Did you know that Longleaf folks make films for our home base, the North Carolina Museum of History? No, “the festival” doesn’t make films (and neither does “the museum”), but two festival staffers do. Basically, that would be Jerry Taylor—the cofounder and codirector of Longleaf: a sort of behind-the-camera, behind-the-festival sort of guy—and me. Some […]
You’ve been asking . . . what’s the scariest part of hosting a film festival? [Hint: It’s not the zombie films.] Well, today I’ll share the second most daunting part of hosting a film festival (stay tuned for the number one most challenging). That elephant in my psychic room . . . is . . . asking for money. We Need Money? Here’s the […]
What goes on at a film festival when it’s not actually festival time, you may wonder? Well, film festival folk think about you and you and you—filmmakers and film fans and festival newbies and volunteers and judges and presenters and . . . all of you—all year long. So, what does that mean to me […]