If you’ve survived the challenge of making a film, you’re probably familiar with a stress-releasing hobby called weeping. While budgeting should leave ample tears for post-production, film festival submissions should be a zero-weeping zone. What’s one great way to rejection-proof your film? Reframe what you consider rejection and focus on what you really want from being involved with a film festival. As the director of Connect Film Festival and a content creator myself, I am always seeking films that suit our festival, as well as collaborative filmmakers to join our creative tribe. Our judges are not executioners who delight in…
Author: Lindsey Lune
Lindsey Lune
Lindsey founded Connect Film Festival in Melbourne Australia, and like her it is now based in Los Angeles. She is a NIDA-trained actor and has been a photographer for over a decade, specializing in headshots and editorial. Connect is a film festival & creative hive to connect filmmakers for creative alliances and new work. Screening locations include LA, Melbourne, Austin and Boston. Connect was honored with a Top 100 Best Reviewed festival ranking out of over 4,600 festivals in 2016, 2017 and 2018 by Film Freeway. Lindsey is committed to internationalism and comedy- American, she has lived more than 10 years of her life overseas, primarily Australia and Japan. She’s a recovering academic with a Masters in IR with a focus on genocide studies and conflict resolution. Lindsey is always looking for creative collaborators- fellow actors, co-writers, musicians, comedians. Her showreel starts with a slap in the face: www.lindseyloon.com VISIT: filmfreeway.com/festival/connectfilmfestival TWITTER: @connectfilmfest