Sahar Dolatshahi in Film Festival Australia Awards Ceremony in Tehran
Before working on your actual submission, you need to figure out exactly which festivals you’re going to submit to. After talking with Drea, it turns out your own selection process has a strategy unto itself. Save your premiere
Your film only has one true premiere and it’s important for filmmakers to save it for the perfect moment, particularly the larger festivals if you can get into them. Discovery festivals, those like Sundance and Tribeca, for instance, will only consider films that haven’t premiered yet.
