Reel Brum 033: Festival Formula

This month we're welcoming Festival Formula to give advice and tips about your festival strategy. 

Katie and Ian Bignell from Festival Formula will answer any questions you have about the competitive festival circuit. Do premieres matter? What do festivals really want? And will you win an Oscar? From being prepared before you start spending money, to the dos and don'ts of when you're attending a festival. Katie and Ian will give you their honest answers.

You can follow Festival Formula on Instagram and Facebook

Plus you can submit requests for a pitch slot or submit your short film for screening by emailing info@reelbrum.com

Reel Brum is a network and creative hub for filmmakers of all levels based in Birmingham.

It is a network and creative hub set up for Filmmakers in Birmingham to meet, network, share ideas, create and produce. It’s aims are to foster a creative community within the city, connecting like-minded people to produce consistent, high quality films.

Our events will be monthly and be a mixture of film-screenings, networking, pitching and idea development; all with the view of bringing people together to make films and create a thriving filmmaking community within the city.

This network is open to anybody from Birmingham involved or interested in film and filmmaking.

Writers, Cinematographers, Actors, Make Up Artists, Producers, Directors, Set-dressers, Sound Recordists…anybody, cast or crew.

Our events will involve networking, pitching, screenings and talks.

You can submit your films for consideration now - you can check criteria here: https://www.reelbrum.com/flatpack-x-reel-brum

Films will be considered for the Reel Brum strand at Flatpack Festival 2025

You can submit films to us via info@reelbrum.com

All ticket money is used to Fund Reel Brum Network Activity and is reinvested into the network film creation fund. We are strictly non for profit. Please note, we have slightly raised our ticket price to offset fees.

Note: If you would like to attend but the fee would be a barrier please email Info@reelbrum.com to make arrangements