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Crew Call 3:05 - Lauren Cohen
In honor of the recently announced program for the Miami Film Festival we would like to share our conversation with the festival’s Director of Programming Lauren Cohen.
Film Festivals are playgrounds for cinephiles and filmmakers alike. For the most part it is a week of an entire community sitting together in the dark experiencing a story together and then chatting about it in lines, over drinks and dinners.
Film Festivals have been a big part of my career. I first volunteered tearing tickets (yes I am that old) at the Cosford Cinema for the Miami Film Festival in the early 2000s. My last year at NYU I ran the Fusion Film Festival, celebrating the women filmmakers studying at Tisch. When I moved back to Miami I found a press release with the emails of everyone that worked at the Miami Film Festival and sent all of them ( about a dozen or so) my resume, it worked. I spent two years running their Industry office and seminar series and then another decade bouncing in and out, translating for filmmaker Q&As, siting at the guest services desk and recently even serving as a jury member.
But much like the rest of the film industry, film festivals have completely changed in the 20+ years I’ve been around them. That is why I wanted to chat with Lauren. If you are looking to navigate the film festival circuit for your film or are frustrated by the current state of the circuit like I am ( we talk about my frustrations particularly over the glorification of directors and the overwhelming presence of mainstream films) then I think you will get a lot out of this conversation.
If you want to be a guest on a future podcast you can reach out to us HERE.
A big thank you to the Coral Gables Art Cinema and the Tristarr Lifelong Learning Fund at the Coral Gables Community Foundation who make our Filmcraft Series possible and to our podcast sponsor Mariquitas Chips
Miami Film Lab is a non profit that supports local filmmakers as they work to make a living telling Miami stories. Join our community by becoming a free or paid subscriber.
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit miamifilmlab.substack.com/subscribe
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By Learn what it takes to be a working filmmaker in Miami from the Cast & Crew who have built their careers here!In honor of the recently announced program for the Miami Film Festival we would like to share our conversation with the festival’s Director of Programming Lauren Cohen.
Film Festivals are playgrounds for cinephiles and filmmakers alike. For the most part it is a week of an entire community sitting together in the dark experiencing a story together and then chatting about it in lines, over drinks and dinners.
Film Festivals have been a big part of my career. I first volunteered tearing tickets (yes I am that old) at the Cosford Cinema for the Miami Film Festival in the early 2000s. My last year at NYU I ran the Fusion Film Festival, celebrating the women filmmakers studying at Tisch. When I moved back to Miami I found a press release with the emails of everyone that worked at the Miami Film Festival and sent all of them ( about a dozen or so) my resume, it worked. I spent two years running their Industry office and seminar series and then another decade bouncing in and out, translating for filmmaker Q&As, siting at the guest services desk and recently even serving as a jury member.
But much like the rest of the film industry, film festivals have completely changed in the 20+ years I’ve been around them. That is why I wanted to chat with Lauren. If you are looking to navigate the film festival circuit for your film or are frustrated by the current state of the circuit like I am ( we talk about my frustrations particularly over the glorification of directors and the overwhelming presence of mainstream films) then I think you will get a lot out of this conversation.
If you want to be a guest on a future podcast you can reach out to us HERE.
A big thank you to the Coral Gables Art Cinema and the Tristarr Lifelong Learning Fund at the Coral Gables Community Foundation who make our Filmcraft Series possible and to our podcast sponsor Mariquitas Chips
Miami Film Lab is a non profit that supports local filmmakers as they work to make a living telling Miami stories. Join our community by becoming a free or paid subscriber.
This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit miamifilmlab.substack.com/subscribe