Reckless Creatives Podcast – JDIFF Executive Director Susan Gorrell: Making a Film Festival Plan … and Winging It
Susan Gorrell drops incredible advice on fests and more. Film festivals not only highlight incredible talent, but also provide great networking opportunities for indie filmmakers.
A Pipeline Artists original podcast about nothing and everything. Hosts Sadie Dean and Jeanne Veillette Bowerman share the truth, and nothing but the truth, about the challenges and benefits of living life as artists, striving for freedom to create in any medium, even ones you never thought of before. It's honest—no sugarcoating or selling hope. We tell it like it is, while always finding ways to make lemonade out of lemons. Think of us as Michael Bay, but with action items that don’t explode.
Sadie and Jeanne talk with Susan Gorrell, Executive Director of Julien Dubuque International Film Festival.
Sure, the convo started off in places we never expected, but stick around ... because Susan drops incredible advice on fests and more. Film festivals not only highlight incredible talent, but also provide great networking opportunities for indie filmmakers.
The festival runs April 18-25, 2026 (always in April, so plan ahead).
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