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Rebekah Louisa Smith, aka The Film Festival Doctor, is a film festival strategist who can help you get your film seen on the festival circuit. Her podcast focuses on all things film festivals to help you learn more about this part of the film industry. Rebekah interviews festival programmers from all over the world, unpacking their programming process and exploring in detail what they look for when selecting films to screen at their festival.
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- 5 days ago35 min
Feature Film Programming at the BFI London Film Festival
In this episode, Rebekah speaks candidly with Grace Barber-Plentie, one of the BFI London Film Festival programmers discussing what she looks for when programming feature films. They also discuss some of the highlights from this year’s festival including actor Ashley Walter’s directorial debut and the boundary pushing Josephine.BFI London Film Festival Website:https://whatson.bfi.org.uk/lffTrailer:https://youtu.be/yE0xGvfOuuQ?si=Yv_L-nobHrhn6GbvFollow on Instagram - @britishfilminstitute
- 2 weeks ago1h 3m
Spotlight on the BIFA Qualifying Mansfield Town Film Festival
In this episode, Rebekah sits down with Jay Martin the Festival Director of the BIFA qualifying Mansfield Town Film Festival to discuss working class film programming and curating a selection of quality independent films to Mansfield, U.K.
- 3 weeks ago19 min
Bitesize Episode - Spotlight on Asian American Film Programming
In this new ‘Bitesize’ series Rebekah takes a deep dive for 15 minutes on one topic with a film festival programmer. In this episode, she sits down with Tony Nguyen & Alishba Javaid the programming team from the Dallas Asian American Film Festival to discuss how they programme and curate Asian American focused cinema.
- Sep 3, 20261h 14m
Programming TIFF & the Aspen Short Film Festival with Jason Anderson
In this episode, Rebekah speaks with veteran programmer Jason Anderson discussing candidly programming Canadian, Benelux and Nordic feature films for the Toronto International Film Festival; Canadian feature films for the Kingston International Film Festival and short film programming at the Oscar Qualifying Aspen ShortsFest.
- Aug 27, 202611 min
Bitesize Episode - Spotlight on the Importance of Film Festival Partnerships
In this new ‘Bitesize’ series Rebekah takes a deep dive for 15 minutes on one topic. In this episode, she sits down with marketing expert Eric Vollweiler to discuss how marketing plays a significant role in the film festival circuit.
- Aug 20, 202646 min
The Film Festival Doctor Podcast LIVE from the Waco Independent Film Festival
In this episode, recorded live from the Waco Independent Film Festival, Rebekah sits down with three film festival Directors from the McMinnville Short Film Festival, the Waco Independent Film Festival & the Oak Cliff Film Festival to discuss how they programme and curate their film festivals.
- Aug 13, 202613 min
Bitesize Episode - Spotlight on Disability Film Programming
In this new ‘Bitesize’ series Rebekah takes a deep dive for 15 minutes on one topic with a film festival programmer. In this episode, she sits down with Nicole Sandavol from the Champion Film Salon International Film Festival to discuss how they programme and curate disability focused films.
- Aug 6, 20261h 11m
Behind The Scenes at the Aesthetica Short Film Festival
In this episode, Rebekah speaks with Cherie Federico, the Festival Director of the Aesthetica Film Festival, one of the UK's largest BAFTA & BIFA qualifying film festivals. They discuss programming, curation and the huge amount of work that goes into building their critically acclaimed industry panels, masterclasses and workshops.
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About The Film Festival Doctor Podcast
Rebekah Louisa Smith, aka The Film Festival Doctor, is a film festival strategist who can help you get your film seen on the festival circuit. Her podcast focuses on all things film festivals to help you learn more about this part of the film industry. Rebekah interviews festival programmers from all over the world, unpacking their programming process and exploring in detail what they look for when selecting films to screen at their festival.
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