28 Top Ten Market-Like Film Festival

Film festivals can be incredible launching pads for films of all kinds but especially independents. Prudently strategized, if you have all your social media gears synchronized, with material that attracts good reviews and buzz, this ecosystem can function as an annual cascading distribution platform, creating momentum as you market direct to the consuming crowd.

There are over 3,000 festivals each year around the world, ranging from the high-profile to genre-specific (i.e. Scream Fest horror festivals) to format-specific (i.e. WebFests and docs). Filmmakers, moviegoers and business insiders debate which festivals are the most important for myriad reasons. Cannes, Toronto, Sundance, Venice are often neck-and-neck ...

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