Discover how to assemble a diverse, unbiased festival jury, brief them with clear criteria, and manage deliberations to guarantee a flawless awards ceremony.

Expert tips for discreet announcements, solid tech prep, and smooth crowd management to ensure your festival’s secret screenings stay thrilling but chaos-free.

Bridge local stories with global audiences at your film festival using thematic pairings, cultural context, and cross-cultural filmmaker dialogues to captivate audiences and leave a lasting impact.

Learn how to successfully plan film festival retrospectives and restoration screenings. From building early archive relationships to managing 35mm prints, shipping, insurance, and adding expert context, discover practical tips for bringing classic films to the big screen and delighting audiences.

Delight kids and parents at your film festival with shorter screenings, interactive activities, and sensory-friendly shows to keep young audiences engaged.

Learn to program cult favorites, staff for rowdy crowds, add thematic extras, and handle tech prep to make your festival’s midnight screenings unforgettable.

Make documentaries and narrative films shine at your festival. Learn to meet docs’ audio, captioning, and Q&A needs without sacrificing projection quality.

Make your short film blocks the highlight of your festival. Learn to curate shorts into well-paced, thematic journeys that keep viewers hooked. Discover how to cap runtime, include refreshing breaks, and host punchy Q&As that leave audiences wanting more.

Balance features, shorts, series & XR in your film festival lineup using expert strategies for format mix, scheduling, themes & data-driven planning.

How do you know if your film festival is a success? Discover the metrics top producers track and how real-time data turns feedback into next year’s plan.

Choose the right country, prime audiences, and turn cultural exchange into lasting partnerships to make your film festival’s country spotlight a success.

Discover how to define film festival awards that matter – align awards with your mission and offer career-boosting prizes to give your festival real impact.