with Heather Brittain

Festival Programmer. Filmmaker. Founder of Film Festival Insider.

You didn’t spend years making your film just to throw submissions at FilmFreeway and hope for the best.

Your film deserves a strategy.

And most filmmakers need more than one conversation to build it properly.

The Festival Strategy Intensive is a three-session private consulting package designed for filmmakers who want deeper strategic support, stronger positioning, and ongoing guidance throughout their festival journey.

Because festival strategy is not just about where you submit.

It’s about understanding:
• how your film is positioned
• when and where to premiere
• how to build momentum intentionally
• how to adapt as opportunities emerge
• and how to turn a festival run into meaningful career growth

Over the course of three private Zoom sessions, we’ll work together to help you approach the festival circuit with more clarity, confidence, and long-term vision.

Whether you’re preparing for your launch, navigating an active submission season, recalibrating after rejections, or trying to leverage momentum after acceptances, these sessions are tailored specifically to your film and goals.

🎯 What We May Cover
(Every filmmaker’s strategy is different.)

• Festival strategy and submission planning
• Premiere status and rollout timing
• FilmFreeway optimization and positioning
• Synopsis, logline, poster, trailer, and EPK feedback
• Which festivals actually align with your film and goals
• Submission budgeting and avoiding costly mistakes
• Publicity, networking, and audience-building
• IMDb, Letterboxd, and online visibility
• Strategic rejection handling and recalibration
• Festival etiquette, Q&As, and industry relationships
• Leveraging acceptances, awards, and press opportunities
• Long-term filmmaker positioning and next-step career strategy

As both a filmmaker and festival programmer, Heather brings insight from both sides of the process: what filmmakers need to understand and what programmers are actually responding to.

This is not generic advice.

This is personalized strategic guidance built around your film, your goals, and the opportunities you want to create next.

🎥 What’s Included

✔️ Three private 60-minute Zoom strategy sessions
✔️ Pre-call intake form and project review
✔️ Review of up to 30 minutes of your film before the first session
✔️ Personalized recommendations and actionable next steps
✔️ Ongoing continuity and strategic support across all three sessions

💸 Investment: $797

📅 Limited availability each month.

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💬 Questions? [email protected]

Your film is more than a project.

It is a calling card for the opportunities you want next.

Once your purchase is complete, you will be redirected to schedule your first session. Remaining sessions will be scheduled based on timing, momentum, and where you are in your festival journey.

Hours offered for zoom consults are typically on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays. If the days/times available on my calendar do not work with your schedule, please email [email protected] to request to book a different date/time.

The Festival Strategy Intensive includes three private consulting sessions. All sessions must be scheduled and completed within one (1) year of the original purchase date. Any unused sessions will expire after that period. Purchase of this program constitutes acceptance of our Terms of Use.