Week Recap

Today, I finally was able to have my film festival interview with Gwinnett Center International Film Festival! Speaking with Selina Branstetter, the Festival Director, was a great experience. She gave me great advice and was really warm and welcoming to talk to. We ended up speaking for half an hour. The GCI Film Festival is very similar in a lot of ways to Visions. They both are more on the smaller scale and have only one location. Selina's greatest piece of advice was to continue to follow up with potential sponsors until they officially say no. Most people need to be reminded to look at the information given to them, then reminded to give an answer. I hope that I am able to attend this festival one day and that more will come out of this connection with Selina. I will make another post with the entire interview so that you can see all of what we discuss. Overall, it was a great experience that I hope to do again! It seems like a really good way to make a connection with a person in leadership at a festival that you may want to attend or be a part of.