Live Workshop with Former Sundance Programming Director
Live Workshop with Former Sundance Programming Director
I feel like this is an important for all writers, directors, producer and event actors.
Getting noticed is the biggest obstacle to building a career, even if you have talent.
Film festivals can solve this problem but only if you can get selected!
Now, Sundance, for example, receives more than 15,000+ submissions per year. Yet only a handful of these are selected.
Odds are stacked against you. But there is something you can do about it.
So you owe it to yourself to understand what programmers are looking for in a submission, and how to stand out in the selection process.
And according to our workshop guest there are very real and tangible things filmmakers can do before they submit that will increase their chances of getting selected.
For these reasons, The Industry in collaboration with former Sundance director John Cooper would like to invite you to a live workshop about How to Get into Sundance.
If you only get one thing in this workshop but this one thing gets you into Sundance, it will be well worth your time and money.
So do not waste this opportunity to hear directly from someone in the know.
Who is John Cooper?
John Cooper has worked at Sundance for over three decades.
He started in 1989 - 1991 as a programmer
Associate Director of Programming (2000 - 2002)
Director of Programming (2002 - 2009)
Director of Sundance (2009-2020)
He currently serves as Sundance’s Emeritus Director
John also hosts the popular podcast called The Film that Blew my Mind and we recommend to all our friends.
The workshop will cover:
What is Sundance looking for with submission
How to standout out from among the crowd
And what makes a GREAT submission.
How the selection process works
What you really need to be successful at a film festival
What to do after your submission to increase your chances of selection
Plus a lot of inside information from inside the Sundance selection room we cannot say in public.
Why you should not miss this workshop
In this workshop, John will walk us through what it takes to stand out in a hyper-competitive festival environment like Sundance. What will make or break your submission, must-haves, and what most submissions get wrong.
He will also detail what to do after the submission to increase your chances of selection. As well as how to maximize your chances of building a long term career once you are selected.
Sundance Workshop Details
Date: 26th September 2024
Time: 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm EST
Location: Zoom
Full price - $97
Annual paid subscribers - $47
Founding Member subscribers - Free
This is a workshop EVERY serious filmmaker should attend.
The lessons in the workshop can be applied to all festivals. So even if you are planning to apply to different festival, we guarantee this workshop will increase your chances of submission success regardless of the festival you plan to submit to.
Click here to get you ticket now - https://theindustry.co/john-cooper-sundance-2024
best,
Clarke Scott - CEO, The Industry.
p.s. if you are an annual paid member, email me, and I will send you the 50% discount link. And if you are a founding member, let me know if you’d like to attend the workshop, and I will place you on the list. Also, we are now recording these live events and will be available to Founding Members.