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Checking In!... with 2024's The Popcorn List's Films
A great new idea let's you know where it is headed.
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Barbara Twist
 and 
Lela Meadow-Conner
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Creating a More Transparent Film Festival Landscape
A brief discussion with Gray Rodriguez of the Film Festival Alliance on a great step forward for our Industry.
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Ted Hope
8
The Film Festival That America Needs Now
Documentary films can rescue our democracy, but only if only we SCREEN them.
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Ted Hope
24
I’ve Got Issues With Film Festivals
May I offer a first principle that could fuel a further list?
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Ted Hope
10
Do We Make Film Festivals Work Better For Everyone, Or Do We Let Them Die Off When They Don't?
Easy Answer, Right? Nine Operational Improvements For Existing Fests To Move Into The Next Era
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Ted Hope
12
Are Our Film Festivals Dying, Getting Ill, Or Just Aging Out?
The Latest Clue That Everything Has Changed -- And when will our behavior catch up?
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Ted Hope
13
America's Greatest New Film Festival! (FF#6)
(as well as some other weekend thoughts, ponders, & links for you)
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Ted Hope
9
The Future Of Film Festivals?
Dispatch From Locarno 2047
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Ted Hope
3
How To Get Your Film Into The Festival Of Your Choice
20 Steps to improve your chances on something harder than getting into Harvard
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Ted Hope
9
What Would An Alternative Submission Process For Film Festivals Look Like Anyways?
We know what we have doesn't work, but is there even a better way?
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Ted Hope
9
What Would A PERFECT Film Festival Look Like?
Considerations needed in driving towards goals for cinema's next century (or decade or just next version).
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Ted Hope
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