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Film Festivals

Who are the programmers at the top film festivals?
The list you need (in alphabetical order)
 • Ted Hope and Sam Gallen
Our Needed Side Hustles: Festival Consultant
Create the jobs we need for the new NonDē Cinema Ecosystem
 • Ted Hope
🍿 You Saw it Here First: The Popcorn List 2026
25 films
 • The Popcorn List, Lela Meadow-Conner @mamafilm, and Kathy Susca
How To Make Money & Impact by prioritizing Private Screenings during your Festival Window
Our ongoing explorations of NonDē Distribution Tactics, and this time as part of INVISIBLE NATION Distribution Case Study (Part 8)
 • Ted Hope
New Rules For Film Festival Panel Participation?
These are mine, what are yours?
 • Ted Hope
Resources: How To Festival
What other people have to say.
 • Ted Hope
How To Build The Right Festival Strategy For You & Your Film — in 30+ Steps
Where 'o where are the Festival Strategists when you need them?
 • Ted Hope
We need to recognize some TRUTHS & ATTRIBUTES about Film Festivals
What is it we really KNOW about Festivals?
 • Ted Hope
But what do we call it? The rise of a NEW film style or movement...
A recognition after my NYFF deep dive…
 • Ted Hope
Cinema's Secret Formulas: How to win Sundance.
Another excerpt from my book, Hope For Film.
 • Ted Hope and Anthony Kaufman
Reimagining Film Festivals
A HopeForFilm Masterclass of course
 • Ted Hope
Throw out the old way. Time to learn how to do it right.
TheRoundUp (TRU #12) -- your guide to the FilmStacks mapping the path to a better film ecosystem.
 • Ted Hope
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