The Method
Here's how I did it.
First, I looked for festivals I actually wanted to screen at. Not just the big names — festivals I had an affinity with, places I'd genuinely want to go. You probably already know a few. Start there.
Then I looked at their winners and selections from the past few years. For each film, I found the production company — usually in the credits or on IMDb.
For each production company, I found their email. The vast majority have a contact page. And if they don't, there's always Instagram or Facebook.
That's it. That's your list of the best contacts in the industry — people who produce exactly the kind of films you want to make.
Now comes the hard part: writing an email that doesn't suck.
