Strategy / Operations

Film Festival Strategy & Submission System

Film Festival Strategy & Submission System

Film Festival Strategy & Submission System

A structured festival strategy and submission system for research, deadlines, materials, costs, and campaign priorities.

A structured festival strategy and submission system for research, deadlines, materials, costs, and campaign priorities.

Overview

The system turned festival planning into a clearer operational process with research, submission details, requirements, and campaign decisions in one place.

The challenge

Festival submissions involve many shifting dates, eligibility requirements, materials, costs, and strategic tradeoffs that can become hard to track.

My role

I organized the research structure, defined the prioritization criteria, and built the submission tracker for planning and execution.

What I built

A festival research and submission tracker with deadlines, premiere rules, materials, fees, decision status, and priority notes.

Process

I collected requirements, grouped festivals by strategy, created decision fields, and built a tracker that supported both planning and live submission work.

Key features

Festival research • Deadline tracking • Premiere requirements • Materials checklist • Cost tracking • Priority status

Outcomes

The team gained a clearer view of upcoming submission decisions and reduced last-minute uncertainty around requirements.

Tools and methods

Research systems, project tracking, campaign planning, operations strategy, deadline management

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