Director Lynn Shelton knows how crucial film festivals are to the independent movie scene.
Shelton, whose new film “Humpday” is playing in select cities, says attending film festivals is like “building the scaffolding” of her career.
“I can’t say enough about the regional festival circuit,” says Shelton, whose work has appeared at tiny festivals as well as majors like Sundance and Slamdance.
One of the contacts she made at a film festival became a regular crew member who also helped her design her Web site despite living hundreds of miles away.
She calls the film festival scene “spiritually important” for an indie director like herself.
“We’re working in our own little world … not until you get around other filmmakers do you feel you’re among your people,” says Shelton, who also does a fair share of networking via Facebook.
Those connections could also make or break “Humpday.” The movie’s plot, about two hetero pals who decide to shoot their own gay porn for an artsy film festival, could easily scare off mainstream audiences – even though she hopes some will still give it a try.
“Word of mouth and critical reviews are gonna be increasingly important to the film, to get the solid art house crowd it was made for,” she says.
(Photo: Mark Duplass and Joshua Leonard star as buds who decide to push an art project to the extreme in “Humpday”/Magnolia Pictures)
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