Marc and Jeremy talk about their experiences at the 2008 Austin Film Festival and have a chance to sit down with Kristen Case, Director of Marketing and Director of the Young Filmmakers Program.

Austin Film Festival

Marc and Jeremy talk with Chris Holland, Manager of Festival Operations at B-Side Entertainment, and author of the new book Film Festival Secrets.

The Omaha Film Festival has been using the B-Side service for the last couple of years and we’ve loved it, and we’ve gotten loads of positive feedback from everyone who’s used it. Chris has been a fantastic resource for us as well and has really helped with all of the behind-the-scenes work on our festival website. Anyone who checks out the site during festival time knows how great the B-Side service is.

Huge props to Chris for the book as well. It’s a fantastic read for anyone that has a film and is interested in having someone other than their mother see it. We absolutely recommend it so log on to his website and grab a copy.

Film Festival Secrets

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B-Side

Marc and Jeremy talk with Jeremy Bishop, Rhett McClure and Jake Hull, staff of the Middle of Nowhere Film Festival, right after their screening at the Joyo Theatre in Lincoln, NE.  The 2008 screening marked the 10th anniversary of the festival and it was very well received by the packed house.

They screened seventeen films in their under 3 minute and under 7 minute categories and after the screenings, had an awards ceremony where prizes were given out to the top three films in each category, best actor, best actress, best sound score and audience choice.

The Omaha Film Festival, as part of our sponsorship, granted fee waivers to OFF’09 for the top three films in each of the categories, so we want to say congratulations to all of the winners.

And congratulations to the MON and NIFP staff for another successful film festival.

NIFP

Middle of Nowhere

This week Marc and Jeremy give out a little advice to filmmakers on entering film festivals.

The 10/26 deadline for the Omaha Film Festival is fast approaching.  There’s a special entry offer for podcast listeners so be sure to listen.
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