This course is ideal for emerging filmmakers who want to strategically navigate the film festival circuit and maximize exposure for their short films!

Overview

With countless short films competing for attention across an ever-growing number of festivals, navigating a route for your short film and yourself as a filmmaker can feel like an even bigger challenge than making the film itself. This course is designed to empower emerging filmmakers to find the best pathways and avoid common pitfalls as they seek out audiences for their work, develop career opportunities, and build networks going forward.

Through an insider’s perspective on short film programming and hands-on guidance through the submission process, you will leave the course with a more robust understanding of your film's goals and how best to realize them.

Instructors

Jason Anderson

Jason Anderson is a lecturer and film programmer with extensive experience with programming short and feature films for major festivals. The longtime lead programmer for the Short Cuts section at the Toronto International Film Festival, he’s also the director of programming for Aspen Shortsfest, one of the oldest and most prestigious short film festivals in the U.S. In addition to programming for additional festivals in Canada and Asia, Jason is a film critic and journalist who has contributed to such publications as Sight & Sound, Cinema Scope, Indiewire, and Artforum. He teaches film criticism at the University of Toronto.