The Short Movie club have created a very interesting article on the non-artistic factors that may affert your short film when you select it to a festival, everything from your genre to the festival’s standing has been broken down and it could guide when planning your next short.
There is a wealth of talent out there and one of the things I would like to do this year is to raise the profile of new and emerging film directors and producers. Along with re-running the successful #DirectorShowreelDay on 26th July 2018 (put that in your diary peeps if you haven’t already!)
Festivals are an important component to gaining credibility in your work, whether it’s to brag that your film has been selected for X number of festivals, or a dream of winning an Oscar (a bit more work.)

We’ve all seen adverts from film makers looking for people to work for free on their film. This is fine for short films, student films and genuine collaborations, but what about feature films?
Website IndieActivity have posted an interview with Hunting of the Snark director, Saranne Bensusan, which was written just after the making of Ménage du Trois, in January 2017
Award-winning film director, Saranne Bensusan recently did an interview for New York’s Occhi Magazine during which she talked about her background and her experiences that have made her the director that she is today.
<strong>creators of the animation capture software used by From the 3rd Story Productions on this movie</strong>
<a href=”http://www.cineuropa.org/nw.aspx?t=newsdetail&l=en&did=202283″ rel=”nofollow”>Article in Cineuropa</a>
Written by Saranne Bensusan
I am a writer/producer/director who has produced 13 films in total, including 10 short films and three feature films. In the 2015/2016 year (starting at Cannes in May 2015) I have had 15 international film festival screenings of my work, with two short films being selected at Carmarthen Bay Film Festival in May 2016 and May 2017 (a BAFTA Cymru qualifying festival) and ‘The Hunting of the Snark’ being screened as part of the Toronto Film Week, which runs alongside the Toronto Film Festival in September. I have also picked up six awards at festivals in that time.