1. Ten Ways for Festival Directors and Staff to Sharpen Their Skills Leadership I. Always work to add general knowledge and skills, improve on what you know during the slow periods. Take a computer or business class, film history or film theory class, learn marketing or work on learning a language. Many of these programs are available through the Chamber of Commerce, Rotary Club or local business associations.II. If your travel budget is limited, offer to serve on panels or juries at festivals.S...

The International Film Festival Summit (IFFS) announces the Certified Film Festival Professional (CFFP) Program, a two-day course that provides a comprehensive training curriculum for film festival professionals, will take place this December 4-5, 2009 in Las Vegas.     The CFFP Program is a two-day course that provides a comprehensive training curriculum covering the most important elements involved in film festival work.  The course content for each section is developed by a ...

The International Film Festival Summit (IFFS) announces the Certified Film Festival Professional (CFFP) Program, a two-day course that provides a comprehensive training curriculum for film festival professionals, will take place this December 4-5, 2009 in Las Vegas. The CFFP Program is a two-day course that provides a comprehensive training curriculum covering the most important elements involved in film festival work. The course content for each section is developed by a top professional in...

3rd Annual International Film Festival Summit Europe :April 7-8, 2009 ParisOpening Keynote Presented by Marco Müller, Director of theVenice International Film Festival Since 1980,he has worked as a film critic and historian, creating and directing severalseries of books on the cinema for a number of publishers, has personallycurated some monographic publications and has regularly written essays andarticles on cinema. Since 1978, his new role as "festival maker" hasprogressively estab...