Aloof Quote by Richard Linklater

From the perspective of being a filmmaker, you're just really grateful for festivals. A lot of movies won't even be seen if they're not…

— Kelly Reichardt

Film festivals are a great vehicle for gaining an audience for your film, for exposure for the talent in the film and for the…

— Jamie Hector

Film festivals are usually unpleasant experiences on some level. The lines are ridiculous, the crowds are ridiculous, or the schedules are impossibly arranged: 'You…

— Yance Ford

People who go to festivals to watch films are usually a little more eager to enjoy them. It's exciting, because it's like you're going…

— Dito Montiel

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…

— 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…

— Tilda Swinton

I'm extremely grateful that a lot of my films are presented at festivals.

— Stacy Martin

I don't set out to make a film for festivals abroad.

— Takashi Miike

It's a reality of film festivals that you can't see everything. You're dividing your time between seeing films and utilizing that unique space to…

— Thom Powers

Unlike with any other art form, filmmakers have this unique web of festivals. There are hundreds. It is a democratic system in which you…

— Jason Reitman

I have an idea about building almost like a studio for some of the best Tropfest filmmakers, so they can come together and support…

— John Polson

It's great to meet people in a setting where it's really conducive to hanging out and having fun. Most film festivals are really low-stress,…

— Joe Swanberg