2008 Film Festival Circuit
Now that Fissure is coming to a close, it’s time to hit the film festival circuit. Typcially, Sundance is the one key film festival to kick off the festival season. They have a requirement of only accepting “World Premiere” films. So, most people start with them.We have a very specific film festival strategy for Fissure. Here are the top tier festivals we will be targeting:
| Film Festival | Deadline | Event Date |
| Sundance (pass) | Sep 28, 2007 | Jan 17-27, 2008 |
| Slamdance (pass) | Oct 9, 2007 | Jan 17-25, 2008 |
| Palm Springs (pass) | Oct 9, 2007 | Jan 3-14, 2008 |
| Berlin (pass) | Nov 1, 2007 | Feb 7-17, 2008 |
| Santa Barbara (pass) | Nov 16, 2007 | Jan 24-Feb 3, 2008 |
| SxSW (pass) | Nov 16, 2007 | Mar 7-15, 2008 |
| Tribeca | Jan 11, 2008 | Apr 28-May 4, 2008 |
| Victoria (pass) | Oct 2007 | Feb 1-8, 2008 |
| LA Independent | Nov 29, 2007 | Jun 19-29, 2008 |
| Dallas AFI (IN!) | Dec 1, 2007 | Mar 27-Apr 6, 2008 |
| FirstGlance (IN!) | Feb 1, 2007 | Apr 10-13, 2008 |
| Salem (IN!) | Feb 29, 2008 | Apr 18-20, 2008 |
| Phoenix (pass) | Dec 1, 2007 | Apr 12-19, 2008 |
| Vail (pass) | Dec 1, 2007 | Apr 3-6, 2008 |
| Nashville | Nov 30, 2007 | Apr 17-24, 2008 |
| Florida (pass) | Nov 30, 2007 | Mar 28-Apr 5, 2008 |
| GenArt | Nov 30, 2007 | Apr 2-8, 2008 |
| Ann Arbor (pass) | Dec 1, 2007 | Mar 25-30, 2008 |
| Cannes | May 14-28, 2008 | |
| Hollywood | August 2008 | |
| Montreal | August 2008 | |
| Telluride | September 2008 | |
| Toronto | September 2008 | |
| Venice | September 2008 | |
| Hamptons | October 2008 | |
| New York | October 2008 | |
| Radiance | October 2008 | |
| Tokyo | November 2008 |
We’re very excited about taking Fissure to some of the festivals. We’ll keep you posted!
October 3rd, 2007 at 8:23 am
Russ,
Just wanted to comment that reading your blog is a wonderful reference for anyone new to film making. In it you have shown in some detail what steps MUST be taken to bring a film project to completion in this very long and always challenging journey. Now, with your finished product in hand, you enter the most important stage, that of letting the world see and validate your creation. It will be wonderful (and especially exciting for me!) to watch as you bring this intriguing project to the light of day.
PS – I think anyone, on any level, who loves film and film making would do very well should they be fortunate enough to be able to enroll in the “Russ Pond School of Film”.
Congrats,
Jim Blumetti