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.

Week 1. Introduction session (March 4)
Week 2. Finding the Right Festival for Your Film (March 11) Guest speaker Jaie Laplante, Artistic Director of DOC NYC
Week 3. Decoding Film Fest Submissions (March 18)
Week 4. Festivals: You’re In, Now What?  (March 25)
Week 5: Final live session/participant presentations (April 1)

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.

This event is co-hosted by the Video Consortium