Festivals Quote by Vetrimaaran

Primarily, a festival is a platform to sell films that are not meant for the mainstream audience. Cultural exchange is also important aspect of…

— Vetrimaaran

I've always been against the idea of dividing films between festival titles and popular movies. I think you can make films that are both.

— Michel Hazanavicius

Smaller films that have a great run at the festivals usually result in the audience promoting the film on social media and so on.

— Vetrimaaran

In an old model, the way a film would imprint itself on the public's consciousness is to get a theatrical run. But now there…

— Thom Powers

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

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

We seek festivals for two reasons - either to create buzz because it is a small film or to find unexplored markets outside India.

— Thiagarajan Kumararaja

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

But you just don't know where any film is going to go, or how it's going to end up. Films so often don't get…

— Lulu Wang

Cannes Film Festival prefers political films. We have to target certain festivals based on our films.

— Vetrimaaran

Film festivals are important, as they often provide an opportunity to look at a film from a fresh perspective.

— Farhan Akhtar

Film festivals should also show commercial films along with parallel cinema. This is the only way that it could reach out to more people.

— Aishwarya R. Dhanush