Hey Gang,

we are finishing our nature documentary, "An Osprey Homecoming"
and are starting to look ahead to marketing and such.

Although we have a couple of our local PBS stations who may well
broadcast it, I think we are going to try the film festival route
first, and I would like to
get some recommendations for festivals we should enter.

I want you to think BIG ala Sundance.

Any other experiences or advice are also appreciated.

TIA

One that has garnered a lot of respect the last few years is ours:
The St. Louis International Film Festival (http://cinemastlouis.org/)

Here is another one that has gotten more and more popular each year, the Hot Springs Documentary Film Festival in Hot Springs Ar.
From what I've heard, it's become popluar among companies looking for good docs.

http://www.docufilminst.org/

They also have work shops (It's actually called the Hot Springs Documentary Film Institute). That part of the state is beautiful, especially in Oct during the fest.

check out www.withoutabox.com they have a search engine that will list all the festivals coming up.

http://www.nhfx.com/

http://www.nhfx.com/2004/entries.html

This one is in my neck of the woods.

Murph