who attend.
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In this episode, Rebekah talks to L.A. based actress Lillianna, who gives a raw and honest interview about the importance of believing in yourself. Instagram - lilliannalove
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In this episode, Rebekah talks to influencer Holly Charlotte Campbell aka The HCC, who helps people find their inner voice and build their confidence using creative spiritual techniques
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