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Festival Ready: Best Practices for Filmmakers and Festival Organizers

  • Wed, May 07, 2025
  • 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
  • Zoom
  • 30 registrants

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Festival Ready: Best Practices for Filmmakers and Festival Organizers

Join via Zoom: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81306441229

*This event is free to attend*


Join the Chicago Alliance of Film Festivals and the IFA Chicago for a virtual session with Barbara Twist from the Film Festival Alliance exploring FFA's tools and initiatives that support both filmmakers and festivals.

Barbara will introduce the Film Festival Directory, a resource connecting mission-driven film festivals with the filmmaking community, and share best practices for festival engagement, including submissions navigation, communication, and relationship-building.

We'll also highlight FFA's new partnership with FilmFreeway, designed to improve transparency across the submission ecosystem.

This session is tailored for filmmakers and film festivals alike, with time for Q&A with Barbara as well as Chicago attorney Elaine Wyder. 

This Workshop co-presented by Chicago Alliance of Film Festivals and IFA Chicago. 



   
Barbara Twist, Executive Director of the Film Festival Alliance, is an L.A.-based filmmaker and exhibition consultant. Barbara has been involved in the independent exhibition sector for over a decade, previously serving as the Managing Director for Art House Convergence. Barbara holds an MFA in Creative Producing from Columbia University and has produced several award-winning short films. Elaine Wyder received her J.D. from Chicago-Kent College of Law, serving for seven years as an assistant Attorney General for the State of Illinois in the Civil Appeals Division directly following law school. Before pursuing law, Elaine found passions in photography in coding. Elaine uses her skills as a securities and corporate attorney to help artists execute their plans and protect their rights.


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