How to Stay Sane While Making a Film? - from the Idea to the Film on Screen

Making a feature film is like running a marathon. It is a long, exhausting journey, and every new stage can feel harder than the previous one. By the time you reach the end of your energy, you may still be only halfway through. Asia Dér will talk about the process of making a film from a director’s point of view, using Her Mothers, Howling on Your Own and I Won’t Die as case studies. Breaking down the long creative process into the stages of development, production, editing and distribution, she will share the things that helped her stay sane in the chaos of international festival trends, pitches and workshops, advice from tutors and colleagues, the fight for funding, and finding a distribution path for your film in the ocean of films being made around the world.