“I will not do festivals. The thought of an audience that big frightens the life out of me.” BigsAudienceFestivals Author:Adele
“It's impossible to say that live art enjoys any single status in the information age--there are versions of live art that are still primarily art-world phenomena, others that appeal to much broader audiences. The Burning Man festival is a case in point--an event featuring performance that is itself a performance, which partakes simultaneously of frontier mythology, a counter-cultural impulse, and popular cultural visibility.” MenWorldArtStillsAgeEnjoyCasesAudienceImpossibleEventsInformationPerformancesMythologyVersionsBurningAppealsImpulseFestivalsFrontiersArt WorldInformation AgeVisibilitySingle StatusBurning Man Author:Philip Auslander
“I love festivals because they seem like more of an artsy, supportive attitude - which benefits a more theatrical performer sometimes with having theater and other non-club venues, as well as the audience being filled with other artists. It's nice to be with other comics, as usually at other road gigs, I'm solo for the most part.” WellsSometimesSeemsArtistAttitudeAudienceNiceBenefitsTheaterFilledClubsPerformersSoloSupportiveFestivalsGigsTheatricalVenues Author:Maria Bamford
“I am deeply honored that my team is being recognized by H.S.H. Prince Albert II and the Festival de Television de Monte-Carlo for Disney/ABC's role in creating television that inspires and captivates audiences wherever they live.” RolesAudienceTeamTelevisionInspireCreatingHonoredFestivalsMonte CarloAbc's Author:Anne Sweeney
“You always know when one of the first ["Harry Potter" movies] are on TV, because you'll get a text message from one of your friends saying, "How high was your voice?" It's like watching a home movie, in some sense. But you just remember because the audience sees the scenes as they're written, but we remember shooting [the scenes] and all the stories that came around it. Like the Quidditch World Cup in ["Harry Potter and the] Goblet of Fire," it's like the Glastonbury Festival at Leavesden [Studios].” KnowsWorldFirstsStoriesHomeRememberVoiceAudienceFireWrittenTvsSceneMessagesStudiosCupsShootingHarry PotterFestivalsPottersWorld CupText MessageHarry Potter MovieQuidditchGlastonbury Author:James Phelps
“Film festivals are a great vehicle for gaining an audience for your film, for exposure for the talent in the film and for the film makers to leverage opportunities for their films. I love the energy that film festivals bring.” FilmOpportunityEnergyAudienceTalentMakersVehicleExposureFestivalsFilm Festivals Author:Jamie Hector
“When you go to a film festival as an audience member, it's so much fun. But when you bring your own film there, you carry so much stress and excitement.” FilmFunAudienceMembersStressExcitementFestivalsFilm Festivals Author:Mora Stephens
“I think that film festivals, we're very often given to understand, are about filmmakers and about films and about the industry of filmmaking. I don't believe that they are, I believe that film festivals are about film audiences, and about giving an audience the encouragement to feel really empowered and to stretch the elastic of their taste.” ThinkingGivingFeelsBelieveFilmGivenI BelieveAudienceIndustryTasteEncouragementDon't BelieveFilmmakerFilmmakingFestivalsEmpoweredFilm Festivals Author:Tilda Swinton
“About my work, my first film, Écoute le Temps (Fissures), was positioned by distributors as a thriller because they thought that it would sell more easily. But it was surely a mistake, as that kind of viewer did not take the bait, and it drew away its potential core audience, those whom I met in festivals and in various Q&As who seem to appreciate that particular kind of cross-over arthouse film.” FirstsKindSeemsFilmMistakeAudienceParticularMetsAppreciateCrossesSellsVariousCoreViewersFestivalsThrillersBaitDistributors Author:Alante Kavaite
“I think certain filmmakers going into Sundance or other big festivals should consider screening more for press and tastemakers before the festival. The traditional wisdom has always been the opposite: to not screen for anyone prior, let your film be seen by an audience, and generate the buzz from there.” ThinkingShouldBigsFilmCertainAudienceOppositesPressesScreensTraditionalFilmmakerFestivalsBuzzScreeningSundance Author:Thom Powers
“I'm happy that my films were discovered by chance by foreign film festivals. That makes me realise more that there is a world outside Japan too. For me, it's an occasion to meet many people and to experience directly the response of international audiences to my films. But for me as a director, my attitude towards making films hasn't changed with the fame. I feel it's not good to change as a person anyway” PeopleWorldFeelsPersonsFilmChanceAttitudeAudienceChangedFameDirectorsResponseInternationalOccasionsJapanRealisingFestivalsMy AttitudeFilm Festivals Author:Takashi Miike