How Do You Break into the Film Industry? 10 Important Lessons

Break into the Film Industry
The film industry is infamously hard to break into. This applies whether you’re behind the scenes, in post-production or right in front of the camera. It can be tricky to find that first job to kickstart your career. However, there are ways to gain experience and impress employers – it certainly isn’t easy, but it’s also not impossible. So we’ve put together 10 important lessons for breaking into the film industry. What are the fundamental things you must know in

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Film Networking: An Unavoidable Skill You Have No Choice But To Master

film networking
“It’s all about who you know”. Anyone remotely connected to the film industry has heard that phrase. And they’ll often approach the whole subject of film networking, of making contacts, of all the hustle that’s totally separate from putting ink on paper or film in the can, with serious trepidation. After all, unfortunately, if you are starting with fewer existing connections in the film industry, you have to work much harder to get where you want to go. But let’s

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Film Festival Strategy 101: The KEY Steps for a New Filmmaker

Film Festival Screen New Filmmaker
So you’ve made a film and you want more people than just your friends and family to see it. Well, film festivals are a great way to get your project exposure, and to introduce you as a new filmmaker to others in the field. Film festivals often play an important part of the folklore of how new filmmakers get their big break or how a film is introduced to the world. But it’s important to not get too swept up

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