What is an example of a successful independent film festival?

What is an example of a successful independent film festival?

Ben Lyons (Producer) gives expert video advice on: What is an example of a successful independent film festival?; What's your advice to independent filmmakers? and more...

Sundance is by far the most successful independent film festival. It was a vision that Robert Redford had about twenty five years ago in a little town in the middle of the Utah mountains that he loved and where he spent a lot of time there, built a home. He saw it as a place where independent film-makers could come throughout the year and write their movies, and work on their films away from Hollywood. Eventually, he just started showing movies there, and slowly but surely it became the premiere film festival in North America to have your film seen, to have your film sold, to have your film talked about, and where actors come to meet other directors. Independent film-makers can go to Sundance and meet producers, and meet people from the studios and sell their films, and, slowly but surely, it became the premiere film festival, arguably in the world.