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The Indie Filmmaking Rollercoaster - The Blade Cuts Deeper with Gene Dolders
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Some 10 months ago I spoke to Indie filmmaker Gene Dolders about his Giallo inspired horror film 'The Blade Cuts Deeper', now with the film released on streaming, Gene's back to talk me through the ups and downs of film festivals and how he navigated sales and distribution.
Watch the film on Amazon: https://www.primevideo.com/detail/The-Blade-Cuts-Deeper/0PIHV76NYSGE34YW7GBC0RY23W
Watch the film on Apple TV: https://tv.apple.com/gb/movie/the-blade-cuts-deeper/umc.cmc.1vz5q8rdp0gfdwb16p1h8gwld
Check out the re-release of Jim's first solo directing feature The Witches Hammer - out now on amazon
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/video/detail/B0F235F4T8/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r
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Chapters
1. How did Gene get into the film festivals - any pre work? (00:00:00)
2. Intro to Gene and his film (00:01:17)
3. Film festival run - it's a numbers game (00:02:17)
4. Getting turned down by film festivals (00:03:38)
5. How many film festivals did Gene enter and how much did he spend? (00:04:36)
6. Financials - how much? Expenses? Marketing costs? (00:06:41)
7. Never submit a work print (00:07:54)
8. Sales a distribution - what happened and where did he (00:14:15)
9. PR - interviews, reviews - promoting yourself (00:15:11)
10. How good was the MG? (00:16:16)
11. New artwork for the film (00:18:36)
12. What has Gene learned while delivering and releasing his film? (00:20:44)
13. Where can we watch The Blade Cuts Deeper? (00:23:02)
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