3 Reasons Why You Should Submit To Film Festivals - Glen Reynolds
Glen Reynolds founded Circus Road Films in 2006 to provide strategic advisory services to filmmakers. Circus Road guides filmmakers through the festival and distribution process and negotiates licensing agreements on their behalf. Glen has participated in the sales of over 900 narrative and documentary feature films with many of them premiering at Sundance, Slamdance, SXSW, Cinequest, Tribeca, Hot Docs, Fantastic, Telluride and Toronto. Distributors of these films include Fox, Sony, Warner Bros, Universal, Lions Gate, Magnolia, IFC, Strand, Oscilloscope, Drafthouse, Netflix, Hulu, HBO, Showtime, Starz, Lifetime, ESPN and Syfy.
Some favorite films sold include the first films of some successful filmmakers such as Absentia, written and directed by Mike Flanagan (Midnight Mass); Pop Skull, written and directed by Adam Wingard (Godzilla vs Kong); and Newlyweeds, written and directed by Shaka King. (Judas and the Black Messiah).
Recent work includes Clean (Tribeca/IFC) with Adrien Brody, My Dead Dad and 18½ with Willa Fitzgerald (101 Films).
Glen has also co-produced twenty films to date including his favorite Conversations with Other Women which premiered at Telluride and stars Aaron Eckhart, Helena Bonham Carter, and Olivia Wilde. Other great production experiences include developing two projects with Craig Brewer (Hustle & Flow) and co-producing five films with Ram Bergman (Knives Out, Star Wars: The Last Jedi).
Glen holds a JD from the University of Texas at Austin, a BA in English from NYU and is a graduate of the Neighborhood Playhouse in New York. He serves as a judge for the UCLA Screenwriting Competition and on the jury for the Woods Hole Film Festival.
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I worked with Glen on my feature, he was very helpful and honest. We eventually found a good distributor. Thanks Glen!
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I have very mixed feelings on film festivals. I still strongly believe they have their place, but once again filmmakers have to plan out at the very beginning stages of even making their movie (particularly features) and just brace for the worst. While showing at those top tier fests may not guarantee you a sale, it still helps with your credibility (whether you win an award or not) and let's not forget the experience of actually being there. Also winning a trophy for all your troubles just feels good lol
Tell more about your experience
I haven’t worked with Glen yet but we’ve spoke several times. I’ve always got a safe feeling when talking to him
May I have his contact number or email, need to contact him regarding a festival feature film
I choose film festivals over film awards shows anytime, I've been in Cannes, Deauville, Annecy, Gérardmer and Brest (short film, this one every year) and everywhere there was this feeling of exclusivity, that everyone was here only for the film and not to show off (except Cannes, obviously). I've never had this feeling that filmmakers were doing the film to stick to some festival policy (but it's France so there is a festival for any genre).
Fantabulous
I would love to meet new people to work with! ❤🎉
My distributors didn't give me any money upfront
I want to Submit a screenplay to a Screenplay Festival , but I haven't registered it, I don’t know what to do
Register it...?
I meant copyright.
How can we get the contact details of Glen, wanna contact him for my indian movie for international festivals
His website has his email on it.
Upfront fee? Who, in the entire industry, gets paid upfront?
Producers, as it seems.
OMG someone who isn't Chris Gore!?!!?!?!
Why don't you submit to Film Festivals?
Back in the 80's my friends & myself entered & won many film festivals. We would joke about the content, and came up with a film festival formula called the 'Magic Flute' that had all the boxes checked for winning. It still works today.
Used to but unless you have someone from a tv show etc, you're not going to really get played (depending on the festival). If you have a horror film, it's pretty much all about the gore special effects.
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@@jpgabobo what’s this formula?
Why do you submit to Film Festivals?
A big reason I still believe in the power of film festivals (the right film festivals) is it can help me land the acting talent I would like to work with. It gives me credibility.
To hopefully network, leverage the festival to get press, to advance your career, to get on peoples radars so you can follow up with them which is part of networking and to have fun and remind your investors why filmmaking is a fun investment.
I submitted just to be seen, ended up winning 8 awards all over the world 🤷🏾♂️
To show off my Laurels on Facebook to my friends so they think I’m going places.
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