SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Ep. 491 – Austin Film Festival, How a Movie Gets Selected with Andy Volk
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Andy Volk, a programmer for the Austin Film Festival. Andy Volk gives us a step-by-step account of how an entry in the festival makes its way to being selected and what things in general, the festival programmers look for and gives tips on how to make the most out of attending the Austin Film Festival.
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with Andy Volk, a programmer for the Austin Film Festival.
As the listeners know, the Austin Film Festival is also a great place for awarding screenplays. Andy Volk gives us a step-by-step account of how an entry in the festival makes its way to being selected.
He also talks about what things in general, the festival programmers look for and gives tips on how to make the most out of attending the Austin Film Festival.
You can listen to the audio portion of the podcast by clicking here or through iTunes by clicking here.
You can also read a transcript of this episode.Links mentioned in the show:
- Andy Volk on IMDb
- Andy Volk on Instagram
- Austin Film Festival On Instagram
- The Austin Film Festival Official Website
- SYS Select - Includes the SYS Select Screenplay Database, our monthly newsletter to producers, and paid screenwriting leads.
- Our free guide, "How to Sell Your Screenplay in 5 Weeks!"
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Ashley Scott Meyers is a screenwriter and blogger / podcaster. Since beginning his career as a screenwriter in the late 1990’s he’s optioned more than two dozen feature screenplays and sold a half dozen. And he’s done it all without an agent or manager, instead opting to use his pragmatic screenplay marketing guide which he teaches at SellingYourScreenplay.com.
