SPECIAL PROGRAM WITH
CRICKETT RUMLEY
KEYNOTE TALK & FILM FESTIVAL Q&A
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FRIDAY, JUNE 21ST @ 1:00PM – ROOM 2 FDH 105
Keynote Talk
How to Make the Most of Your Film Festival Run
Congratulations – your film is an official film festival selection, and you’re excited to make the most of the opportunity and build your career! The question is how? In this talk, you’ll hear tips on how to clarify your goals and strategy, maximize your time at a festival, develop resilience in the face of rejection, embrace the art of self-promotion (even if you don’t want to), and more. Come for the practical advice. Stay for the inspiration!
SATURDAY, JUNE 22ND @ 11:00AM – ROOM 2 FDH 105 (in person and on Zoom)
Film Festival Q&A
Expanding on Friday’s Keynote Talk, Film Festival Strategist Crickett Rumley will answer your questions about creating and sustaining a film festival run. Whether you are brand new to the scene or an old pro, come get the information you need about topics such as how festivals judge films, the qualities of a high value festival, common issues with premiere status requirements, trends on the horizon, and anything else that comes up.
CRICKETT RUMLEY
Crickett Rumley received her MFA in Film at Columbia University and is the founder and senior director of the Film Festival Department at the New York Film Academy (NYFA) in Los Angeles. With diversity, equity, and inclusion at the center of her work, she develops educational programs and festival strategy for a diverse student body. She has guided filmmakers to official selections at festivals ranging from Sundance to Miami’s American Black Film Festival and to wins and nominations at the BAFTA Student Film Awards, the Student Academy Awards, the College Television Awards, and the Directors’ Guild Student Awards.
A member of the Film Festival Alliance’s board, Crickett regularly collaborates with a number of festivals. She is the Panels Director for Tallgrass in Wichita, Kansas, serves as a juror for the Forum on Life, Culture, and Society’s International Short Film Competition, and has hosted the Winter Film Awards International Film Festival’s Education Day. For more information about Crickett’s philosophy on festival strategy, check out The Road To Sundance: How Two NYFA Alums Crafted the Festival Run of Their Dreams.