Festival Strategy Playbook
Whether you're a festival veteran or a first-time filmmaker, learn how to make film festivals work for you, while developing your filmmaker community in this 5-week program. DOC NYC PRO takes it to the next level with this course led by our Director of Industry and Education Malikkah Rollins, building on our pre-recorded festival webinars to help you craft a personalized strategy.
You’ll work through the material each week on your own schedule. Then you’ll meet with a peer cohort to unpack ideas, ask questions, and apply what you’ve learned to your project. The program ends with each participant presenting a practical plan to tackle one specific challenge of their choice, supported by peer insight and shared experience. We’ll feature guest experts, to be announced at a later date.
SCHEDULE. The below dates are the live discussion sessions. Please view the relevant webinar before each session.
Week 1. Introduction session (3/4 at 12pm ET)
Week 2. Finding the Right Festival for Your Film (3/11 at 12pm ET) (Guest speaker Jaie Laplante, Artistic Director of DOC NYC)
Week 3. Decoding Film Fest Submissions (3/18 at 12pm ET)
Week 4. Festivals: You’re In, Now What? (3/25 at 12pm ET)
Week 5: Final live session/participant presentations (4/1at 12pm ET)
Participants will be sent all relevant webinar links and a schedule after the introduction session. The live discussions will be recorded and shared with registered participants.
Tickets are $75 ($60 for IFC Center members) and are non-refundable.
If you have questions about registration, please email ticketing@docnyc.net. For questions about accommodations and accessibility, including requests for live ASL interpretation, please email accessibility@docnyc.net.